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David Gooderson
David Gooderson

David Gooderson

ActingBorn February 24, 1941 (age 85)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.

Filmography

2021
Doctor Who: Risen

as Davros (voice)

Movie
2015
Cuffs

as Lewis Gardener

TV
2002TV
1995
Johnny and the Dead

as Councillor

TV
1992
A Touch of Frost

as Derek Simpkins

TV
1992
A Touch of Frost

as Pathologist

TV
1991TV
1991
Murder Most Horrid

as First Patient

TV
1989
The Paradise Club

as Jack Pringle

TV
1987
Claws

as Lecturer

Movie
1986
Lovejoy

as Cyril Catchpole

TV
1985
Mapp & Lucia

as Mr Woolgar

TV
1981
Codename Icarus

as Maths Teacher

TV
1981
Tenko

as Major Sims

TV
1981
Bergerac

as Sidney Le Blanc

TV
1978
Fairies

as First Reporter

Movie
1978
Hazell

as Shop Assistant

TV
1970TV
1963
Doctor Who

as Davros

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 24, 1941
Place of BirthLahore, Punjab, British India
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