David Sibley (born 16 July 1948) is an English actor.
He is best known for character roles in several television series: as twisted radio DJ Tom Everett in BBC television detective series Shoestring (in the episode Mocking Bird); and in Doctor Who as Pralix (in The Pirate Planet).[1][2] He appeared on a DVD extra when this story was released recently.[3] His first regular television role was in Wings in 1977.[1]
Other appearances include Blake's 7, Survivors, Fun at the Funeral Parlour, Target, Minder, Lovejoy, and the film Gandhi.[2] He appeared as Eric Birling in the 1982 BBC adaptation of J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls.[4] He returned to television in The Year That London Blew Up (1995), a dramatisation of the IRA attacks on London in 1974–75. He played John Carver in Midsomer Murders in 2010.[5] Between 2001 and 2012 he played four different characters in Doctors. In 2012 he was in New Tricks episode Part Of A Whole, playing journalist Nigel Baxter.[6] 2014 starred as Freddie in the supernatural thriller The Sleeping Room.[7]
Filmography edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Gandhi | Subaltern | |
| 1988 | Willow | Galladoorn Warrior | Uncredited |
| 1989 | Great Balls of Fire! | Third English Reporter | |
| 1994 | Princess Caraboo | Harrison | |
| 1997 | Incognito | Whitehurst Landlord | |
| 1999 | Guest House Paradiso | Intimidating Man | |
| 2013 | Closed Circuit | Vicar | |
| 2014 | The Sleeping Room | Freddie | |
| 2015 | 45 Years | George | |
| 2023 | Tuesday | Robert |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Give Us a Break | Billy Wilson | 4 episodes |
| 2015 | Silent Witness | Judge Gilmore | Episode: "Protection" (2 parts) |
| 2022 | Death in Paradise | Julius Rotfeld | Season 11, episode 8 |
Notes edit
- ^ a b "David Sibley". BFI. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018.
- ^ a b "David Sibley". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ Overview for David Sibley - Turner Classic Movies
- ^ "An Inspector Calls (1982)". BFI. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018.
- ^ "The Silent Land (2010)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019.
- ^ "New Tricks : Part of a Whole (2012) - Julian Simpson | Cast and Crew | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ Moore, Debi (5 February 2015). "UK Readers: Awake in The Sleeping Room this Spring".
External links edit
- David Sibley at IMDb
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