
David Calder
Known for Acting · 114 credits
- Born
- 1946-08-01 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- David Ian Calder · Dave Calder
Biography
David Calder is an English television, stage, and screen actor.
Known For
TV Shows (61)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as George Hamilton

Call the Midwife
2012
as Donald

Vera
2011
as Frank McAffee

Casualty
1986
as Phillip Perry / Roy Parks

Crown Court
1972
as Donald Dowd / Man In Corridor / Gordon Sibley

Father Brown
2013
as Sir Aaron Armstrong

Minder
1979
as Micky 'The Fish' Metcalfe

Heartbeat
1992
as Saul Arkwright / DI Ludlow

Spooks
2002
as Sergei Lermov

Waking the Dead
2001
as Commander Bill Drake

Rivals
2024
as Rev. Fergus Penney

A Touch of Frost
1992
as Kenneth Shaw

The Professionals
1977
as Insp. Shannon

Bergerac
1981
as Sir Clive Hamer

Hustle
2004
as Victor Maher

New Tricks
2004
as Sid Lestade

Lewis
2007
as Andrew Lipton

Inside No. 9
2014
as Percy

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Richard Martin

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018
as Harold Hamworthy

Cracker
1993
as Father Michael Harvey

Performance
1991
as Nils Krogstad

Between the Lines
1992

Utopia
2013
as Dobri Gorski

Cuckoo
2012
as Charles

Trollied
2011

The New Statesman
1987
as Le Cul

Bramwell
1995

Plebs
2013
as Senator Varus

Emerald City
2017
as King Ev

Time
2021
as John Cobden

Enemy at the Door
1978
as Hoffman

The Play on One
1988
as Douglas

Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as Argos

Titanic
2012
as Captain Smith

Houdini
2014
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Commander
2003

Widows
1983
as D.I. George Resnick / DI George Resnick

The Mists of Avalon
2001
as Uriens

Jerk
2019
as Great Uncle Thomas

The Last Enemy
2008
as Lord Cawston

Star Cops
1987
as Commander Nathan Spring / Box (voice)

Fox
1980
as Detective Inspector Davin

Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
2004

Mitch
1984
as Ben Hall

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984
as Sgt. Margetson

Napoleon and Love
1974
as Marmont

Death in Holy Orders
2003
as Sir Alred Treeves

Chimera
1991
as Dr. Jenner

Sleepers
1991
as Victor Chekhov
Love and Marriage
1984
as Ralph Blenchard

Nice Work
1989
as Stuart Baxter

Cold Blood
2005
as Professor Robert Kerr

Lawless
2004
as DCI Pete Chambers

Friday on My Mind
1992
as Donahue

Get Lost!
1981
as DS Tomlin

Drovers' Gold
1997
as Vaughan

Family
2003
as Ted Cutler

Shoot to Kill
1990
as DCS John Thorburn

Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret
2020
as Archbishop George Carey
Movies (53)

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008
as Roger Wilson

Superman
1978
as 3rd Crewman

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
as Bishop of Grasse

Rush
2013
as Louis Stanley

The World Is Not Enough
1999
as Sir Robert King

The Lost City of Z
2017
as Secretary Bryce

FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Harold Snelling

Goya's Ghosts
2006
as Monk 1

The Lady in the Van
2015
as Mr. Fairchild

Queen of the Desert
2015
as Hugh Bell

Moonlighting
1982
as Supermarket Manager

On Expenses
2010

United
2011
as Harold Hardman

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009
as Sir John Marsden

Mr In-Between
2001
as Tattooed Man
Fox
1980
as Detective Inspector Davin

The Last Front
2024
as Father Michael

The Trick
2021
as Sir David King

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
2018
as Julius Caesar

The Hatton Garden Job
2017
as Terry Perkins

American Friends
1991
as Pollitt

The Scandalous Lady W
2015
as Lord Chief Justice Mansfield

Edward II
1970
as Young Spencer

Wallis & Edward
2005
as Winston Churchill

Tumbledown
1988
as John Lawrence

The King Is Alive
2000
as Charles
Dangerous Lady
1995

Defence of the Realm
1986
as Harry Champion

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999
as Sir Paul Condon

Sleepers
1991
as Victor Chekhov

The Disappearance of Harry
1982
as Bracey

The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987
as Maitre Verges

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2010
as Polonius

The War That Never Ends
1991
as Cleon

A Doll's House
1992
as Nils Krogstad

Shoot to Kill
1990
as DCS John Thorburn

The Black Stuff
1980
as McKenna
Henry IV
1995
as Falstaff

The Tragedy of King Richard II
1970
as Lord Ross / Groom

A Question of Attribution
1991
as Chubb

Casting the Runes
1979
as John Marriott

Anybody's Nightmare
2001
as Anthony Glass QC

Wynne and Penkovsky
1985
as Greville Wynne

Love or Money
2001
as Mario

Gossip from the Forest
1979
as General Von Heldorff

The Count of Solar
1992
as Abbé de L'Epée

Unreported Incident
1988
as Douglas

Bread or Blood
1981
as Benson

Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King
2013
as Cosmo Gordon Lang

Good As Gold
1986
as Dennis Barker

Friends Reunited
2005
as Denny Flemyng

Urban Jungle
1985
as Insp. Burton

The Cult of Star Cops
2006
About David Calder
David Calder is an English television, stage, and screen actor. With 114 credits spanning from 1970 to 2024, David Calder has appeared in 53 films and 61 TV shows.
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Most Popular David Calder Movies
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) — as Roger Wilson
- Superman (1978) — as 3rd Crewman
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) — as Bishop of Grasse
- Rush (2013) — as Louis Stanley
- The World Is Not Enough (1999) — as Sir Robert King
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