David Healy

David Healy

Born: May 15, 1929
Died: October 25, 1995
in Manhattan, New York, USA
A rotund, jovial New Yorker, David Healy obligingly played every manner of stereotypical American in British films and on television for more than thirty years. The son of an Australian father and an American mother, he spent much of his youth in Texas. Studying at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, he majored in drama and befriended another young acting hopeful, named Larry Hagman. David first arrived in England as a member of the U.S. Air Force and soon wound up, along with Hagman, in the cast of a touring show written by John Briley. This later grew into The Airbase (1965), a 25-minute BBC sitcom (with David as Staff Sergeant Tillman Miller), which took a humorous look at British-American cultural differences at an RAF base.

Considering his job prospects to be rather more lucrative in Britain -- in keeping with the 'bigger fish, smaller pond' theory - David soon found himself in almost continuous demand for any part which required an affable or imperious American. His long gallery of characters included diplomats, businessmen, bureaucrats, spooks, military brass, and so on. There were rare occasions, when he acted against type and played 'Britishers' -- a notable point in case being a likeable Dr. Watson, opposite charismatic Ian Richardson as Sherlock Holmes, in The Sign of Four (1983). His comedic side was showcased in guest appearances with Dick Emery and Kenny Everett and a with couple of turns in Jeeves and Wooster (1990).

Though married and settled in Surrey, David took job offers on both sides of the Atlantic. He was glimpsed as a cleric in Patton (1970) and in Robert Aldrich's doomsday thriller Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); well-cast as Teddy Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); and he had recurring roles in TV's favourite soapie of the day, Dallas (1978). British TV audiences saw him guesting in just about every major crime series, from The Saint (1962) and Department S (1969), to The Persuaders! (1971). Simultaneously, from 1967, David pursued a successful career as a stage actor in classical plays with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In 1975, he re-visited his roots, playing Falstaff at a Shakespeare festival in Dallas. Ever versatile, David found another calling in musicals, appearing in "Kismet", "Call Me Madam" and "The Music Man". He received much praise for his interpretation of Runyonesque gambler Nicely-Nicely Johnson (played definitively on screen by Stubby Kaye) in "Guys and Dolls", performing show-stopping encores of "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat".

- IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis

Movies for David Healy...

