David Mallinson
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| David Mallinson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17th May 1948 Fulham, England |
| 💼 Occupation | Actor |
| 📆 Years active | 1975 - Present |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Martha Flood[1] |
| 👶 Children | 4 |
David Mallinson is an English actor. He has worked extensively in theatre[2] and TV.
After leaving school, he became an art student and attended Winchester School of Art where he obtained a 1st Class Dip AD in fine art sculpture. In 1973 he decided on a career as an actor, and gained a place at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Initially he performed in plays such as Poor Tom by David Cregan (1976) at the Contact Theatre Manchester.[3] In TV, his roles [4] went on to include, Midsomer Murders, The Bill, Casualty, Agatha Christie's Poirot [5], Holby City, Scully (TV series), The One Game, Kavanagh QC , In the Red (TV series), Life Force (TV series)[6], New Tricks, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Silent Witness, Sherlock Holmes - The Master Blackmailer,[7] Wallander and Rosemary & Thyme. In theatre he has performed in works by Alan Bleasdale, Tom Stoppard, William Shakespeare [8], Samuel Beckett, John Steinbeck, Oscar Wilde, Oliver Goldsmith, Arthur Miller, Dion Boucicault's The Streets of London directed by Diane Cilentro at the Theatre Royal Stratford East (1980) and Her Majesties Theatre (1981) [9], Crux by April De Angelis with Kathy Burke [10], Michael Frayn's Democracy[11], David Mamet's Squirrels[12] at the Orange Tree Theatre Richmond, Mitch Hooper's The Last Dance[13] with Sally Faulkner[14] at the Frontier Theatre and Alan Bennett's multi award winning National Theatre production of The History Boys[15] at Wyndham's Theatre. He also voiced Brodlik in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story Creatures of Beauty [16]
He is perhaps best known on Television for his role as O'Donnell[17] in the BBC TWO TV series This Life (1996 TV series) [18] with whom Milly, played by Amita Dhiri, has a cross-generational affair. [19][20] Other TV roles include the Doctor who diagnosed Peggy Mitchell's breast cancer in EastEnders, Murderer Alan Pinkney in Midsomer Murders [21] and a recurring role as PCG Chairman Richard Turner in Peak Practice[22].
He is the brother of Classical Record Producer James Mallinson[23] and the grandson of Photographer Horace W Nicholls, whose archive he manages[24], and whose work forms part of the permanent collection at the Imperial War Museum.[25]
| Production | Year | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|
| The Professionals | 1978 | London Weekend Television ITV |
| Scully | 1984 | Granada ITV |
| Boon | 1987 | Central ITV |
| The One Game | 1987 | Central ITV |
| The Bill | 1989 | Thames ITV |
| Divorce - Who Get's The Children? | 1990 | Thames ITV |
| The Bill | 1990 | Thames ITV |
| Kinsey - Drop Shot | 1992 | BBC1 |
| Michael Winner's True Crimes | 1992 | London Weekend Television ITV |
| Sherlock Holmes - The Master Blackmailer | 1992 | Granada ITV |
| Kavanagh QC - The Burning Deck | 1996 | Carlton ITV |
| This Life - Series 1 | 1996 | BBC2 |
| Customs & Excise | 1997 | Granada ITV |
| This Life - Series 2 | 1997 | BBC2 |
| Casualty | 1997 | BBC1 |
| The Bill | 1998 | Thames ITV |
| In The Red | 1998 | BBC2 |
| Junk | 1998 | BBC2 |
| The Alchemists | 1998 | Channel 5 |
| Lifeforce | 1999 | ITV |
| Peak Practice | 2000 | Central ITV |
| Poirot - Evil Under The Sun | 2000 | Carnival ITV |
| Holby City | 2002 | BBC1 |
| Midsomer Murders - Painted In Blood | 2003 | Bentley ITV |
| Doctors | 2003 | BBC1 |
| Silent Witness - Answering Fire | 2003 | BBC1 |
| Rosemary & Thyme | 2003 | Carnival ITV |
| Hear The Silence | 2003 | Channel 5 |
| Rose and Maloney - Katie Phelan | 2004 | All3 Media for ITV |
| Powers | 2004 | BBC Television |
| New Tricks 2 | 2004 | BBC Television |
| The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | 2005 | BBC Television |
| Samuel Johnson - The Dictionary Man | 2006 | October Films for BBC4 |
| Zeebrugge | 2006 | BBC Television |
| Whistleblowers | 2007 | Carnival ITV |
| Sex In The City | 2007 | Blast Films |
| Casualty | 2009 | BBC1 |
| The Little House | 2010 | TXTV for ITV |
| Wallander - Series 3 | 2012 | Left Bank Pictures BBC1 |
| Film | Year | Producer |
|---|---|---|
| Force 10 From Navarone | 1978 | Columbia Pictures |
| Play | Year | Theatre |
|---|---|---|
| It's A Madhouse | 1976 | Contact Theatre Manchester |
