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David Collings(1940-2020)

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David Collings
Midnight Is A Place
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Midnight Is a Place (1977–1978)
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British stage and screen actor whose characters typically displayed indecision or timidity, usually mild-mannered or naive types who tended to come to a sticky end somewhere along the line. Collings began acting professionally with the Liverpool Repertory Theatre in the early 60s. Though having never attended drama school, he nonetheless segued successfully into television work following the advice of a fellow actor. On screen from 1965, he initially appeared in several prominent cop shows (Z Cars (1962), Softly Softly (1966)) but became ultimately best known for his work in science fiction, often having undergone extensive alien make-up. He was notable as an alien kidnap victim turned into a human bomb in The Psychobombs (1970) and as a 'Vogan' renegade scientist out to destroy (and, of course, expiring in the process) the perennial robotic nemesis in Revenge of the Cybermen. Having enjoyed the experience, he popped up twice more in Doctor Who (1963) instalments: as the driver of a mining vehicle on an extraterrestrial world who suffers from the unfortunate malady 'robophobia' while confronting The Robots of Death and as the titular antagonist (on this occasion playing an immortal, but mutated and disfigured alien scientist) in Mawdryn Undead.

Collings also specialised in period drama, particularly effective as the often mistreated and underpaid clerk Bob Cratchit in Scrooge (1970), the spy John Barsad (aka Solomon Pross) in A Tale of Two Cities (1980), the Russian liberal politician Pavel Nikolayevich Milyukov in Fall of Eagles (1974) and British Tory Prime Minister William Pitt in the miniseries Prince Regent (1979). On stage, he portrayed Lord Stanley in a National Theatre production of Richard III and the King of France in Henry V at the Royal Exchange in Manchester. He provided the voice for Legolas in the BBC 4 radio serial The Lord of the Rings.
BornJune 4, 1940
DiedMarch 23, 2020(79)
BornJune 4, 1940
DiedMarch 23, 2020(79)
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David Collings and Joanna Lumley in Sapphire & Steel (1979)
David Collings and Joanna Lumley in Sapphire & Steel (1979)
David Collings and Joanna Lumley in Sapphire & Steel (1979)
David Collings and Joanna Lumley in Sapphire & Steel (1979)
David Collings, Joanna Lumley, and David McCallum in Sapphire & Steel (1979)
David Collings and Frances Cuka in Scrooge (1970)
David Collings in Scrooge (1970)
Richard Beaumont, David Collings, Frances Cuka, and Karen Scargill in Scrooge (1970)
Richard Beaumont, David Collings, Frances Cuka, and Karen Scargill in Scrooge (1970)
David Collings in Scrooge (1970)
David Collings and Nigel Gregory in UFO (1970)
Tom Baker, David Collings, and Louise Jameson in Doctor Who (1963)

Known for:

Scrooge (1970)
Scrooge
7.5
  • Bob Cratchit
  • 1970
Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
Doctor Who
8.4
TV Series
  • Poul
  • Vorus
  • Mawdryn
Masaaki Sakai in Monkey (1978)
Monkey
8.4
TV Series
  • Monkey(English version, voice)
Joanna Lumley and David McCallum in Sapphire & Steel (1979)
Sapphire & Steel
7.9
TV Series
  • Silver

Credits

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Actor

  • Guy Henry in Holby City (1999)
    Holby City
    • Linden Hislop
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Ralph Fiennes and Felicity Jones in The Invisible Woman (2013)
    The Invisible Woman
    • Governor (as Mr. David Collings)
    • 2013
  • Alan Ford and Julian Vergov in Mission London (2010)
    Mission London
    • Dean Carver
    • 2010
  • Wren: The Man Who Built Britain
    • Dean
    • TV Movie
    • 2004
  • Feral TV (1996)
    Feral TV
    • Rattus P. Rattus
    • TV Series
    • 1996
  • George Baker, Keith Barron, John Castle, and Amanda Redman in Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
    Ruth Rendell Mysteries
    • Michael Sunderton
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • Persuasion (1995)
    Persuasion
    • Mr. Shepherd
    • TV Movie
    • 1995
  • Screen Two (1985)
    Screen Two
    • Mr. Shepherd
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • The Chief (1990)
    The Chief
    • David Anson
    • TV Series
    • 1993–1994
  • Press Gang (1989)
    Press Gang
    • Mr. Winters
    • TV Series
    • 1989–1993
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones, Pam Ferris, Christina Giles, Katherine Giles, David Jason, Stephanie Ralph, and Julie Stichbury in The Darling Buds of May (1991)
    The Darling Buds of May
    • Mr. Dawlish
    • TV Series
    • 1993
  • Adam Faith and Zoë Wanamaker in Love Hurts (1992)
    Love Hurts
    • Barney Blunden
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • Boon (1986)
    Boon
    • Detective Inspector
    • TV Series
    • 1991
  • Omnibus (1967)
    Omnibus
    • Father
    • Jakob Grimm
    • Stanton ...
    • TV Series
    • 1967–1990
  • Show Hayami in Devilman (1987)
    Devilman
    • Jinmen (English version, voice)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1990

Soundtrack

  • Scrooge (1970)
    Scrooge
    • performer: "Christmas Children" (uncredited)
    • 1970

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Hennessy
Midnight Is A Place
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Midnight Is A Place

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • BFI
    • Theater_org
  • Alternative name
    • Mr. David Collings
  • Born
    • June 4, 1940
    • Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
  • Died
    • March 23, 2020
  • Spouses
      Karen Archer1983 - March 23, 2020 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Appeared in London's West End in Jeffrey Archer play 'The Accused'.

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    He appeared in the final episodes of two 1970s/1980s cult classic science fiction series: Blake's 7 (1978) and Sapphire & Steel (1979).

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