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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 15, 1929
Died
October 25, 1995
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York, USA
Also Known As
- David Healey
- Dave Healey
David Healy
0.3 Popularity
Biography
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 in almost continuous demand for any part which required an affable or imperious American. His long gallery of characters included diplomats, businessmen, bureaucrats, spooks, military brass, and so on. There were rare occasions, when he acted against type and played 'Britishers' -- a notable point in case being a likeable Dr. Watson, opposite charismatic Ian Richardson as Sherlock Holmes, in The Sign of Four (1983). His comedic side was showcased in guest appearances with Dick Emery and Kenny Everett and a with couple of turns in Jeeves and Wooster (1990). Though married and settled in Surrey, David took job offers on both sides of the Atlantic. He was glimpsed as a cleric in Patton (1970) and in Robert Aldrich's doomsday thriller Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); well-cast as Teddy Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); and he had recurring roles in TV's favourite soapie of the day, Dallas (1978). British TV audiences saw him guesting in just about every major crime series, from The Saint (1962) and Department S (1969), to The Persuaders! (1971). Simultaneously, from 1967, David pursued a successful career as a stage actor in classical plays with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In 1975, he re-visited his roots, playing Falstaff at a Shakespeare festival in Dallas. Ever versatile, David found another calling in musicals, appearing in "Kismet", "Call Me Madam" and "The Music Man". He received much praise for his interpretation of Runyonesque gambler Nicely-Nicely Johnson (played definitively on screen by Stubby Kaye) in "Guys and Dolls", performing show-stopping encores of "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat". - IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis
Known For
6.0
David Allen
It Had to Be You
2000
6.2
Armand Loyster (voice)
Space Precinct
1994
6.2
Pizza Delivery Man (voice)
Space Precinct
1994
6.0
Jacob
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
8.1
Waterbury
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
🎬
6.0
John Bedlow
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
6.8
Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker USAAF
Bomber Harris
1989
6.0
Father Kerry
Three Wishes for Jamie
1987
0.0
Turnaround
1987
0.0
Dr. George Hyatt
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
1986
Credits
It Had to Be You
as David Allen
2000
6.0
Space Precinct
as Armand Loyster (voice)
1994
6.2
Space Precinct
as Pizza Delivery Man (voice)
1994
6.2
Frank Stubbs Promotes
as Jacob
1993
6.0
Jeeves and Wooster
as Waterbury
1990
8.1
🎬
Perfect Scoundrels
as John Bedlow
1990
6.0
Bomber Harris
as Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker USAAF
1989
6.8
Three Wishes for Jamie
as Father Kerry
1987
6.0
Turnaround
1987
0.0
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
as Dr. George Hyatt
1986
0.0
Labyrinth
as Right Door Knocker (voice)
1986
7.3
Double Image
as Newscaster
1986
5.9
Space Police
1986
4.0
Lace 2
as Mayor (as David Healey)
1985
0.0
In Possession
as Jack Mervyn
1984
8.0
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Jack Mervyn
1984
6.4
Supergirl
as Mr Danvers
1984
5.3
The Sign of Four
as Dr. John Watson
1983
6.4
Filthy Rich
1982
5.0
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
as Lunar Controller / Frazer (voice)
1981
1.0
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
as Shane Weston / Russian Commander / Base 513 Controller / Kramer / Bates / Commander Kovac (voice)
1981
0.0
Hammer House of Horror
as Peter
1980
7.1
Sanford
as Juror
1980
7.0
The Ninth Configuration
as 1st General
1980
6.4
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
as (voice) (credit only)
1980
0.0
Tales of the Unexpected
as Jack Harrison
1979
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Auctioneer
1979
6.7
Lillie
1978
8.2
Vega$
1978
7.0
Return of the Saint
as Hansen
1978
7.0
Dallas
as Senator Harbin
1978
6.8
Winterspelt 1944
as Pfc Foster
1978
0.0
Blake's 7
1978
7.3
🎬
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Theodore Roosevelt
1977
4.4
Scott Joplin
as Sam Bundler
1977
6.1
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Maj. Winters
1977
6.4
Dickens of London
as Comm. Wentworth
1976
6.5
Charlie's Angels
as Cavendish
1976
6.7
Panache
as Donat
1976
0.0
Father Brown
1974
6.6
Phase IV
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1974
6.3
Harry O
1974
4.6
🎬
The Eagle Has Landed
as Houston
1973
0.0
Ooh...You Are Awful
as Tourist
1972
4.5
🎬
The Baron: Mystery Island
as David Laver
1972
7.0
Endless Night
as Jason
1972
6.0
The Frighteners
as Frank Mancha
1972
8.5
Embassy
as Phelan
1972
5.0
Madame Sin
as Braden
1972
6.7
Diamonds Are Forever
as Vandenburg Launch Director (uncredited)
1971
6.4
The Persuaders!
as Colonel Adler
1971
7.6
Jason King
1971
7.6
🎬
Coppers End
as McBaine
1971
0.0
Lust for a Vampire
as Raymond Pelley
1971
5.8
UFO
as Joe Franklin
1970
7.7
Patton
as Clergyman
1970
7.5
Paul Temple
1969
7.0
The Secret Service
as Dreisenberg Ambassador (voice)
1969
5.1
The Secret Service
as Shaw / Nielson / 2nd Technician (North Africa) / 1st Technician (Burgossa) / 4th Technician (Port Trennick) (voice)
1969
5.1
The Secret Service
as Dr Groot (voice)
1969
5.1
The Secret Service
as Mark Slater (voice)
1969
5.1
The Secret Service
as Sakov / Nurse (voice)
1969
5.1
Department S
as Ramos
1969
5.0
Joe 90
1968
7.1
Joe 90
as Shane Weston
1968
7.1
Isadora
as Chicago Theatre Manager
1968
6.1
🎬
The Jazz Age
as Commentator
1968
0.0
Only When I Larf
as Jones
1968
6.4
Assignment K
as David
1968
5.9
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Geiger Operator / Guard Voice 2 (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Commodore Goddard (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Kruger (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Lunar Controller (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as General Cope / Major Brooks (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Frazer (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Jason Smith (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Dr. Mitchell (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Dr. Conrad (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as General Rebus (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as President Roberts (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Major Moran (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Major Stone (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Colgan / Frazer / Commodore Goddard (voice)
1967
7.4
🎬
Baker's Half-Dozen
as Al Capone
1967
0.0
🎬
Baker's Half-Dozen
1967
0.0
You Only Live Twice
as Houston Radar Operator (uncredited)
1967
6.6
The Double Man
as Halstead
1967
6.1
Till Death Us Do Part
as American on Train
1966
7.4
BBC Play of the Month
as Radio Announcer
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Edward Wagner
1965
5.0
Be My Guest
as Hilton Bass
1965
6.2
The Finest Hours
as Newsreel Commentator
1964
6.3
Kiss Me, Kate
1964
0.0
The Saint
as Hal Ward
1962
7.4