
David Calder
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 1, 1946 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
Biography
David Calder (David Ian Calder) – English actor, born 1 August 1946 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, active since 1970 with over 110 credits. His most notable film roles include a Crewman in Superman (1978), Sir Robert King in The World Is Not Enough (1999), Roger Wilson in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Louis Stanley in Rush (2013), Hugh Bell in Queen of the Desert (2015), Mr. Fairchild in The Lady in the Van (2015), Terry Perkins in The Hatton Garden Job (2017), and Father Michael in The Last Front (2024). On television he is best known for Det. Insp. George Resnick in Widows (1983–1985), Nathan Spring in Star Cops (1987), Captain Edward Smith in Titanic (2012, ITV), and guest appearances in Spooks, Midsomer Murders, Hustle, Waking the Dead, A Touch of Frost, Call the Midwife (2018), and The Moonstone (2016). On stage he is a veteran of the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, with roles in Hamlet (as Polonius), King Henry IV (as Falstaff), and A Doll's House, and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
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Filmography

The Last Front
Movie · as Father Michael

Rivals
TV · as Rev. Fergus Penney · 6 eps

The Trick
Movie · as Sir David King

Time
TV · as John Cobden · 3 eps

Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
TV · as Archbishop George Carey · 2 eps

Jerk
TV · as Great Uncle Thomas · 4 eps

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Movie · as Julius Caesar

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
TV · as Harold Hamworthy · 1 ep

The Hatton Garden Job
Movie · as Terry Perkins

The Lost City of Z
Movie · as Secretary Bryce

Emerald City
TV · as King Ev · 2 eps

Motherland
TV · as Geoff · 1 ep

Queen of the Desert
Movie · as Hugh Bell

The Scandalous Lady W
Movie · as Lord Chief Justice Mansfield

The Lady in the Van
Movie · as Mr Fairchild

Houdini
TV · as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · 2 eps

Inside No. 9
TV · as Percy · 1 ep

Rush
Movie · as Louis Stanley

Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King
Movie · as Cosmo Gordon Lang

Father Brown
TV · as Sir Aaron Armstrong · 1 ep

Utopia
TV · as Dobri Gorski · 1 ep

Plebs
TV · as Senator Varus · 1 ep

Cuckoo
TV · as Charles · 2 eps

Titanic
TV · as Captain Smith · 4 eps

Call the Midwife
TV · as Donald · 1 ep

United
Movie · as Harold Hardman

Vera
TV · as Frank McAffee · 1 ep

Trollied
TV · 1 ep

On Expenses
Movie · as Stuart Bell

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Movie · as Polonius

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Movie · as Sir John Marsden

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Movie · as Roger Wilson

The Last Enemy
TV · as Lord Cawston · 3 eps

Lewis
TV · as Andrew Lipton · 1 ep

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Movie · as Bishop of Grasse

Goya's Ghosts
Movie · as Monk 1

The Cult of Star Cops
Movie

Wallis & Edward
Movie · as Winston Churchill

Friends Reunited
Movie · as Denny Flemyng

Cold Blood
TV · as Professor Robert Kerr · 5 eps
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
Movie · as Self

Hustle
TV · as Victor Maher · 1 ep

Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
TV · 6 eps

Lawless
TV · as DCI Pete Chambers · 2 eps

New Tricks
TV · as Sid Lestade · 1 ep

The Commander
TV · 17 eps

Family
TV · as Ted Cutler · 6 eps

Death in Holy Orders
TV · as Sir Alred Treeves · 1 ep

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
TV · as Richard Martin · 1 ep

Spooks
TV · as Sergei Lermov · 1 ep

Love or Money
Movie · as Mario

Mr In-Between
Movie · as Tattooed Man

Anybody's Nightmare
Movie · as Anthony Glass QC

Waking the Dead
TV · as Commander Bill Drake · 2 eps

The Mists of Avalon
TV · as Uriens · 2 eps

The King Is Alive
Movie · as Charles

Jason and the Argonauts
TV · as Argos · 2 eps

The World Is Not Enough
Movie · as Sir Robert King

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Movie · as Sir Paul Condon

FairyTale: A True Story
Movie · as Harold Snelling

Midsomer Murders
TV · as George Hamilton · 1 ep

Drovers' Gold
TV · as Vaughan · 5 eps

Henry IV
Movie · as Falstaff

Bramwell
TV · 27 eps

Dangerous Lady
TV · 4 eps

Cracker
TV · as Father Michael Harvey · 1 ep

The Count of Solar
Movie · as Abbé de L'Epée

A Doll's House
Movie · as Nils Krogstad

Heartbeat
TV · as Saul Arkwright, DI Ludlow · 1 ep

Between the Lines
TV · 2 eps

A Touch of Frost
TV · as Kenneth Shaw · 1 ep

Friday on My Mind
TV · as Donahue · 3 eps

A Question of Attribution
Movie · as Chubb

American Friends
Movie · as Pollitt

Sleepers
Movie · as Victor Chekhov

The War That Never Ends
Movie · as Cleon

Chimera
TV · as Dr. Jenner · 4 eps

Performance
TV · as Nils Krogstad · 1 ep

Sleepers
TV · as Victor Chekhov · 4 eps

Shoot to Kill
Movie · as DCS John Thorburn

Shoot to Kill
TV · as DCS John Thorburn · 2 eps

Nice Work
TV · as Stuart Baxter · 4 eps

Tumbledown
Movie · as John Lawrence

Unreported Incident
Movie · as Douglas

The Play on One
TV · as Douglas · 1 ep

The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Movie · as Maitre Verges

Star Cops
TV · as Commander Nathan Spring, Box (voice) · 9 eps

The New Statesman
TV · as Le Cul · 1 ep

Defence of the Realm
Movie · as Harry Champion

Good As Gold
Movie · as Dennis Barker

Casualty
TV · as Phillip Perry, Roy Parks · 1 ep

Wynne and Penkovsky
Movie · as Greville Wynne

Urban Jungle
Movie · as Insp. Burton

Wynne and Penkovsky
TV · as Greville Wynne · 3 eps

Mitch
TV · as Ben Hall · 10 eps

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
TV · as Sgt. Margetson · 1 ep
Love and Marriage
TV · as Ralph Blenchard · 1 ep

Widows
TV · as D.I. George Resnick, DI George Resnick
No Excuses
TV · as Stanmore · 1 ep

Moonlighting
Movie · as Supermarket Manager

The Disappearance of Harry
Movie · as Bracey

Bread or Blood
Movie · as Benson

Bergerac
TV · as Sir Clive Hamer · 1 ep

Get Lost!
TV · as DS Tomlin · 4 eps

The Black Stuff
Movie · as McKenna
Fox
Movie · as Detective Inspector Davin

Fox
TV · as Detective Inspector Davin · 2 eps

Gossip from the Forest
Movie · as General Von Heldorff

Casting the Runes
Movie · as John Marriott

Minder
TV · as Micky 'The Fish' Metcalfe · 1 ep

Superman
Movie · as 3rd Crewman

Enemy at the Door
TV · as Hoffman · 1 ep

The Professionals
TV · as Insp. Shannon · 1 ep

Napoleon and Love
TV · as Marmont · 1 ep

Crown Court
TV · as Donald Dowd, Man In Corridor, Gordon Sibley · 3 eps

Edward II
Movie · as Young Spencer

The Tragedy of King Richard II
Movie · as Lord Ross / Groom
Sentimental Education
TV · as Deslauriers · 4 eps

