David Collings

AKA:
0.2662

1940-06-04

Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

Biography

Versatile actor best known for playing Silver in the science fiction/fantasy series, Sapphire & Steel.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {60}

Bob Cratchit

1970-11-05 6.819

Scrooge

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney. ...
Genre :Fantasy, Drama, Family

King's Messenger (uncredited)

1966-12-13 7.334

A Man for All Seasons

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in Englan ...
Genre :Drama, History

Dean Carver

2010-04-16 6.6

Mission London

A concert to celebrate Bulgaria joining the EU is being planned at the Embassy in London and it is the job of VARADIN, the new ambassador, to ensure the Queen attends. But with corrupt staff, criminal ...
Genre :Comedy

Major Greville

1985-01-01 5

Tangiers

A former CIA agent is forced by crooked agents of the government to pose as a notorious smuggler of the Tangier Straits who happens to be a stiff ...
Genre :

Mr. Johnson

1972-01-01 7.3

For the Love of Ada

Walter and Ada Bingley are celebrating their first wedding anniversary unaware that their friends and family are planning a surprise party for them. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Critic

1968-11-24 5.429

Joanna

When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. That's when things get complicated. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Drama

Nathan

1976-04-08 4

The Story of David

The "David and Goliath" legend is presented as credibly as possible, while David's later disastrous romance with Bathsheba is handled with taste and decorum. Also in the cast are Anthony Quayle as Kin ...
Genre :History, Drama, TV Movie

Cassius

1979-02-11 8.5

Julius Caesar

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie, History

Daniel Clark

1971-09-06 6

UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!

Genre :Science Fiction

Atkinson

1973-08-14 6

Secrets

Secrets Chocolates receive an unexpected sales boost when three maintenance workers fall into the chocolate vat and are fed through the production line. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Comedy

Governor

2013-12-25 5.9

The Invisible Woman

In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mi ...
Genre :Drama, History, Romance

X.117

1966-10-27 0

Level Seven

Level 7 is the deepest and the safest level in a nuclear bunker. The nerve centre of the government is based here. But how safe is it? ...
Genre :TV Movie

James Morris

1970-02-09 0

The Suicide Club

Prince Florizel of Bohemia discovers a secret club where desperate men gamble with their lives, and vows to bring it to an end. ...
Genre :Thriller, Horror

Pyotr Verhovensky

1969-05-02 0

The Possessed

Adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel about liberal discussion versus revolutionary action in a provincial Russian town in the mid-nineteenth century. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Horror

Covey

1975-12-31 4.7

Hennessy

Former Irish Republican Army member Niall Hennessy lives in Belfast, Ireland, with his wife and daughter amid the ongoing Irish-British conflict. Though he still knows people in the IRA, including fug ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama, Action

Poul

1977-02-19 7.875

Doctor Who: The Robots of Death

The Doctor and Leela must catch a killer on a vast mining ship run by robots and humans. ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure

Vorus

1975-05-10 5.667

Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen

Arriving on Space Station Nerva in its distant past, the Doctor, Sarah and Harry find its crew threatened by a mysterious plague. Discovering that things are not as they seem, they uncover a Cyberman ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Percy Grainger

1968-09-15 6.2

Song of Summer

The last five years of Frederick Delius's life through the eyes of a young composer and aide, Eric Fenby. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Music, Drama

Mr. Shepherd

1995-05-01 7.102

Persuasion

Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea captain of meager means. Years later, money troubles f ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Hugo Wolfe

1974-04-04 6.695

Mahler

Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train. ...
Genre :Drama, Music

Chorus

1986-09-16 2

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king has gone unavenged, and Oedipus sets out to find t ...
Genre :Drama

Tillotson

1978-11-04 6.7

The Thirty Nine Steps

The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Tommy

1971-05-27 0

The Man in the Sidecar

Examines the relationship between Edith, a famous and successful novelist, and her writer husband, and how her own domestic situation is paralleled in her latest book about a woman enjoying the self-d ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Maj. Nigel Percival

1979-11-26 5.6

The Outsider

Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcom ...
Genre :Drama, History

Thurio

1983-12-27 6.3

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Two great friends leave Verona for Milan, Valentine with great enthusiasm and Proteus unwillingly, as he will have to leave his recently-betrothed Julia. Valentine soon falls in love with Silvia, daug ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, TV Movie

Mawdryn

1983-02-09 7

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

A warp ellipse draws the TARDIS off course. The Fifth Doctor's companions are separated from him not in space, but in time, and he has to deal with a treacherous schoolboy named Turlough. But why does ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Lacey

1978-10-23 0

Freedom of the Dig

After 15 years in HM Prisons, Emerson just wants to keep his nose clean and get out. Working on the Stone Age fort keeps him away from trouble, but there are other problems apart from the weather ...
Genre :

Alan

1982-05-21 0

Housewarming

Her husband Gary is behind on the central heating installation. Eunice, her best friend, has a crush on the lodger - an actor appearing in a very violent play at the local rep. No wonder Tina is anxio ...
Genre :