Title: American Horror Story
Character: Doctor
Released: October 5, 2011
Type: TV
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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Merlin and the War of the Dragons
Title: Merlin and the War of the Dragons
Character: Toothy Dave
Released: November 25, 2008
Type: Movie
In 5th Century Britian, a young Merlin struggles for his place in his known land under the tutelage of The Mage, a local wizard whom sees the young man's potential for magic, as well as face off against his evil former friend, Vendiger, whom plots with a feudal warlord king to conquer all of Britian using an army of flying dragons, and only Merlin with the alliance of the local Prince Uther and Ingraine and a pair of mystical goddesses, can have the power to stop the evil from taking over the land.
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It Had to Be You
Title: It Had to Be You
Character: David Allen
Released: February 11, 2000
Type: Movie
Sparks fly when Anna Penn and Charlie Hudson meet. Unfortunately, they're both engaged to other people. In fact, they're staying at the same New York City hotel in order to work on wrapping up the last details of their nuptials. Over days and evenings of joint wedding planning, the two grow closer -- and start to wonder if they're getting married to the right people after all.
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Mullitt
Title: Mullitt
Character: Stone Cold Junkie
Released: January 20, 2000
Type: Movie
Two roommates late on rent have to come up with a quick way to get money.
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Title: Frank Stubbs Promotes
Character: Jacob
Released: July 12, 1993
Type: TV
Frank Stubbs (Timothy Spall) is a down-at-heel ticket tout with grand ideas. He has an ambition to become a 'high class' promoter of famous and talented performers. In reality, his ambitions tend to outstrip his capabilities.
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Title: Perfect Scoundrels
Character: John Bedlow
Released: April 22, 1990
Type: TV
Perfect Scoundrels first broadcast in 1990 on British television. A comedy-drama following two con-men doing their best to separate various people from their money
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Title: Jeeves and Wooster
Character: Waterbury
Released: April 22, 1990
Type: TV
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993, starring Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman with a "distinctive blend of airy nonchalance and refined gormlessness", and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his improbably well-informed and talented valet. Wooster is a bachelor, a minor aristocrat and member of the idle rich. He and his friends, who are mainly members of The Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable valet, Jeeves. The stories are set in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1930s.
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Bomber Harris
Title: Bomber Harris
Character: Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker USAAF
Released: September 3, 1989
Type: Movie
Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in particular his strategy of heavy bomber "Millenium Raids" on German cities.
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Three Wishes for Jamie
Title: Three Wishes for Jamie
Character: Father Kerry
Released: March 9, 1987
Type: Movie
Adapted from Charles O'Neal's 1949 book, this follows the lighthearted adventures of a late 19th Century young man named Jamie McGrew, the three wishes granted to him in a dream by a fairy queen, and the unusual way they come true. His first is for travel (he goes from Ireland to a life of horse trading in Georgia); his second, to marry the girl of his dreams; the third, a son with the gift of poetry and the ability to speak in the ancient Gaelic tongue.
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Turnaround
Title: Turnaround
Released: February 12, 1987
Type: Movie
Magicians grandson and his girlfriend and their friends are victimized by a bike gang of her former boyfriend. Using grandfather's house and props from father's magic business they take revenge.
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The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
Title: The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
Character: Dr. George Hyatt
Released: November 24, 1986
Type: Movie
A profile in courage, the film examines the trauma and effort that Senator Edward Kennedy's son went through after losing his leg to a rare form of cancer and with the rehabilitation that was required.
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Labyrinth
Title: Labyrinth
Character: Right Door Knocker (voice)
Released: June 27, 1986
Type: Movie
When teen Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she summons Jareth the Goblin King to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him.
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Double Image
Title: Double Image
Character: Newscaster
Released: April 6, 1986
Type: Movie
This film tells the true-life story of Yuri Nosenko, a top Soviet KGB agent who defected to the West at the height of the Cold War in 1962.
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Lace 2
Title: Lace 2
Character: Mayor (as David Healey)
Released: September 1, 1985
Type: Movie
While in the first part, Lili searched for her mother, she now questions her mom on the identity of her father.
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Title: Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Character: Jack Mervyn
Released: September 5, 1984
Type: TV
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Suspense series had feature-length episodes, usually running around 70 minutes without commercials. The series was a co-production by Hammer Studios with 20th Century Fox Television, and is known in the United States as Fox Mystery Theater. Unlike 1980's Hammer House of Horror, all the episodes had American actors as either the leads or in key roles. It was first aired in the UK by ITV in 1984, though was not simulcast and was shown in different timeslots throughout the various ITV regions.
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Supergirl
Title: Supergirl
Character: Mr. Danvers
Released: July 1, 1984
Type: Movie
After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.
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The Sign of Four
Title: The Sign of Four
Character: Dr. John Watson
Released: December 6, 1983
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson try to track down the Great Mogul, the second-largest diamond in the world.
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Title: Filthy Rich
Released: August 9, 1982
Type: TV
Filthy Rich is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from August 1982 to July 1983. Starring Dixie Carter and Delta Burke, the series satirized prime-time soap operas such as Dallas and Dynasty.
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Title: Hammer House of Horror
Character: Peter
Released: September 13, 1980
Type: TV
Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror. These varied from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also included non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.
