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David Neilson(I)

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David Neilson in Coronation Street (1960)
David Neilson was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire on 13th March 1949 and attended Garendon Secondary Modern School, leaving when he was 15 years old. He was 20 when he decided to try for drama school, auditioned successfully and did a 3-year drama course at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1972 he went into rep in Watford. In his time, he has worked as a gas fitter, plumber, ice cream salesman and barman. Since becoming an actor he had stints as a theatre director, (running the Little Theatre Company in Bristol and directing the premiere of Raymond Briggs' "When The Wind Blows" at the Whitehall Theatre, London), taught drama at RADA Central and Rose Bruford College, and written plays. His "Robin Hood-The Truth Behind The Green Tights" is published by Samuel French, pre-dates and is funnier than Mel Brooks's version which has a similar title. He was interviewed for his current role as Roy Cropper in "Coronation Street" after having been recommended for it by the writer, Stephen Mallatratt.
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Stephanie Cole and David Neilson in Coronation Street (1960)
David Neilson and Katherine Kelly in Coronation Street (1960)
Graeme Hawley and David Neilson in Coronation Street (1960)
David Neilson and Patti Clare in Coronation Street (1960)
Malcolm Hebden and David Neilson in Coronation Street (1960)
David Neilson in Coronation Street (1960)
David Neilson in Coronation Street (1960)
Julie Hesmondhalgh and David Neilson in Coronation Street (1960)
Stephanie Cole and David Neilson in Coronation Street (1960)
Barbara Knox and David Neilson in Coronation Street (1960)
David Neilson, William Roache, and Katherine Kelly in Coronation Street (1960)
David Neilson and Patti Clare in Coronation Street (1960)

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Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)
Coronation Street
5.6
TV Series
  • Roy Cropper
Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Secrets & Lies (1996)
Secrets & Lies
8.0
  • Man in Suit
  • 1996
Hard Cases
TV Series
  • Reporter
Tom Wilkinson in Resnick: Lonely Hearts (1992)
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
7.5
TV Series
  • Det. Sgt. Graham Millington

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  • Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)
    Coronation Street
  • Majority (2020)
    Majority
  • Coronation Street: Tram Crash (2010)
    Coronation Street: Tram Crash
  • Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday (2009)
    Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
  • Coronation Street: Pantomime
  • Broken Vessels (1998)
    Broken Vessels
  • Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Secrets & Lies (1996)
    Secrets & Lies
  • Nick Berry in Heartbeat (1992)
    Heartbeat
  • Mira Sorvino, Carla Gugino, Alison Elliott, and Rya Kihlstedt in The Buccaneers (1995)
    The Buccaneers
  • Frank Skinner in Blue Heaven (1992)
    Blue Heaven
  • Once Upon a Time in the North
  • Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, and Mark Wingett in The Bill (1984)
    The Bill
  • William Sadler and David Harewood in Bermuda Grace (1994)
    Bermuda Grace
  • Tony Doyle, Tom Georgeson, Neil Pearson, and Siobhan Redmond in Between the Lines (1992)
    Between the Lines
  • Jim Carter and Philip McGough in Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993)
    Resnick: Rough Treatment

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    • March 13, 1949
    • Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK

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