David Calder (actor)

David Ian Calder (born 1 August 1946) is an English actor.

David Calder
Calder at the National Theatre Studio on 3 November 2009
Born
David Ian Calder

(1946-08-01) 1 August 1946
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1970—present

Life and career

Calder was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.[1] His most high-profile TV roles include Det. Insp. George Resnick in the crime series Widows and Nathan Spring in the sci-fi drama Star Cops.[2][3] In 1989, he appeared in the TV adaptation of the David Lodge novel Nice Work.[1] In 2012 he portrayed Captain Edward Smith in the ITV mini-series Titanic.[4] From 2005–06, he took on the role of PC George Dixon in the radio adaptation of the BBC's long running television series Dixon of Dock Green.[5]

Other TV credits include: Crown Court, Boys from the Blackstuff, The Professionals, Enemy at the Door, Minder, Bergerac, The New Statesman, Between the Lines, Bramwell, Cracker, Dalziel and Pascoe, Heartbeat, Sleepers, Spooks, Midsomer Murders, Hustle, Waking the Dead, Wallis & Edward, A Touch of Frost, Cold Blood, Burn Up, Lewis and Houdini.[6] He also appeared as Harold Hardman, the Manchester United chairman at the time of the Munich air disaster in 1958, in the TV drama United, aired by the BBC in April 2011.[7] In 2013, he played Mr Reid in The Wrong Mans.[1]

Calder appeared as Sir Robert King in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.[8] His other film appearances include Moonlighting (1982), Defence of the Realm (1986), American Friends (1991), Hollow Reed (1996), FairyTale: A True Story (1997), The King Is Alive (2000), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) and Rush (2013).[9]

In 1979, Calder appeared in a public information film as a crime prevention officer, asking people to consider how they would get into their own home if they lost their keys. The PIF, which was used to encourage people to make their homes secure, and to contact their crime prevention officer for advice, ran until at least 1985. In February 2010, Calder played Stuart Bell in the television film On Expenses.[10]

In October 2016, Calder played Gus, in The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures by Tony Kushner at the Hampstead Theatre.[11]

In October 2016, he appeared as Mr Bruff in the BBC mini-series The Moonstone and from October 2017 in the title role of Julius Caesar at the new Bridge Theatre.[12][13] This production was broadcast by National Theatre Live in March 2018.[14]

Also in 2018, Calder played a closeted gay man suffering from dementia on BBC's Call the Midwife.[15]

Filmography
Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1970The MeatrackJ.C.
1978Superman3rd Crewman(Superman's 1st Night)
1979All the Fun of the FairPat Collins
1982MoonlightingSupermarket Manager
1986Defence of the RealmHarry Champion
1991American FriendsPollitt
1996Hollow ReedMartin's Lawyer
1997FairyTale: A True StoryHarold Snelling
1999The World Is Not EnoughSir Robert King
2000The King Is AliveCharles
2001Mr In-BetweenTattooed Man
2006Perfume: The Story of a MurdererBishop of Grasse
2006Goya's GhostsMonk 1
2008The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon EmperorRoger Wilson
2010National Theatre Live: HamletPolonius
2011UnitedHarold Hardman
2013RushLouis Stanley
2015Queen of the DesertHugh Bell
2015The Lady in the VanLeo Fairchild
2017The Hatton Garden JobTerry Perkins
Television
DateTitleRoleNotes
24 April 1979ITV PlayhouseJohn MarriottCasting the Runes
26 January 1980Enemy at the DoorHoffmanEpisode: "No Quarter Given"
2 January 1985Wynne and PenkovskyGreville Wynne
7 February 1987BergeracSir Clive HamerEpisode: "SPARTA"
23 February 1988The Play on OneDouglasEpisode: "Unreported Incident"
10 April 1991SleepersVictor Chekhov
20 October 1991Screen OneChubbEpisode: "A Question of Attribution"
2 February 1992Screen TwoAbbé de L'EpéeEpisode: "The Count of Solar"
15 May 1992Friday on My MindWing Commander Donahue
31 October 1992Covington CrossAbbottEpisode: "The Persecution"
13 December 1992The New StatesmanLe CulEpisode: "Heil and Farewell"
9 May 1993The Inspector Alleyn MysteriesRobert LeggeEpisode: "Death at the Bar"
14 December 1994Between the LinesLeavisEpisode: "The End User" (2 parts)
22 October 1995CrackerMichael HarveyEpisode: "Brotherly Love" (3 parts)
8 July 2000Dalziel and PascoeJames MarshamEpisode: "Cunning Old Fox"
17 March 2002HeartbeatSaul ArkwrightEpisode: "The Shoot"
10 June 2002SpooksSergei LermovEpisode: "The Rose Bed Memoirs"
31 January 2003Midsomer MurdersGeorge HamiltonEpisode: "Birds of Prey"
11 March 2004The Inspector Lynley MysteriesRichard MartinEpisode: "A Traitor to Memory"
16 March 2004HustleVictor MaherEpisode: "Cops and Robbers"
23 October 2005Waking the DeadCommander Bill DrakeEpisode: "Cold Fusion"
7 November 2005Trial & RetributionWilliam ThorpeEpisode: "The Lovers"
5 November 2006A Touch of FrostKenneth ShawEpisode: "Endangered Species"
25 November 2007HeartbeatDI LudlowEpisode: "Night Mail"
2 October 2010CasualtyRoy ParksEpisode: "Into the Fog"
29 December 2010Agatha Christie's MarpleDermotEpisode: “The Blue Geranium”
6 June 2012LewisAndrew LiptonEpisode: "The Indelible Stain"
10 March 2013Mr SelfridgeKing Edward VIIEpisode: "Episode 10"
14 January 2014Father BrownSir Aaron ArmstrongEpisode: "The Three Tools of Death"
17 February 2014DCI BanksJack BarberEpisode: "Piece of My Heart"
23 August 2014CasualtyPhillip PerryEpisode: "A Life Less Lived"
21 February 2016VeraFrank McAffeeEpisode: "The Sea Glass"
16 January 2018Inside No. 9PercyEpisode: "Once Removed"
11 March 2018Call the MidwifeDonaldEpisode: "Episode 8"
June 2021TimeJohn CobdenThree episodes
October 2021The TrickSir David King[16]

References
  1. "David Calder". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.
  2. "BFI Screenonline: Widows (1983-85)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  3. "BBC - Cult - Classic TV - Star Cops". www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. "Titanic[25/03/2012] (2012)". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.
  5. "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dixon of Dock Green, Series 2, the Gentle Scratcher".
  6. "David Calder". www.aveleyman.com.
  7. "BBC Two - United".
  8. "The World Is Not Enough (1999)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017.
  9. "David Calder | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  10. "BBC Four - on Expenses".
  11. Billington, Michael (28 October 2016). "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism … review – Tony Kushner's turbulent epic fizzes with ideas" – via www.theguardian.com.
  12. "BBC One - the Moonstone, Episode 1".
  13. correspondent, Mark Brown Arts (19 April 2017). "Karl Marx comedy to kick off first season at new London theatre" – via www.theguardian.com.
  14. Hytner, Nicholas (22 March 2018), National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar, Ben Whishaw, David Morrissey, Michelle Fairley, retrieved 23 March 2018
  15. Hogan, Michael (11 March 2018). "Call the Midwife is something special - a triumphant series created by, starring and largely about women: series seven, episode eight review". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  16. "The Trick". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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