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Title: Sanford
Character: Juror
Released: March 15, 1980
Type: TV
Redd Foxx isn’t done scheming and wise-cracking in the spin-off to one of America's most beloved sitcoms.
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The Ninth Configuration
Title: The Ninth Configuration
Character: 1st General
Released: February 29, 1980
Type: Movie
Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Jack Harrison
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Auctioneer
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Title: Lillie
Released: September 24, 1978
Type: TV
The Rise and Fall of a Professional Beauty. It was the affair that shook Victorian society to its core. He was the Prince of Wales, the future monarch; she was a professional beauty, who became a royal bedmate. Follow the fascinating life of the Dean of Jersey's daughter from her modest childhood to her emergence as one of the most celebrated beauties of her time. Lillie's liaison with the heir to the throne marked only the beginning of a remarkable, scandalous and daring series of adventures in open defiance of accepted morality imposed by Victorian and Edwardian society.
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Title: Vega$
Released: September 20, 1978
Type: TV
Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas. The show stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drove around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.
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Title: Return of the Saint
Character: Hansen
Released: September 10, 1978
Type: TV
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
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Title: Dallas
Character: Senator Harbin
Released: April 2, 1978
Type: TV
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.
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Winterspelt 1944
Title: Winterspelt 1944
Character: Pfc Foster
Released: March 3, 1978
Type: Movie
In the Second World War, spring 1944: shortly before the planned Ardennes offensive, Germans and Americans stand waiting on the German-Belgian border. The small Eifel village of Winterspelt threatens to become the scene of a bloody battle. A German officer comes up with a plan to hand over his battalion to the Americans without a fight. He finds support from three inhabitants of the small village, who help him to present his offer of surrender to the Americans, which they ultimately reject.
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Title: Blake's 7
Released: January 2, 1978
Type: TV
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Title: Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Character: Theodore Roosevelt
Released: March 13, 1977
Type: Movie
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
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Scott Joplin
Title: Scott Joplin
Character: Sam Bundler
Released: February 11, 1977
Type: Movie
The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
Title: Twilight's Last Gleaming
Character: Maj. Winters
Released: February 9, 1977
Type: Movie
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.
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Title: Charlie's Angels
Character: Cavendish
Released: September 22, 1976
Type: TV
Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.
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Panache
Title: Panache
Character: Donat
Released: May 15, 1976
Type: Movie
A stylish comedy swashbuckler mixing romance, masterful swordplay, political treachery, and 20th-Century pratfalls in 17th-Century France, this film was a pilot for an unrealized series.
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Title: Father Brown
Released: September 26, 1974
Type: TV
Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.
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Title: Harry O
Released: September 12, 1974
Type: TV
After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry runs a private detective agency out of his beach house... The series starred David Janssen and was executive produced by Jerry Thorpe.
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Phase IV
Title: Phase IV
Character: Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
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The Eagle Has Landed
Title: The Eagle Has Landed
Character: Houston
Released: April 4, 1973
Type: Movie
A mission takes off for the moon. But this is a space probe with a difference. Its purpose is to stage the first-ever live variety show from the lunar surface.
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Ooh... You Are Awful
Title: Ooh... You Are Awful
Character: Tourist
Released: December 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Charlie Tully and womanising Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000 but during their flight out Charlie is arrested for coning an American and a dog. Reggie stores the money in a Swiss Bank and after Charlie is released is about to tell him which Bank when he is killed by Sid Sabbath's gang whose girlfriend Reggie had an affair with. The only lead is four tattoos that is on the girls Reggie had affairs with while Charlie was in jail. But Sabbath is on Charlie's trail to kill him and the Italians contract the mob - to find the money and then kill him.....
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Endless Night
Title: Endless Night
Character: Jason
Released: October 5, 1972
Type: Movie
Shiftless dreamer Michael Rogers fantasizes about a lifestyle above his means and marries a wealthy, young girl who just came of age. They hire a famous architect to build their dream home amidst a series of suspicious incidents. The spouse has dark intentions toward his naive, inexperienced bride. Secrets from his past and sinister ties to their house guest Greta lead to a terrible turn of unexpected events.
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Embassy
Title: Embassy
Character: Phelan
Released: March 2, 1972
Type: Movie
A KGB assassin infiltrates the American embassy in Beirut in an attempt to eliminate a Russian defector being protected by the CIA.
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Madame Sin
Title: Madame Sin
Character: Braden
Released: January 15, 1972
Type: Movie
A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
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Diamonds Are Forever
Title: Diamonds Are Forever
Character: Vandenburg Launch Director (uncredited)
Released: December 14, 1971
Type: Movie
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.
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Title: The Persuaders!
Character: Colonel Adler
Released: September 17, 1971
Type: TV
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
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Title: Jason King
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an endless parade of glamorous women, exotic locales, menacing villains and daring intrigue! Before Austin Powers swung into action, Jason King set the standard for the hip crime-fighting international playboy!
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Lust for a Vampire
Title: Lust for a Vampire
Character: Raymond Pelley
Released: January 17, 1971
Type: Movie