| The Crucible | 1976 | Contact Theatre Manchester |
| Should Auld Aquaintance | 1976 | Contact Theatre Manchester |
| Waiting For Godot | 1977 | Contact Theatre Manchester |
| Absent Friends | 1977 | Northern UK Tour |
| Bedroom Farce | 1979 | Vienna English Theatre |
| The Streets of London | 1980 | Theatre Royal Stratford East & Her Majesties London |
| Joking Apart | 1981 | Wolsey Theatre Ipswich |
| Whose Life Is It Anyway | 1981 | UK Tour |
| Betrayal | 1982 | Thorndike Theatre Leatherhead |
| Bent | 1983 | Wolsey Theatre Ipswich |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1984 | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| Caucasian Chalk Circle | 1985 | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| She Stoops To Conquer | 1985 | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| The Importance of Being Ernest | 1985 | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| Travesties | 1986 | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| For King And Country | 1986 | Greenwich Theatre London |
| Tristram Shandy | 1987 | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| In The Paddington Style | 1988 | Soho Poly Theatre |
| Pravda | 1988 | Wolsey Theatre Ipswich |
| Othello | 1989 | Greenwich Theatre London |
| A Midsummer's Night Dream | 1989 | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre London |
| Twelfth Night | 1989 | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre London |
| Crux | 1989 | Paines Plough |
| Time and the Conways | 1990 | UK Tour and Old Vic London |
| Macbeth | 1991 | Ludlow Festival - Open Air Theatre |
| The Three Sisters | 1991 | Wolsey Theatre Ipswich |
| View From A Bridge | 1992 | Wolsey Theatre Ipswich |
| Hamlet | 1993 | Crucible Theatre Sheffield |
| Romeo and Juliet | 1994 | Crucible Theatre Sheffield |
| The Grapes of Wrath | 1994 | Crucible Theatre Sheffield |
| Noises Off | 1997 | Liverpool Playhouse Theatre |
| A Difficult Age | 1998 | English Touring Theatre Company |
| Edward II | 2001 | Crucible Theatre Sheffield |
| The History Boys | 2007/2008 | National Theatre, UK Tour and Wyndhams Theatre London |
| Democracy | 2012 | Crucible Theatre Sheffield & Old Vic London |
| A Winter's Tale | 2013 | Crucible Theatre Sheffield |
| Squirrels | 2014 | Orange Tree Theatre Richmond |
| The Last Dance | 2016 | Frontier Theatre |
References
- ↑ https://theatricalia.com/person/13n8/marty-flood
- ↑ https://theatricalia.com/person/119f/david-mallinson
- ↑ Cregan, David; Poor Tom & Tina: Two Plays (1976). Eyre Methuen. p.5.
- ↑ "David Mallinson: The Remarkable Journey of a Respected British Character Actor - ukmediazone". August 6, 2026.
- ↑ Campbell, Mark; Agatha Christie (2015). Harpenden Pocket Collections Series. p.124.
- ↑ McGown, Alistair D; The Hill and Beyond: Children's Television Drama: An Encyclopedia (2003). British Film Institute Collection. p.268.
- ↑ Barnes, Alan: Sherlock Holmes On Screen: The Complete Film and TV History (2006). Reynolds & Hearn. p.108.
- ↑ Lemmon, David; The Benson and Hedges British Theatre Yearbook (1992). Andre Deutsch. p.332.
- ↑ Stewart, John; Broadway Musicals, 1943 - 2004 (2006). McFarland. p.783.
- ↑ Seven Plays by Women: Female Voices, Fighting Lives (1991). Aurora Metro. p.48.
- ↑ "Review of Democracy". www.cix.co.uk.
- ↑ "Ealing's Local Web site". www.ealingtoday.co.uk.
- ↑ "Review: Spring/The Last Dance (The Theatre Room)". October 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Sally Faulkner and David Mallinson Photo (October 19, 2016)". BroadwayWorld.
- ↑ Features, Country Life In (February 19, 2008). "In love with The History Boys". Country Life.
- ↑ Doctor Who Magazine (1979-10-11). Panini Publishing. p.41.
- ↑ "This Life: The Companion Guide". London: Penguin Books / BBC Books. ISBN 0-14-027432-4. p. 115".
- ↑ Creeber, Glen; Serial Television: Big Drama On The Small Screen (2004). British Film Institute Collection. p.124.
- ↑ Lacey, Stephen; Tony Garnett (2007). Manchester University Press. p.160.
- ↑ https://timworthington.org/2019/02/20/that-was-this-life-that-was/
- ↑ http://midsomermurders.org/painted.htm
- ↑ Evans, Jeff; The Penguin TV Companion (2011). Penguin. p.737.
- ↑ "James Mallinson Grammy Awards and Nominations, Song & Bio" (https://www.grammy.com/artists/james-mallinson/12974/)
- ↑ https://research.brighton.ac.uk/files/32892743/Harding_thesis.pdf
- ↑ Buckland, Gail; Horace Walter Nicholls (1989). The golden summer: the Edwardian photographs of Horace W. Nicholls. Pavilion. p. 114.
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