Self

2016-11-14 10

UFO From Earth to the Moon

Interviewing cast and crew behind the scenes on UFO, this documentary lifts the lid on Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's first venture into live action science fiction. ...
Genre :Documentary

2012-03-12 0

The Sandmine Murders

Cast and crew look back on the filming of Doctor Who: The Robots of Death ...
Genre :Documentary

Vorus / Mawdryn (archive footage)

2008-03-03 0

The Ties That Bind Us

A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors. ...
Genre :Documentary, Science Fiction

Blind Pew

1977-10-30 0

Treasure Island

Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map and embarks on a journey to find the treasure, but pirates led by Long John Silver have plans to take the treasure for themselves by way of mutiny. ...
Genre :

1989-09-19 7

Through The Dragon's Eye

Part of the BBC's educational "Look and Read" series, Through The Dragon's Eye tells the story of three children transported to the land of Pelamar by Gorwen the Dragon in order to repair the Veetacor ...
Genre :Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Vorus

1963-11-23 7.869

Doctor Who

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Sir Anthony Babington

1971-02-17 7.4

Elizabeth R

This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one dramatic period in the lengthy reign of the Virgin Queen, including her ascension to the throne, her va ...
Genre :Drama

1981-09-22 0

Dark Towers

Dark Towers is a 1981 educational production by the BBC in the Look and Read series. The series remains highly popular in primary schools to this day. The show involves two main characters; Tracy and ...
Genre :Kids, Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery

Voice of Monkey

1978-10-01 8.5

Monkey

Buddhist priest Tripitaka and his three disciples Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, travel from China to India to fetch the Buddhist scriptures. They have been sent by Buddha, and getting these scriptures wil ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Poul

1963-11-23 7.869

Doctor Who

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Michael Sunderton

1987-08-02 6.273

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Mr. Winters

1989-01-16 7.5

Press Gang

The activities of the staff at The Junior Gazette, a children's weekly newspaper produced by a group of school pupils. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Deva

1978-01-02 7.25

Blake's 7

A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship. ...
Genre :Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

William Wilberforce

1975-03-19 8

The Fight Against Slavery

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Reverend Harmon

1985-02-28 7.2

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

An advertisement announcing the time and place of a forthcoming murder appears among the ads of the paper in the small village of Chipping Cleghorn. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Alan Campbell-Gore

1965-03-18 6.8

Gideon's Way

Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. ...
Genre :Drama

Sverdlov

1965-10-07 3.833

Thirty-Minute Theatre

An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted man ...
Genre :Drama

Paul Pringle

1980-08-30 5.8

Juliet Bravo

Juliet Bravo was a drama that focused on two female police inspectors, neither of whom were called Juliet Bravo! These two inspectors worked in the small fictional town of Hartley, Lancashire. Jean D ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Frank Turner

1977-12-30 7.489

The Professionals

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

Daniel Clark

1970-09-16 7.667

UFO

A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders. ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure

John Anders

1969-09-21 6.5

Strange Report

Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which have been marked "Open File" by various government departments – with the help of Hamlyn Gynt, Evelyn and Professor Mark ...
Genre :Crime

Mr. Dawlish

1991-04-07 7.8

The Darling Buds of May

An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a pen ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Silver

1979-07-10 7.4

Sapphire & Steel

Sapphire & Steel is a British television science-fiction fantasy series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. Th ...
Genre :Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Cyril

1965-10-07 3.833

Thirty-Minute Theatre

An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted man ...
Genre :Drama

Alan

1974-03-13 7

Playhouse

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC. ...
Genre :Drama

Henry Meats

1969-05-10 0

Sinister Street

BBC adaptation of Compton Mackenzie's novel about love, faith and the clash between the old and new forms of British society in the early twentieth century. Being the sole televised adaptation produce ...
Genre :

Alan West

1965-05-13 0

Londoners

London itself takes the starring role in this series of plays from the BBC – a role which varies between hero and villain, enchantress and harpy. The series features extensive location filming, rangin ...
Genre :Drama

David Anson

1990-04-20 6

The Chief

The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its ...
Genre :Drama

Dr. Tucker

1980-01-11 0

Breakaway

Detective Inspector Sam Harvey investigates intricate murder cases while contemplating retirement to pursue his passion for writing children's books. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

John Ruskin

1975-01-22 0

The Love School

The Love School is a BBC television drama miniseries originally broadcast from 22 January to 26 February 1975 about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The series was written by John Hale, Ray Lawler, Rob ...
Genre :Drama

Atkinson

1973-08-14 6

Black and Blue

Black and Blue was a BBC TV comedy-drama series, first broadcast in 1973. The show consisted of six 50–60 minutes episodes, each a separate self-contained playlet. The only connection was the Black an ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

John Barsad

1980-10-05 5

A Tale of Two Cities

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release ...
Genre :Drama