In 1830, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. The nearby Finishing School offers rich pickings not only in in the blood of nubile young ladies but also with the headmaster who is desperate to become Mircalla's disciple, and the equally besotted and even more foolish author Richard Lestrange.
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Title: UFO
Character: Joe Franklin
Released: September 16, 1970
Type: TV
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.
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Patton
Title: Patton
Character: Clergyman
Released: January 25, 1970
Type: Movie
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
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Title: Paul Temple
Released: November 23, 1969
Type: TV
Paul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, the fictional detective created by Francis Durbridge, who solves crimes with the assistance of his wife Steve. Paul Temple used overseas locations in France, Malta, Germany and elsewhere. T
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Title: The Secret Service
Released: September 21, 1969
Type: TV
The Secret Service is a British children's espionage television series, made by Century 21 for ITC Entertainment and broadcast on Associated Television, Granada Television & Southern Television in 1969. Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, and produced by David Lane and Reg Hill, it was the eighth and last Century 21 production to feature – in a manner similar to Thunderbirds and other earlier series – marionette puppet characters as part of a filming technique known as "Supermarionation". Under the direction of Gerry Anderson, who wanted to compensate for the inadequacies of Supermarionation and increase the realism of the format, The Secret Service incorporates footage of live actors for long-distance shots. After The Secret Service, Anderson would not work with puppets again until the 1980s, when he produced Terrahawks in "Supermacromation". Episodes of The Secret Service follow the adventures of Father Stanley Unwin, a character voiced by and resembling the real-life comedian of the same name. Outwardly the parish priest of a rural English village, Unwin is in fact a secret agent for BISHOP, a covert branch of British Intelligence that combats criminal and terrorist threats from overseas. Aided by junior operative Matthew Harding, the Father answers to his London-based superior – codenamed "The Bishop" – as he would in his public profession. When faced with the challenge of collecting intelligence in a hostile situation, Unwin and Matthew deploy the "Minimiser", a gadget capable of shrinking Matthew to a fraction of his normal size for the purposes of carrying out secret reconnaissance. A nonsensical gobbledegook of Unwin's formulation is used to confuse and distract enemies when required.
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Title: Department S
Character: Ramos
Released: September 9, 1969
Type: TV
Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.
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Title: Joe 90
Released: September 29, 1968
Type: TV
Joe 90 is a 1960s British science-fiction television series following the adventures of a nine-year-old child, Joe McClaine, who starts a double life as a schoolboy-turned-spy when his scientist father invents a device capable of duplicating and transferring expert knowledge and experience from one human brain to another. Equipped with the skills of the foremost academic and military minds, Joe is recruited by the World Intelligence Network and, becoming its "Most Special Agent", pursues the ideal of world peace and saving human life.
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Isadora
Title: Isadora
Character: Chicago Theatre Manager
Released: September 14, 1968
Type: Movie
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
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Title: The Jazz Age
Released: September 10, 1968
Type: TV
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Only When I Larf
Title: Only When I Larf
Character: Jones
Released: May 27, 1968
Type: Movie
A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
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Assignment K
Title: Assignment K
Character: David
Released: February 16, 1968
Type: Movie
Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his fellow spies.
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Title: Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Released: September 29, 1967
Type: TV
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill. First broadcast on ATV Midlands from September 1967 to May 1968, it has since been transmitted in more than 40 other countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Characters are presented as marionette puppets alongside scale model sets and special effects in a filming technique that the Andersons termed "Supermarionation". This technology incorporated solenoid motors as a means of synchronising the puppet's lip movements with pre-recorded dialogue. Set in 2068, Captain Scarlet presents the hostilities between Earth and a race of Martians known as the Mysterons. After human astronauts attack their city on Mars, the vengeful Mysterons declare war on Earth, initiating a series of reprisals that are countered by Spectrum, a worldwide security organisation. Spectrum boasts the extraordinary abilities of its primary agent, Captain Scarlet. During the events of the pilot episode, Scarlet acquires the Mysteron healing power of "retro-metabolism" and is thereafter considered to be virtually "indestructible", being able to recover fully from injuries that would normally be fatal.
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The Double Man
Title: The Double Man
Character: Halstead
Released: April 25, 1967
Type: Movie
In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking officer in the CIA and replace him with a double of its own.
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Be My Guest
Title: Be My Guest
Character: Hilton Bass
Released: April 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A couple inherit a hotel with no guests until their son's pop group turns things around.
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The Finest Hours
Title: The Finest Hours
Character: Newsreel Commentator
Released: September 29, 1964
Type: Movie
A biography of Winston Churchill, shown through re-creations and actual film footage and told by Orson Welles.
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Kiss Me Kate
Title: Kiss Me Kate
Released: April 20, 1964
Type: Movie
Abridged version of the classic Cole Porter musical.
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Title: The Sentimental Agent
Released: September 28, 1963
Type: TV
The Sentimental Agent is a television drama series spin-off from Man of the World. It was produced in the United Kingdom in 1963 by Associated Television and distributed by ITC Entertainment. It stars Carlos Thompson as Argentinian Carlos Varela, a successful import-export agent based in London. The series ran for 13 one-hour monochrome episodes. Some of the episodes were edited into a 1962 feature film Our Man in the Caribbean.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Hal Ward
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.