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David Markham(1913-1983)

  • Actor
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David Markham in Two English Girls (1971)
David Markham was born on 3 April 1913 in Wick, Worcestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Day for Night (1973), Tales from the Crypt (1972) and Tess (1979). He was married to Olive Dehn. He died on 15 December 1983 in Coleman's Hatch, East Sussex, England, UK.
BornApril 3, 1913
DiedDecember 15, 1983(70)
BornApril 3, 1913
DiedDecember 15, 1983(70)
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Known for

Day for Night (1973)
Day for Night
8.0
  • Dr. Michael Nelson
  • 1973
Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, and Ralph Richardson in Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Tales from the Crypt
6.8
  • Father(segment "Poetic Justice")
  • 1972
Tess (1979)
Tess
7.3
  • Reverend Mr Clare
  • 1979
Gandhi (1982)
Gandhi
8.0
  • Older Englishman
  • 1982

Credits

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Actor

  • Artists and Models (1986)
    Artists and Models
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Dorcy
    • 1986
  • Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
    Reilly: Ace of Spies
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Balfour
    • 1983
  • Gandhi (1982)
    Gandhi
    8.0
    • Older Englishman
    • 1982
  • Robert Hardy in Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
    8.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Duke of Marlborough
    • 1981
  • Philip Madoc in The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981)
    The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Herbert Henry Asquith
    • 1981
  • Amanda Redman and Liv Ullmann in Richard's Things (1980)
    Richard's Things
    5.6
    • Mr. Morris
    • 1980
  • Joss Ackland and Harry Andrews in Closing Ranks (1980)
    Closing Ranks
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • Sir Norman Bleake
    • 1980
  • Play for Today (1970)
    Play for Today
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Judge
    • Rev. Taylor
    • 1971–1980
  • Tess (1979)
    Tess
    7.3
    • Reverend Mr Clare
    • 1979
  • Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
    Meetings with Remarkable Men
    7.1
    • Dean Borsh
    • 1979
  • Peter Barkworth and Hannah Gordon in Telford's Change (1979)
    Telford's Change
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Tom Stetchley
    • 1979
  • The Roads of Exile (1978)
    The Roads of Exile
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Richard Davenport
    • 1978
  • Emmerdale Farm (1972)
    Emmerdale Farm
    4.9
    TV Series
    • David Annersley
    • 1978
  • Off to Philadelphia in the Morning (1978)
    Off to Philadelphia in the Morning
    TV Series
    • Sir William Sterndale Bennett
    • 1978
  • Claudia Cardinale, Lara Wendel, Umberto Orsini, and Michel Piccoli in Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)
    Little Girl in Blue Velvet
    5.4
    • Consul
    • 1978

Personal details

  • Born
    • April 3, 1913
    • Wick, Worcestershire, England, UK
  • Died
    • December 15, 1983
    • Coleman's Hatch, East Sussex, England, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Olive Dehn? - December 15, 1983 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
    • Petra Markham
  • Other works
    He acted in George Bernard Shaw's plays, "Aerial Football" and "The Black Girl in Search of God", at the Mermaid Theatre in London, England with Edith Evans, Anthony Newlands, Paul Hardwick, Josephine Wilson, Trevor Baxter, Jessie Evans and John Westbrook in the cast. Basil Ashmore was the director.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Father of the actresses Kika Markham and Petra Markham and of make up artist Sonia Markham. Brother-in-law of Paul Dehn.

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