David Hemmings

David Hemmings

Known for
Acting
Born
November 18, 1941
Died
December 3, 2003 (aged 62)
Birthplace
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Biography

David Edward Leslie Hemmings (November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003) was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer. He is noted for his role as the photographer in the drama mystery-thriller film Blowup (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Early in his career, Hemmings was a boy soprano appearing in operatic roles. In his later acting career, he was known for his distinctive eyebrows and gravelly voice.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism poster

To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism

Movie

2016
Blow Up of 'Blow-Up' poster

Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2011
George Harrison: Living in the Material World poster

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

TV · as Self (archive footage from "Blow-Up") · 2 eps

2007
Romantic poster

Romantic

Movie · as Sadun

2005
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' poster

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

Movie · as Self

2004
Blessed poster

Blessed

Movie · as Earl Sidney

2004
Britten's Children poster

Britten's Children

Movie · as Self

2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen poster

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Movie · as Nigel

2003
The Night We Called It a Day poster

The Night We Called It a Day

Movie · as Mickey Rudin

2003
100 Greatest Sexy Moments poster

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

Movie · as Self

2002
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice poster

Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice

Movie · as Martin Fox

2002
Equilibrium poster

Equilibrium

Movie · as Proctor

2002
Gangs of New York poster

Gangs of New York

Movie · as Mr. Schermerhorn

2002
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up poster

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

Movie · as Self

2002
Lenny Blue poster

Lenny Blue

TV · as DCI Tommy Gillespie · 2 eps

2001
Mean Machine poster

Mean Machine

Movie · as Governor

2001
Last Orders poster

Last Orders

Movie · as Lenny

2001
Spy Game poster

Spy Game

Movie · as Harry Duncan

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay · 2 eps

2001
Murder in Mind poster

Murder in Mind

TV · as Judge James Hendon · 1 ep

2000
Gladiator poster

Gladiator

Movie · as Cassius

2000
The Real Oliver Reed poster

The Real Oliver Reed

Movie · as Narrator

1997
The Vanishing Man poster

The Vanishing Man

TV · as Edward Lawrence · 1 ep

1995
A Mind to Murder poster

A Mind to Murder

Movie · as Godbolt

1995
Dear Antonioni poster

Dear Antonioni

Movie · as Self

1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues poster

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

TV · as Durham · 1 ep

1993
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties poster

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Northern Exposure poster

Northern Exposure

TV · as Viktor Bobrov · 1 ep

1989
The Rainbow poster

The Rainbow

Movie · as Uncle Henry

1989
The Turn of the Screw poster

The Turn of the Screw

Movie · as Mister Harley

1989
Nightmare Classics poster

Nightmare Classics

TV · as Mister Harley · 4 eps

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death") · 1 ep

1988
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder

Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder

Movie · as President Andrew Jackson

1987
3 On a Match poster

3 On a Match

Movie · as Maxwell 'Newt' Newton

1987
Harry's Hong Kong poster

Harry's Hong Kong

Movie · as Jack Rourke

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Charles Lamb · 1 ep

1985
The Key to Rebecca poster

The Key to Rebecca

Movie · as Maj. Smith

1985
The Snow Queen poster

The Snow Queen

Movie · as Reindeer (voice)

1985
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues poster

Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues

Movie · as Ian Blaze

1984
Airwolf: The Movie poster

Airwolf: The Movie

Movie · as Dr. Charles Henry Moffet

1984
Thumbelina poster

Thumbelina

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1984
Calamity Jane poster

Calamity Jane

Movie · as Capt. James O'Neill

1984
Marlene poster

Marlene

Movie · as Himself

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Errol Pogson · 1 ep

1984
Airwolf poster

Airwolf

TV · as Dr. Charles Henry Moffett · 2 eps

1983
Man, Woman and Child poster

Man, Woman and Child

Movie · as Gavin Wilson

1983
Masquerade poster

Masquerade

TV · as Marlos · 1 ep

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as Narrator (voice), Reindeer (voice) · 1 ep

1980
Beyond Reasonable Doubt poster

Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Movie · as Insp. Bruce Hutton

1980
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde poster

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Movie · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

1980
Harlequin poster

Harlequin

Movie · as Nick Rast

1980
Magnum, P.I. poster

Magnum, P.I.

