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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-11-18 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

David Hemmings

Biography:

David Edward Leslie Hemmings (November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003) was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer.

He is noted for his role as the photographer in the drama mystery-thriller film Blowup (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Early in his career, Hemmings was a boy soprano appearing in operatic roles. In his later acting career, he was known for his distinctive eyebrows and gravelly voice.

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Known For

Acting

2016

Blow Up of 'Blow-Up' as Self (archive footage)

2011

George Harrison: Living in the Material World as Self (archive footage from "Blow-Up")

2007

Romantic as Sadun

2005

2004

Blessed as Earl Sidney

2003

2002

Lenny Blue as DCI Tommy Gillespie
Equilibrium as Proctor
Gangs of New York as Mr. Schermerhorn

2001

Mean Machine as Governor
Last Orders as Lenny
Spy Game as Harry Duncan
Waking the Dead as Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay
Murder in Mind as Judge James Hendon

2000

Gladiator as Cassius

1995

A Mind to Murder as Godbolt

1993

1989

The Rainbow as Uncle Henry
The Turn of the Screw as Mister Harley
Nightmare Classics as Mister Harley
Tales from the Crypt as Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death")

1988

Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder as President Andrew Jackson

1987

3 On a Match as Maxwell 'Newt' Newton
Harry's Hong Kong as Jack Rourke

1986

L.A. Law as Charles Lamb

1985

The Key to Rebecca as Maj. Smith

1984

Airwolf: The Movie as Dr. Charles Henry Moffet
Thumbelina as Narrator (voice)
Calamity Jane as Capt. James O'Neill
Marlene as Himself
Murder, She Wrote as Errol Pogson
Airwolf as Dr. Charles Henry Moffett

1983

Man, Woman and Child as Gavin Wilson
Masquerade as Marlos

1982

Faerie Tale Theatre as Narrator (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre as Reindeer (voice)

1980

Beyond Reasonable Doubt as Insp. Bruce Hutton
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Harlequin as Nick Rast

1979

Murder by Decree as Inspector Foxborough
Thirst as Dr. Fraser
Charlie Muffin as Charlie Muffin

1978

Just a Gigolo as Captain Hermann Kraft
Power Play as Colonel Anthony Narriman
Blood Relatives as Armstrong
Clouds of Glory as Samuel T. Coleridge

1977

The Heroin Busters as Mike Hamilton
The Squeeze as Keith
The Swindle as Robert Clayton

1975

The Old Curiosity Shop as Richard Swiveller
A Dream of Living as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Deep Red as Marcus Daly

1974

Juggernaut as Charlie Braddock

1973

Voices as Robert

1971

The Love Machine as Jerry Nelson

1970

Fragment of Fear as Tim Brett
The Walking Stick as Leigh Hartley
Simon Simon as Man in Car with Posters

1969

The Best House in London as Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne

1968

Barbarella as Dildano
The Charge of the Light Brigade as Capt. Louis Edward Nolan

1967

Camelot as Mordred

1966

Blow-Up as Thomas
Eye of the Devil as Christian

1965

Auto Stop as Henry
Be My Guest as Dave
The Counterfeit Man as Roger Westcott
Out of the Unknown as Roger Westcott

1964

The System as David

1963

West 11 as Bullying Youth
Two Left Feet as Brian

1962

Some People as Bert
Play It Cool as Uncredited

1961

1960

Sink the Bismarck! as Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

1959

1957

The Heart Within as Danny Willard
King's Rhapsody as The Boy King

Directing

1995

Marker as Director

1994

1993

Passport to Murder as Director
Ned Blessing as Director

1992

Dark Horse as Director
Raven as Director

1989

Quantum Leap as Director
Hardball as Director

1987

Werewolf as Director

1986

The Last Precinct as Director

1985

The Key to Rebecca as Director
Stingray as Director

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Director
Airwolf as Director
Hawaiian Heat as Director

1983

The A-Team as Director

1981

The Survivor as Director

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Director

1978

Just a Gigolo as Director

1973

The 14 as Director

1972

Running Scared as Director

Writing

1972

Running Scared as Screenplay

Production

1982

Turkey Shoot as Executive Producer

1981

Strange Behavior as Executive Producer

1978

Power Play as Co-Producer
Power Play as Producer

1977

The Disappearance as Producer

1971

Unman, Wittering and Zigo as Executive Producer