| David Markham | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Basil Harrison 3 April 1913 Wick, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | 15 December 1983 (aged 70) Hartfield, East Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1938–1983 |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 4, including Kika and Petra Markham |
| Relatives | Roger Lloyd-Pack (son-in-law) |
David Markham (3 April 1913 – 15 December 1983) was an English stage and film actor for over forty years.[1][2]
Markham was born Peter Basil Harrison in Wick, Worcestershire and died in Hartfield, East Sussex.
In 1937 he married Olive Dehn (1914–2007), a BBC Radio dramatist.[3] They had four daughters: Sonia, an illustrator; Kika (b. 1940), an actress, widow of actor Corin Redgrave; Petra (b. 1944), an actress; and Jehane, a poet and dramatist, widow of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack.[4]
In World War II, he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector, before being allowed to do forestry work.[5]
Markham appeared occasionally in cinema and often on television.[6] He appeared in Carol Reed's film The Stars Look Down (1939) and in François Truffaut's films Two English Girls (1972), in which he plays a fortuneteller with his daughter Kika, and Day for Night (1973).[7] He played the father of Robin Phillips in two films, Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969) and Tales From The Crypt (1972).[2]
Selected filmography[edit]
- Murder in the Family (1938) - Michael Osborne
- The Stars Look Down (1940) - Arthur Barras
- The Blakes Slept Here (1953) - Edward
- The Dawn Killer (1959) - Mr. Hawkes
- Last of the Long-haired Boys (1968) - Brindle
- Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969) - Mr. Pater - Roddy's Father
- Family Life (1971)
- Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) - Doctor Burgess
- Two English Girls (1972) - Palmist
- Tales From The Crypt (1972) - Father - Edward Elliot (segment 3 "Poetic Justice")
- Z.P.G. (1972) - Dr. Herrick
- Day for Night (1973) - Doctor Michael Nelson
- La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu (1975) - Thomson
- Feelings (1975) - Professor Roland
- The Three Hostages (1977) - Greenslade
- La petite fille en velours bleu (1978) - Consul
- Off to Philadelphia in the Morning (1978) - William Sterndale Bennett
- Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979) - Dean Borsh
- Tess (1979) - Reverend Clare
- Richard's Things (1980) - Mr Morris
- The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981) TV series - Herbert Henry Asquith
- Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981) (mini) TV series - Marlborough
- Gandhi (1982) - Older Englishman
References[edit]
- ^ "David Markham - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ a b "David Markham".
- ^ Karpf, Anne (31 March 2007). "Obituary: Olive Dehn". The Guardian.
- ^ Nicholas Tucker, "Obituary. Olive Dehn: Poet and children's writer", The Independent, 7 April 2007
- ^ Jonathan Croall: Don't You Know There's a War On?, 1988
- ^ "David Markham". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ "David Markham - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
External links[edit]
- David Markham at IMDb
- David Markham at AllMovie
