Dave Anderson (actor)
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David Anderson (born 1 August 1945 in Rutherglen, Scotland)[1] is a Scottish actor, playwright and jazz musician based in Glasgow.[2][3]
He is known for the part of Gregory's father in Gregory's Girl and as the bank manager in the BBC Scotland sitcom City Lights (1991).[4] Other appearances include roles in Murder Not Proven? (1984), Soldier Soldier (1996), and Rockface (2002). He also appeared in Taggart in 1986, 1993, 2000, and 2004 and the Scottish comedy Still Game in 2007. He also played the part of a bus tour company manager in the 1985 film Restless Natives. "I expect flawless reports about you courier. Flawless!!"
Anderson was raised in the town of Rutherglen, and drew on childhood experiences for his 2017 musical Butterfly Kiss.[5] In the course of his theatre career, he was a member of the politically minded 7:84 group and a founder of the Wildcat Stage Productions company along with David MacLennan,[6][7][8][9] and wrote the songs (music and lyrics) for Tony Roper's play The Steamie.
Roles
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
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| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Tam | Template:Sortname |
| Template:Dts | Gregory's Girl | Gregory's Dad | Template:Sortname |
| Template:Dts | Living Apart Together | Steve McNally | Template:Sortname |
| Template:Dts | Local Hero | Fraser | Template:Sortname |
| Template:Dts | Restless Natives | Illingworth (bus tour company manager) | Template:Sortname |
| Template:Dts | Heavenly Pursuits (The Gospel According to Vic) |
Headmaster | Template:Sortname |
| Template:Dts | Postmortem Obit (UK title) |
Captain Moore | Template:Sortname |
| Template:Dts | Orphans | Uncle Ian | Template:Sortname |
| Template:Dts | Shaheed Udham Singh | O'Dwyer | Template:Sortname |
| Template:Dts | Solid Air | Interviewer 2 | Template:Sortname |
| Template:Dts | Fast Romance[10] | Mr. Braithwaite | Template:Sortname |
| Template:Dts | Bells | John | Template:Sortname |
| Date | Title | Author | Role | Director | Company / Theatre | ||||
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| Template:Dts – Template:Dts | Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname Music by Template:Sortname, Dave Anderson & Terry Neason |
Keyboard | Template:Sortname | 7:84 | ||||
| 1990 | Border Warfare | John McGrath | Montrose, Lauderdale, Henry Dundas, Keir Hardie etc. | John McGrath | Wildcat Stage Productions, Tramway | ||||
| Template:Dts – Template:Dts | Sleeping Beauty[51] | King's Theatre, Glasgow | |||||||
| Template:Dts – Template:Dts | Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window[52][53][54][55][56] | Template:Sortname | Chic Murray | Template:Sortname | A Play, a Pie and a Pint Òran Mór, Glasgow | ||||
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| Template:Dts – Template:Dts | Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock | ||||||||
| Template:Dts – Template:Dts | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | ||||||||
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| Date | Title | Role | Director | Station |
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| Template:Dts | Template:Sortname[57] | Keyboard | Template:Sortname | BBC Radio 3 |
| Template:Dts | P Division - Code Four One: The Ladder[58][59] | Template:Sortname | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
References
External links
- more useful IMDb
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- Glasgow West End biography
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- ↑ David MacLennan obituary – Michael Coveney, The Guardian, 15 June 2014
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- ↑ British Film Council – Fast Romance
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- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Dr. Who: The Temple of Evil
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Dr. Who: The Warriors of Death
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Dr. Who: The Bride of Sacrifice
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Dr. Who: The Day of Darkness
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Dr. Who: The Lion
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Dr. Who: The Meddling Monk
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Dr. Who: A Battle of Wits
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Dr. Who: Checkmate
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – The Spies: I Didn't Even Volunteer
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Softly, Softly: Blackitt's Round
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Up Pompeii!
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – The Standard: Win a Few, Lose a Few
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – The Omega Factor: St Anthony's Fire
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Play for Today: Just a Boys' Game
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – The Lost Tribe: The Judgement of Solomon
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Andrina
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – King's Royal
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – The Mad Death
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Murder Not Proven?
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – End of the Line
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Knockback: 2
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – In Darkness Visible
- ↑ BFI screenonline – Blood Red Roses
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Tutti Frutti
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Around Scotland: Simon's Challenge (part 1) (first broadcast on 14 March 1990)
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Around Scotland: Simon's Challenge (Part 2)
- ↑ Simon's Challenge cast photo
- ↑ Colin MacDonald – works
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Rab C Nesbitt
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – The Tales of Para Handy
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – The Big Picnic
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – The Missing Postman
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Rab C Nesbitt
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – The Creatives
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Rockface
- ↑ BBC – Monarch of the Glen – Series 5 Episode 7
- ↑ BBC – Still Game – Plum Number
- ↑ BBC – A Play, A Pie & A Pint – Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window
- ↑ A Play, a Pie, and a Pint: Chic Murray, a funny place for a window, review – Alison Rowat, The Herald, 2 September 2019
- ↑ It's panto time, oh yes it is – The Herald, 3 December 1998
- ↑ Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window
- ↑ Theatre: Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window, Oran Mor, Glasgow, Five stars – Mary Brennan, The Herald, 25 March 2019
- ↑ Stuart Hepburn: 'Chic Murray's work still proves exquisitely drawn and flinty sharp' – Brian Donaldson, The List, 1 April 2019
- ↑ PPP: Chic Murray: A Funny Place For A Window – Hugh Simpson, All Edinburgh Theatre, 9 April 2019
- ↑ Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window – WhatsOnStage
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – The Game's a Bogey
- ↑ BBC – Radio Times – P Division - Code Four One: The Ladder
- ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – P Division - Code Four One: The Ladder
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