Person
David Collings
Acting · 1940–2020 · Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Biography
Versatile actor best known for playing Silver in the science fiction/fantasy series, Sapphire & Steel.
Known for
Doctor Who
Vorus
Playhouse
Alan
Theatre 625
Gabriel Braithwaite
The Wednesday Play
'Taffy' Thomas
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Michael Sunderton
The Professionals
Frank Turner
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Sverdlov
UFO
Daniel Clark
Blake's 7
Deva
Monkey
Voice of Monkey
Filmography
- 2016UFO From Earth to the MoonSelf
- 2013The Invisible WomanGovernor
- 2012The Sandmine Murders
- 2010Mission LondonDean Carver
- 2008The Ties That Bind UsVorus / Mawdryn (archive footage)
- 1995PersuasionMr. Shepherd
- 1991The Darling Buds of MayMr. Dawlish
- 1990Van GoghFather
- 1990The ChiefDavid Anson
- 1989Through The Dragon's Eye
- 1989Press GangMr. Winters
- 1987The Ruth Rendell MysteriesMichael Sunderton
- 1986Theban Plays: Oedipus the KingChorus
- 1985Miss Marple: A Murder Is AnnouncedReverend Harmon
- 1983The Two Gentlemen of VeronaThurio
- 1983By the Sword DividedJohn Thurloe
- 1983DramaramaSky
- 1983Doctor Who: Mawdryn UndeadMawdryn
- 1982HousewarmingAlan
- 1982Fame Is the SpurGordon Stansfield
- 1982TangiersMajor Greville
- 1981Dark Towers
- 1980A Tale of Two CitiesJohn Barsad
- 1980Juliet BravoPaul Pringle
- 1980BreakawayDr. Tucker
- 1979The OutsiderMaj. Nigel Percival
- 1979Sapphire & SteelSilver
- 1979Turning Year TalesJack Fletcher
- 1979Julius CaesarCassius
- 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareCassius
- 1978The Thirty Nine StepsTillotson
- 1978Freedom of the DigLacey
- 1978MonkeyVoice of Monkey
- 1978Blake's 7Deva
- 1977The ProfessionalsFrank Turner
- 1977Treasure IslandBlind Pew
- 1977PremiereLacey
- 1977Doctor Who: The Robots of DeathPoul
- 1976The Story of DavidNathan
- 1976The Story of DavidNathan
- 1975HennessyCovey
- 1975Doctor Who: Revenge of the CybermenVorus
- 1975The Fight Against SlaveryWilliam Wilberforce
- 1975The Love SchoolJohn Ruskin
- 1974The Carnforth PracticeAdam Burton
- 1974MahlerHugo Wolfe
- 1974Fall of EaglesMiliukov
- 1974PlayhouseAlan
- 1973SecretsAtkinson
- 1973Black and BlueAtkinson
- 1972For the Love of AdaMr. Johnson
- 1971UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!Daniel Clark
- 1971The Man in the SidecarTommy
- 1971Elizabeth RSir Anthony Babington
- 1970ScroogeBob Cratchit
- 1970UFODaniel Clark
- 1970The Suicide ClubJames Morris
- 1969Strange ReportJohn Anders
- 1969Sinister StreetBrother Aloysius
- 1969The PossessedPyotr Verhovensky
- 1969The Naked SunR. Daneel Olivaw
- 1968JoannaCritic
- 1968Song of SummerPercy Grainger
- 1967The White RabbitHorace
- 1966A Man for All SeasonsKing's Messenger (uncredited)
- 1966Level SevenX.117
- 1966Mystery and ImaginationJames Morris
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSverdlov
- 1965Out of the UnknownX.117
- 1965Knock on Any DoorWalker
- 1965LondonersAlan West
- 1965Gideon's WayAlan Campbell-Gore
- 1964The Wednesday Play'Taffy' Thomas
- 1964Theatre 625Gabriel Braithwaite
- 1963Doctor WhoVorus
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