David Swift

Actor Apr 3 (died age 85) Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK 1964–2003 (39 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Highest Rated

Born and Bred

Born and Bred

2002 · as Euphrates

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 · as Henry Reedburn

Going Straight

Going Straight

1978 · as Mr McEwan

Known For

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

Montclair

Jack & Sarah

Jack & Sarah

Michael

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Troufiat

The Bunker

The Bunker

Gen. Rattenhuber

Drop the Dead Donkey

Drop the Dead Donkey

Henry Davenport

Travels with My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt

John Sparrow

The Internecine Project

The Internecine Project

Chester Drake

The Black Panther

The Black Panther

Det. Chief Superintendent

Filmography

Acting (67)

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Movies (29)

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

as Harold McEwan

Jack & Sarah

Jack & Sarah

as Michael

An Audience with Bob Monkhouse

An Audience with Bob Monkhouse

as Self

Amnesty International's Big 30

Amnesty International's Big 30

as Henry Davenport

One Way Out

as Beddow

Countdown to War

Countdown to War

as Daladier

We Think the World of You

We Think the World of You

as Bill

Star Quality

as J.C. Roebuck

Operation Julie

Operation Julie

as Det. Supt. David Gosling

Broken Homes

Broken Homes

as Mr King

Arthur's Hallowed Ground

Arthur's Hallowed Ground

as Lionel

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

as Joe Morris

The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura

The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura

as Richard Rees

The Bunker

The Bunker

as Gen. Rattenhuber

Fox

as Gadsden

The Dybbuk

The Dybbuk

as Sender

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

as Troufiat

Richard II

Richard II

as Duke of Northumberland

The Black Panther

The Black Panther

as Det. Chief Superintendent

The Assignment

The Assignment

Husband to Mrs. Fitzherbert

as Charles Fox

The Internecine Project

The Internecine Project

as Chester Drake

Who Killed Lamb?

Who Killed Lamb?

as Insp. Havelock

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

as Montclair

Highway Robbery

Highway Robbery

as Councillor Bass

No Sex Please - We're British

No Sex Please - We're British

as Inspector Paul

Travels with My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt

as John Sparrow

Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.

Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.

as Mr Armistead

The Mosedale Horseshoe

as Walter

Television (38)

Born and Bred

Born and Bred

as Euphrates

Oscar Charlie

as Oscar Spinner

Drop the Dead Donkey

Drop the Dead Donkey

as Henry Davenport

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Henry Reedburn

The Paradise Club

The Paradise Club

as Max Wartbug

Hold the Dream

Hold the Dream

as John Cross

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

as Mr Sedley

The Brothers McGregor

The Brothers McGregor

as Crosby Nuttall

Freud

Freud

as Joseph Breuer

Cold Warrior

as Sir William Logie

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

as Sir Marcus Cohen

No Excuses

as Bill

Timewatch

Timewatch

Bergerac

Bergerac

as Dr. Barnard

The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids

as Beadley

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

as Professor Lindemann

Private Schulz

Private Schulz

as Professor Bodelschwingh

Turtle's Progress

Turtle's Progress

as Inspector Rafferty

Bloomers

Bloomers

Wilde Alliance

Wilde Alliance

as Waldemar

Going Straight

Going Straight

as Mr McEwan

The Professionals

The Professionals

as Sir Kenneth

The Sunday Drama

as Saxton

The New Avengers

The New Avengers

as Turner

Victorian Scandals

Victorian Scandals

as Charles Bradlaugh

Couples

as Alan Taylor

NOVA

NOVA

as Nikolai Vavilov

Rising Damp

Rising Damp

as Gray

Father Brown

Father Brown

as Stephen Aylmer

War & Peace

War & Peace

as Napoleon Bonaparte

War & Peace

War & Peace

as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

Budgie

Budgie

as Sergeant Oxley

Play for Today

Play for Today

as Councillor Bass

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

as Mr. Armistead

Softly Softly: Task Force

Softly Softly: Task Force

as Ben Fisher

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Les

Londoners

Londoners

as Norman Phipps

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

as Hymie Kossof