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David Bernard Swift was an English actor known for his role as Henry Davenport in the topical comedy Drop the Dead Donkey.
Birth Name
David Bernard Swift
Born
Friday, 03 April 1931
Died
Friday, 08 April 2016
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Born and Bred | Euphrates | 2002 |
| Holby City | Bill Hoskins | 1999 |
| Jack & Sarah | Michael | 1995 |
| Ken Dodd: An Audience with Ken Dodd | Self - Audience Member | 1994 |
| An Audience with Bob Monkhouse | Self - Audience Member / Self | 1994 |
| Drop the Dead Donkey | Henry Davenport | 1990 |
| The Paradise Club | Max Wartbug | 1989 |
| Screen One | Beddow | 1989 |
| Countdown to War | Daladier | 1989 |
| Poirot | Henry Reedburn | 1989 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Born and Bred | Euphrates | 2002 |
| Holby City | Bill Hoskins | 1999 |
| Jack & Sarah | Michael | 1995 |
| Ken Dodd: An Audience with Ken Dodd | Self - Audience Member | 1994 |
| An Audience with Bob Monkhouse | Self - Audience Member / Self | 1994 |
| Drop the Dead Donkey | Henry Davenport | 1990 |
| The Paradise Club | Max Wartbug | 1989 |
| Screen One | Beddow | 1989 |
| Countdown to War | Daladier | 1989 |
| Poirot | Henry Reedburn | 1989 |
| We Think the World of You | Bill | 1988 |
| Jack the Ripper | Lord Salisbury | 1988 |
| Wish Me Luck | Schweder | 1988 |
| Vanity Fair | Mr. Sedley | 1987 |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Lionel Marriott | 1987 |
| Flying Lady | Jeremiah Banks | 1987 |
| The Storyteller | King | 1987 |
| The Diary of Anne Frank | Mr. Dussel | 1987 |
| Hold the Dream | John Cross | 1986 |
| The Brothers McGregor | Crosby Nuttall | 1985 |
| Operation Julie | Det. Supt. David Gosling | 1985 |
| Freud | Joseph Breuer | 1984 |
| Arthur's Hallowed Ground | Lionel | 1984 |
| Shroud for a Nightingale | Sir Marcus Cohen | 1984 |
| No Excuses | Bill | 1983 |
| Bergerac | Dr. Barnard | 1981 |
| The Day of the Triffids | Beadley | 1981 |
| Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Professor Lindemann | 1981 |
| Private Schulz | Professor Bodelschwingh | 1981 |
| The Bunker | Gen. Rattenhuber | 1981 |
| Fox | Gadsden | 1980 |
| The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist | Fagin | 1980 |
| Turtle's Progress | Inspector Rafferty | 1979 |
| Les Miserables | Troufiat | 1978 |
| Going Straight | Mr McEwan / Mr. McEwan | 1978 |
| Wilde Alliance | Waldemar | 1978 |
| The Professionals | Sir Kenneth | 1977 |
| The Black Panther | Det. Chief Superintendent | 1977 |
| The Assignment | Zaforteza | 1977 |
| The Game | Austin Whitworth | 1977 |
| The New Avengers | Turner | 1976 |
| Victorian Scandals | Charles Bradlaugh | 1976 |
| Couples | Alan Taylor | 1975 |
| Private Affairs | Charles Fox | 1975 |
| Nightingale's Boys | David Fryer | 1975 |
| Father Brown | Stephen Aylmer | 1974 |
| Brotherly Love | Eddie Hanson | 1974 |
| Rising Damp | Gray | 1974 |
| The Internecine Project | Chester Drake | 1974 |
| Village Hall | Selwyn Stringer | 1974 |
| Fall of Eagles | Trepov | 1974 |
| Who Killed Lamb? | Insp. Havelock | 1974 |
| Within These Walls | Ron Moresby | 1974 |
| No Sex Please - We're British | Inspector Paul | 1973 |
| The Day of the Jackal | Montclair | 1973 |
| Travels with My Aunt | Detective / John Sparrow | 1972 |
| War & Peace | Napoleon | 1972 |
| Casanova | Valenglart | 1971 |
| Follyfoot | Mr. Bendiger | 1971 |
| Budgie | Sergeant Oxley | 1971 |
| Play for Today | Councillor Bass | 1970 |
| A Family at War | CSM Basset | 1970 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Fred Evans / Mr. Armistead | 1969 |
| ITV Playhouse | Walter | 1967 |
| The Baron | Lonnie / Phillipe | 1966 |
| Buddenbrooks | Herr Permaneder | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Les | 1965 |
| Londoners | Norman Phipps | 1965 |
| Undermind | Macridos | 1965 |
| Theatre 625 | Hymie Kossof | 1964 |
| Horizon | Vavilov | 1964 |
| Hamlet at Elsinore | Player King | 1964 |
| Love Story | Charles | 1963 |
| The Avengers | Barber | 1961 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Fireman | 1954 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Grindl | 1963 |
| The Magical World of Disney | 1954 |