TV · as Lord Archibald 'Binkie' Smythe-White, Danny · 1 ep

1979
Murder by Decree poster

Murder by Decree

Movie · as Inspector Foxborough

1979
Thirst poster

Thirst

Movie · as Dr. Fraser

1979
Charlie Muffin poster

Charlie Muffin

Movie · as Charlie Muffin

1978
Just a Gigolo poster

Just a Gigolo

Movie · as Captain Hermann Kraft

1978
Power Play poster

Power Play

Movie · as Colonel Anthony Narriman

1978
Blood Relatives poster

Blood Relatives

Movie · as Armstrong

1978
Clouds of Glory

Clouds of Glory

TV · as Samuel T. Coleridge · 1 ep

1977
The Heroin Busters poster

The Heroin Busters

Movie · as Mike Hamilton

1977
Islands in the Stream poster

Islands in the Stream

Movie · as Eddy

1977
The Squeeze poster

The Squeeze

Movie · as Keith

1977
The Disappearance poster

The Disappearance

Movie · as Edward

1977
The Swindle poster

The Swindle

Movie · as Robert Clayton

1977
The Prince and the Pauper poster

The Prince and the Pauper

Movie · as Hugh Hendon

1975
The Old Curiosity Shop poster

The Old Curiosity Shop

Movie · as Richard Swiveller

1975
A Dream of Living

A Dream of Living

Movie · as F. Scott Fitzgerald

1975
Deep Red poster

Deep Red

Movie · as Marcus Daly

1975
Horse Latitudes poster

Horse Latitudes

Movie

1975
The Christmas Messenger poster

The Christmas Messenger

Movie · as (voice)

1975
Private Affairs

Private Affairs

TV · as F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1 ep

1974
Juggernaut poster

Juggernaut

Movie · as Charlie Braddock

1974
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game poster

It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game

Movie · as Juan

1973
The Big Screen poster

The Big Screen

Movie · as Self

1973
Voices poster

Voices

Movie · as Robert

1971
Unman, Wittering and Zigo poster

Unman, Wittering and Zigo

Movie · as John Ebony

1971
The Love Machine poster

The Love Machine

Movie · as Jerry Nelson

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Fragment of Fear poster

Fragment of Fear

Movie · as Tim Brett

1970
The Walking Stick poster

The Walking Stick

Movie · as Leigh Hartley

1970
Simon Simon poster

Simon Simon

Movie · as Man in Car with Posters

1969
Alfred the Great poster

Alfred the Great

Movie · as Alfred

1969
The Best House in London poster

The Best House in London

Movie · as Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne

1968
Barbarella poster

Barbarella

Movie · as Dildano

1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade poster

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Movie · as Capt. Louis Edward Nolan

1968
Only When I Larf poster

Only When I Larf

Movie · as Bob

1968
The Long Day's Dying poster

The Long Day's Dying

Movie · as John

1967
Camelot poster

Camelot

Movie · as Mordred

1966
Blow-Up poster

Blow-Up

Movie · as Thomas

1966
Eye of the Devil poster

Eye of the Devil

Movie · as Christian

1966
Africa Shakes

Africa Shakes

Movie

1966
All Eyes on Sharon Tate poster

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

Movie · as Self

1965
Auto Stop poster

Auto Stop

Movie · as Henry

1965
Be My Guest poster

Be My Guest

Movie · as Dave

1965
The Counterfeit Man poster

The Counterfeit Man

Movie · as Roger Westcott

1965
Out of the Unknown poster

Out of the Unknown

TV · as Roger Westcott · 1 ep

1965
The Troubleshooters poster

The Troubleshooters

TV · as Colin · 1 ep

1964
The System poster

The System

Movie · as David

1964
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

TV · as Henry · 1 ep

1963
West 11 poster

West 11

Movie · as Bullying Youth

1963
Two Left Feet poster

Two Left Feet

Movie · as Brian

1963
Live It Up!

Live It Up!

Movie · as Dave Martin

1962
The Painted Smile poster

The Painted Smile

Movie · as Roy

1962
Some People poster

Some People

Movie · as Bert

1962
Play It Cool poster

Play It Cool

Movie · as Uncredited

1962
Out of This World poster

Out of This World

TV · as Journalist · 1 ep

1961
The Wind of Change poster

The Wind of Change

Movie · as Ginger

1961
Drama 61-67

Drama 61-67

TV · as Eddie · 1 ep

1960
Sink the Bismarck! poster

Sink the Bismarck!

Movie · as Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

1959
No Trees in the Street poster

No Trees in the Street

Movie · as Kenny

1957
The Heart Within poster

The Heart Within

Movie · as Danny Willard

1957
King's Rhapsody

King's Rhapsody

Movie · as The Boy King

1957
Saint Joan poster

Saint Joan

Movie · as Page (uncredited)

1957
Five Clues to Fortune poster

Five Clues to Fortune

TV · as Ken · 8 eps