David Simeon

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK, 1943-05-17

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	Freelance	Estate Agent	38
2	1970	Rumour		0
3	1970	Connecting Rooms	Post Office Clerk	60
4	1970	Doctor Who: Inferno	Private Latimer	83
5	1971	Doctor Who: The Dæmons	Alastair Fergus	75
6	1975	Murrain	Alan Crich	67
7	1987	Cause Célèbre	Inspector Carter	60
8	1988	A Fish Called Wanda	Court Clerk	72
9	1989	The Shell Seekers	Mr. Plackett	65
10	1992	Trust Me	Rambler	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Mr. Plackett	86
2	1963	Doctor Who	Private Latimer	79
3	1963	Doctor Who	Alastair Fergus	79
4	1964	Sherlock Holmes		64
5	1969	Counterstrike		50
6	1969	Paul Temple		55
7	1970	Codename	Desk Clerk	0
8	1972	Sykes	Richard	64
9	1973	Hunter's Walk	DC 'Mickey' Finn	0
10	1975	Angels		37
11	1975	Fawlty Towers	Mr. Mackenzie	83
12	1979	Minder	Assistant Manager	68
13	1979	Minder	Henry	68
14	1982	The New Adventures of Lucky Jim	Philip Lassiter	0
15	1984	The Bill		67
16	1985	Kelly's Eye		0
17	1986	Call Me Mister		50
18	1986	Casualty	Bob Bates	61
19	1987	High & Dry	Ernest Woolcott	60
20	1987	A Small Problem		50
21	1987	Bust	Fred Peters	55
22	1987	The New Statesman	PC Austin	75
23	1989	The Paradise Club	Priest	58
24	1989	Birds of a Feather	Roughead	61
25	1990	Keeping Up Appearances	The Auctioneer	76
26	1991	The House of Eliott	Billington	62
27	1996	Silent Witness	Priestley	76
28	2002	Tipping the Velvet	Middle-Aged Gent	70

David Simeon

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