David Neal (actor)

David Neal (13 February 1932 – 27 June 2000)[2] was a British television actor, active from the 1960s into the 1990s. He is chiefly remembered for a range of supporting roles in major productions.

For the New Zealand cricketer, see David Neal (cricketer). For the American artist, see David Dalhoff Neal.

David Neal
Born
David Henry Neal

(1932-02-13)13 February 1932
Desborough, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Died27 June 2000(2000-06-27) (aged 68)
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Years active1962-1997[1]

Although very rarely cast in a lead role, David Neal had significant supporting roles in episodes of a range of popular British television series, including Softly, Softly, Z-Cars, Doctor Who, Inspector Morse, Poirot, The Bill, Wycliffe and Noah's Castle.[3] He also did radio voice work.[4]

Classical acting

David Neal worked in a broad range of roles during his career. In 1970 he took a major supporting role (Cinna) in the all-star feature film of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (which starred Charlton Heston, Christopher Lee, Richard Chamberlain, Diana Rigg and Sir John Gielgud).[5] A few years later (in 1979) he secured another significant supporting role as Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York in both Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 in the BBC's major 'complete works of Shakespeare' series of television films.[6] He later appeared in Jonathan Miller's productions of Timon of Athens and Antony and Cleopatra for the same series.[6]

The Flockton Flyer

Although Neal is not remembered for lead roles, an exception is the 1970s' children's television production The Flockton Flyer, written by Peter Whitbread, in which he played the principal character, Bob Carter.[7] The programme ran to two series, with an associated paperback novel.[8] He later played the lead role of the father in the 1980 TV series Noah's Castle with Simon Gipps-Kent and Mike Reid.[9]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1969The Cut-ThroatsGerman Officer in Convoy
1970Julius CaesarCinna the Conspirator
1978Superman7th Elder(Krypton Council)
1980Flash GordonCaptain of Ming's Air Force
1993M. ButterflyJudge
1995Feast of JulyMitchy Mitchell

References
  1. "David Neal | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  2. Dates of birth and death recorded at Movie Tome Archived 27 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "David Neal". www.aveleyman.com.
  4. "BBC Radio 7 - HE Bates' My Uncle Silas, The Revelation". BBC.
  5. "Julius Caesar (1970)". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016.
  6. "David Neal". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018.
  7. "Flockton Flyer, The – Nostalgia Central". nostalgiacentral.com. 23 June 2014.
  8. See The Flockton Flyer details at TV Ark.
  9. "Noah's Castle Episode 1 (1980)". BFI. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
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