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David Cook(1940-2015)

  • Actor
  • Writer
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David Cook was born on 21 September 1940 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1995), Second Best (1994) and Play for Today (1970). He died on 16 September 2015 in the UK.
BornSeptember 21, 1940
DiedSeptember 16, 2015(74)
BornSeptember 21, 1940
DiedSeptember 16, 2015(74)
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Known for

Dominic Monaghan and Patricia Routledge in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1995)
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
7.6
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Nathan Yapp in Second Best (1994)
Second Best
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1994
Play for Today (1970)
Play for Today
7.8
TV Series
  • Wilf
Heartland (1979)
Heartland
3.6
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Actor

  • Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
    4.6
    TV Series
    • Derek Jacobs
    • 2007
  • Delusion
    Short
    • Father
    • 2005
  • The Bill (1984)
    The Bill
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Malcolm Barber
    • Carl Jones
    • 1992–1998
  • Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater, Robert Hardy, and Christopher Timothy in All Creatures Great & Small (1978)
    All Creatures Great & Small
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Mr. Hopps
    • 1988–1989
  • Denis Quilley in Murder of a Moderate Man (1985)
    Murder of a Moderate Man
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Insp. McGovern
    • 1985
  • The Agatha Christie Hour (1982)
    The Agatha Christie Hour
    7.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Captain Mountjoy
    • 1982
  • The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Hustings
    • 1982
  • Reginald Barratt, Richard Beckinsale, Freddie Fletcher, Bernard Hepton, Arthur Lowe, Brian Miller, Ron Moody, Jack Rosenthal, Liz Smith, and Paula Wilcox in ITV Playhouse (1967)
    ITV Playhouse
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Mr. Eldred
    • Keith
    • Peter
    • 1977–1980
  • The Famous Five (1978)
    The Famous Five
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Ted
    • 1978
  • The Birds Fall Down (1978)
    The Birds Fall Down
    TV Mini Series
    • Stankovitch
    • 1978
  • Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
    Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
    6.4
    • Bussingbill
    • 1978
  • Armchair Thriller (1978)
    Armchair Thriller
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Wormald
    • 1978
  • Ian McCulloch and Carolyn Seymour in Survivors (1975)
    Survivors
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Irvine
    • 1977
  • Couples (1975)
    Couples
    4.5
    TV Series
    • Geoff Baker
    • 1975–1976
  • Brief Encounter (1974)
    Brief Encounter
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • School Master
    • 1974

Writer

  • Dominic Monaghan and Patricia Routledge in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1995)
    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
    7.6
    TV Series
    • series creator
    • written by
    • characters from the novel ...
    • 1996–1998
  • Nathan Yapp in Second Best (1994)
    Second Best
    6.8
    • novel
    • screenplay
    • 1994
  • Closing Numbers (1993)
    Closing Numbers
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • screenplay
    • 1993
  • Missing Persons (1990)
    Missing Persons
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • screenplay
    • 1990
  • Alfred Molina and Robert Hardy in Sunday Premiere (1986)
    Sunday Premiere
    6.3
    TV Series
    • script
    • 1986
  • Weekend Playhouse
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1984
  • Scene (1968)
    Scene
    6.7
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1984
  • Walter & June (1983)
    Walter & June
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • dramatised by
    • novel: "Winter Doves"
    • 1983
  • Walter (1982)
    Walter
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • dramatisation
    • novel
    • 1982
  • In Front of the Children
    TV Special
    • by: 'A Place Like Home'
    • 1982
  • Mr & Mrs Edgehill (1985)
    BBC2 Playhouse
    6.7
    TV Series
    • script
    • 1980
  • Heartland (1979)
    Heartland
    3.6
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1979
  • Ian Hendry, Carole Mowlam, and Maureen Pryor in The Sunday Drama (1977)
    The Sunday Drama
    5.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1977
  • Television Club
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1977
  • Couples (1975)
    Couples
    4.5
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1975–1976

Personal details

  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • September 21, 1940
    • Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Died
    • September 16, 2015
    • UK(pancreatic cancer)
  • Other works
    He acted in the play, "The Corsican Brothers", at the Greenwich Theatre with Fiona Walker, Gerald Howe and Gerald Harper in the cast.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He won in 1978 the Hawthornden prize for Walter which he later adapted as a TV movie.

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