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David Simeon
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David Simeon
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-05-17,Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
David John Townsend (born 17 May 1943, Chippenham, Wiltshire), known professionally as David Simeon, is a British actor. David Simeon began his acting career after being accepted into RADA, the Rose Bruford College and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Ultimately he chose the latter and completed his training in 1964. After years working in Wiltshire rep and Birmingham rep, Simeon began working extensively in theatre and television from the late 1960s. His first television role was as a murderer in Sexton Blake, which Simeon puts down to his honest face being the reason for his casting.[2] From this point he moved to London and continued working in theatre in between television roles, which by the early 1970s were becoming plentiful. Among these were small parts in the Doctor Who serials Inferno (1970) and The Dæmons (1971), which Simeon now says despite his vast experience, "I’m now known as being in Doctor Who". During the 1970s he secured guest roles in television series such as Paul Temple, Z-Cars, Fawlty Towers, The Pathfinders and The Liver Birds. In 1973 he starred in his first major regular role as Detective Constable Mickey Finn in Hunter's Walk, appearing in 38 episodes until 1976. From 1980 onwards he continued to gain further regular roles in television series End of Part One (1979–80) impersonating television personalities such as Frank Muir and Derek Batey, Vice Versa (1981) as Mr Blinkhorn, Coronation Street (December 1981) as sales rep Bobby Simpson - love interest of Bet Lynch & Mavis Riley, The New Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982) as Philip Lassiter, Jury (1983) as David Farrell. He also appeared in several episodes of the hospital drama Angels. In 1988 he had a role in the hit John Cleese film A Fish Called Wanda. During the 1990s and 2000s he continued extensively in theatre and on television appearing in Coronation Street as Gareth Bird, a hospital consultant in July 1998 , Casualty, EastEnders and The Bill. He also secured another recurring role in Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married as Ken Kennedy between 1999 and 2000.

Filmography

7

Trust Me
1992-10-25

The Shell Seekers

6.3

The Shell Seekers
1989-12-03

A Fish Called Wanda

7.2

A Fish Called Wanda
1988-07-15

3.2

Freelance
1970-01-01

Connecting Rooms

5.5

Connecting Rooms
1970-05-01

Doctor Who: Inferno

8.8

Doctor Who: Inferno
1970-05-09

0

Rumour
1970-03-02

6.7

Murrain
1975-07-27

Doctor Who: The Dæmons

7.5

Doctor Who: The Dæmons
1971-06-19

5.167

Cause Célèbre
1987-08-23

0

Devils Weekend
2021-03-08

3.333

Sweet William
1980-04-11

Keeping Up Appearances

7.678

Keeping Up Appearances
1990-10-29

6.7

The Bill
1984-10-16

8.261

Fawlty Towers
1975-09-19

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.6

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

3.7

Angels
1975-09-01

0

Codename
1970-04-07

5

Counterstrike
1969-09-08

Sherlock Holmes

6.6

Sherlock Holmes
1964-05-17

A Small Problem

5

A Small Problem
1987-01-26

5

Call Me Mister
1986-09-05

0

Kelly's Eye
1985-07-20

The Paradise Club

5.8

The Paradise Club
1989-09-19

7

Paul Temple
1969-11-23

7.889

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

7.889

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

6.8

Minder
1979-10-29

6.1

Casualty
1986-09-06

The New Adventures of Lucky Jim

0

The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
1982-11-01

6.8

Minder
1979-10-29

The New Statesman

7.4

The New Statesman
1987-09-13

Tipping the Velvet

6.842

Tipping the Velvet
2002-12-09

6

High & Dry
1987-01-07

7.5

Silent Witness
1996-02-21

The House of Eliott

6.4

The House of Eliott
1991-08-31

6.4

Sykes
1972-09-14

Birds of a Feather

6.1

Birds of a Feather
1989-10-16

5.5

Bust
1987-09-01

6

The Chief
1990-04-20

6

The Moonstone
1972-01-16

0

Hunters Walk
1973-06-04

It's Murder. But Is It Art?

0

It's Murder. But Is It Art?
1972-03-23