About
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...
Known for
DallasSeries • 1978
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
The SaintSeries • 1962
Charlie's AngelsSeries • 1976
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries • 1979
You Only Live TwiceMovie • 1967
Captain Scarlet and the MysteronsSeries • 1967
Vega$Series • 1978
Blake's 7Series • 1978
Space PrecinctSeries • 1994
UFOSeries • 1970
The Persuaders!Series • 1971
Jeeves and WoosterSeries • 1990
Harry OSeries • 1974
Out of the UnknownSeries • 1965
Diamonds Are ForeverMovie • 1971
Return of the SaintSeries • 1978
Jason KingSeries • 1971
LabyrinthMovie • 1986
Till Death Us Do PartSeries • 1966
Department SSeries • 1969
EspionageSeries • 1963
Hammer House of Mystery and SuspenseSeries • 1984