David Gooderson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 24, 1941 (age 85)
- Birthplace
- Lahore, Punjab, British India
Biography
David Richard Gooderson (born 24 February 1941) is an Indian-born British actor and writer who has appeared in several television roles. As well as portraying Davros in the Doctor Who serial Destiny of the Daleks, he appeared in episodes of Lovejoy, Mapp & Lucia and A Touch of Frost. Gooderson was also featured on many radio programmes for the BBC, including The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately with Bill Wallis, David Jason, Denise Coffey and Jonathan Cecil and Huddwinks with Roy Hudd and others. He wrote several plays for stage and radio broadcast, and published several books about Kenneth Grahame. Gooderson was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, and featured in the cast of the 1964 Footlights revue, Stuff What Dreams Are Made Of.
Known For
Filmography
Doctor Who: Risen
Movie · as Davros (voice)
Return to Skaro
Movie
The Doctors: Villains!
Movie
Cuffs
TV · as Lewis Gardener · 1 ep
Davros Connections
Movie
Footballers' Wives
TV · as Minister · 1 ep
Johnny and the Dead
TV · as Councillor · 1 ep
A Touch of Frost
TV · as Derek Simpkins, Pathologist · 36 eps
Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Bert, First Patient · 1 ep
The Paradise Club
TV · as Jack Pringle · 2 eps
Claws
Movie · as Lecturer
Lovejoy
TV · as Cyril Catchpole · 1 ep
Mapp & Lucia
TV · as Mr Woolgar · 5 eps
Seaview
TV · as Mr Shelton · 12 eps
Tenko
TV · as Major Sims · 1 ep
Bergerac
TV · as Sidney Le Blanc · 1 ep
Codename Icarus
TV · as Maths Teacher · 2 eps
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
Movie · as Davros
Fairies
Movie · as First Reporter
Hazell
TV · as Shop Assistant · 1 ep
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV · as Denver · 1 ep
Happy Ever After
TV · as Mr Lawton · 1 ep
The Adventures of Don Quick
TV · as Bank Clerk · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Davros · 3 eps