David Burke

Actor May 25 (died age 91) Liverpool, England, UK 1959–2018 (59 year career)

6.5 avg rating

Biography

David Burke was a British actor, known for playing Dr. John Watson in two series of Granada Television's 1980s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which starred Jeremy Brett in the title role. He also starred as Josef Stalin in the last two episodes of Reilly, Ace of Spies.

Known For

Film

The Woman in Black

PC Collins

Film

Sherlock Holmes

Dr. John H. Watson

Film

Twelfth Night

Party Guest / Dancer

Film

The Young Messiah

Blind Rabbi

Film

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

The Friar

Film

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter

6.2 2015

Film

A View from a Hill

Patten

Film

Spaghetti House

Davis

Filmography

Acting (70)

Movies (33)

Only the Lonely

2018

as George

The Young Messiah

2016

as Blind Rabbi

6.4

Harry Price: Ghost Hunter

The Woman in Black

as PC Collins

Love and Distrust

as Freddie (segment "The Summer House")

The Summer House

as Freddie

Number 13

as Gunton, Hotel Landlord

6.3

Random Quest

2006

as Professor / JK Harshom

A View from a Hill

as Patten

The Rivals

as Sir Anthony Absolute

Three Sisters

2003

as Chebutykin

Bertie and Elizabeth

as Lord Reith

King Lear

as Kent

Twelfth Night

as Party Guest / Dancer

7.0

Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective

1995

as Dr. John H. Watson

Hickory Dickory Dock

1995

as Sir Arthur Stanley

Mesmer

1994

as Doctor de Vauzesmes

5.9

Run for the Lifeboat

1988

as Gareth

Henry VI Part 2

1983

as Duke of Gloucester / Dick the Butcher

7.0

The Tragedy of Richard III

1983

as Sir William Catesby

6.0

Henry VI Part 1

1983

as Duke of Gloucester

Spaghetti House

as Davis

The Winter's Tale

as Camillo

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

as The Friar

Comedians

as Mick Connor

Quiet as a Nun

as Tom Amyas M.P.

Return Fare

as Len

A Choice of Evils

1977

as Cardinal Volponi

Fair Tradin' on the Dancin' Ground

1976

as Tweed

Michael Regan

1971

as Michael Reagan

There Is Also Tomorrow

1969

as Len

Saturday Night Out

1964

as Manager

5.7

Rattle of a Simple Man

1964

as Jack (uncredited)

5.2

Television (37)

The Closer

2005

as Mr. Murdoch

7.9

A Ghost Story for Christmas

2005

as Patten

A Ghost Story for Christmas

2005

as Patten

Spooks

as Fiona's Father

Waking the Dead

as Philip Bryant

Midsomer Murders

as John Farrow

Testament: The Bible in Animation

as God (voice)

Space Precinct

as Vachel

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

1992

as Narrator (voice)

6.3

The House of Eliott

1991

as Sir John Crowborough

6.5

Performance

1991

as Kent

6.0

In Suspicious Circumstances

1991

as James Maybrick

6.0

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Sir Arthur Stanley

Screen Two

as Gareth

Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. John H. Watson

The Bill

Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Stalin

Spyship

Nanny

Our John Willie

Armchair Thriller

as Tom Amyas, MP

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Len

7.0

The Love School

1975

as William Morris

Centre Play

as Tweed

Crown Court

Holly

as Tom Prentiss

A Ghost Story for Christmas

as Patten

The Guardians

Play for Today

Manhunt

as Beauchamps

The Champions

as Roger Carson

Inheritance

as Henry Morcer

A Game of Murder

Redcap

Sherlock Holmes

Coronation Street

as Jack Benjamin

No Hiding Place