David Cameron (Australian actor)

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| occupation = Actor

| notable_works =The Keepers, Water Under the Bridge

| years_active = 1967-2016

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David Cameron is an Australian actor and director.

Lead screen roles he has played are The Keepers as Rick Zammit,{{cite news| url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/125000641| title=Tension at work in show about wildlife officers| date=2 April 1984| work=The Canberra Times| access-date=3 December 2024| via=Trove}}{{free access}} Water Under the Bridge as Neil Atkins,{{Citation | last= Hooks | first= Barbara | title= Long association enhanced rapport | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 4 September 1980}}{{Citation | last= Musgrave | first= Nan | title= 40 years of war, struggles and splendour in Water Under The Bridge | url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47229200 | periodical= The Australian Women's Weekly | date= 24 September 1980}} and Down the Wind as Simon Jess. Other roles include Russell Hardwick in The Sullivans and Tom in My First Wife.{{Citation | last= McFarlane | first= Brian | title= My First Wife | url= | periodical= Cinema Papers | date= October–November 1984 }}

Thompson has a long theatre career{{Citation | title =David Cameron | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/4046 }} including the first Australia staging of The Rocky Horror Show (1968, Independent Theatre){{Citation | last= Milson | first= Wendy | title= Sudden change of roles was no horror for David | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 27 January 1977}}{{Citation | title = The Rocky Horror Show | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/67974 }} A Whip Round for Percy Grainger (1982, Playbox Theatre),{{Citation | last= Clarke | first= Anthony | title= Pointing Grainger at the people | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 7 May 1982}}{{Citation | title = A Whip Round for Percy Grainger | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/30974 }} and The Common Pursuit (1987, Russell Street Theatre).{{Citation | last= Radic | first= Leonard | title= Cambridge lives under scrutiny | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 18 August 1987}}{{Citation | title = The Common Pursuit | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/290 }}