Dave Anderson (actor)
Dave Anderson | |
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![]() MacLennan with Dave Anderson in 1987 | |
Born | Rutherglen, Scotland | 1 August 1945
Occupation | Actor |
Known for | Gregory's Girl, City Lights |
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 (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 2009. 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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1981 | A Sense of Freedom | Tam | John Mackenzie |
1981 | Gregory's Girl | Gregory's Dad | Bill Forsyth |
1982 | Living Apart Together | Steve McNally | Charles Gormley |
1983 | Local Hero | Fraser | Bill Forsyth |
1985 | Restless Natives | Illingworth (bus tour company manager) | Michael Hoffman |
1986 | Heavenly Pursuits (The Gospel According to Vic) |
Headmaster | Charles Gormley |
1998 | Postmortem Obit (UK title) |
Captain Moore | Albert Pyun |
1999 | Orphans | Uncle Ian | Peter Mullan |
1999 | Shaheed Udham Singh | O'Dwyer | |
2003 | Solid Air | Interviewer 2 | May Miles Thomas |
2011 | Fast Romance[10] | Mr. Braithwaite | Carter Ferguson |
2016 | Bells | John |
Date | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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15 February 1964 | The Avengers[11] | Gordon | Peter Hammond | Episode: "Build a Better Mousetrap" |
23 May 1964 – 13 June 1964 | Doctor Who[12][13][14][15] | Aztec Captain | John Lucarotti | Episodes: "The Temple of Evil", "The Warriors of Death", "The Bride of Sacrifice" & "The Day of Darkness" |
27 March 1965 | Doctor Who[16] | Reynier de Marun | Douglas Camfield | Episode: "The Lion" |
10 July 1965 – 24 July 1965 | Doctor Who[17][18][19] | Sven | Douglas Camfield | Episodes: "The Meddling Monk", "A Battle of Wits" & "Checkmate" |
16 April 1966 | The Spies[20] | Leo | Episode: "I Don't Even Volunteer" | |
10 May 1967 | Softly, Softly[21] | Sergeant Fenny | Episode: "Blackitt's Round" | |
12 October 1970 | Up Pompeii![22] | Lieutenant Preshus | Sydney Lotterby | Episode: "The Peace Treaty" |
26 February 1978 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Booking clerk | Episode: "Dorothy and Juliet" | |
9 May 1978 | The Standard[23] | Second newsman | Episode: "Win a Few, Lose a Few" | |
25 July 1979 | The Omega Factor[24] | Dan | Episode: "St. Anthony's Fire" | |
8 November 1979 | Play for Today[25] | Man at garage | John Mackenzie | Episode: "Just a Boys' Game" |
14 December 1980 | [26] | Man in bowler hat | Episode: "The Judgement of Solomon" | |
30 November 1981 | Andrina[27] | Isaac | Bill Forsyth | |
10 January 1982 | King's Royal[28] | Train guard | Episode 1 | |
16 July 1983 | The Mad Death[29] | George | Robert Young | Episode 1 |
17 May 1984 | Murder Not Proven?[30] | James McNaughton | Episode: "Open Season" | |
22 August 1984 | End of the Line[31] | Archie | Episode: "A View of Things" | |
21 December 1984 – 25 December 1991 | City Lights | Adam McLelland | Colin Gilbert Ron Bain David Blair |
Main cast, all episodes |
3 February 1985 | Screen Two[32] | Rock Band | Piers Haggard | Episode: "Knockback: Part 2" |
19 March 1985 | [33] | Joe Mulholland | ||
24 February 1986 – 10 March 1986 | Taggart | Dave McSwean | Haldane Duncan | Episode: "Knife Edge" |
4 December 1986 – 18 December 1986 | [34] | Labour MP | John McGrath | |
17 March 1987 | Tutti Frutti[35] | Film editor | Episode: "Gin a Body, Dig a Body" | |
13 May 1987 | Brond | Man in hospital | Michael Caton-Jones | Episode 1 |
2 August 1987 | Mr. Wilson | David Andrews | Episode: "Extras" | |
10 February 1990 – 24 February 1990 | multiple roles | John McGrath | All 3 episodes | |
14 March 1990 – 21 March 1990 | [36][37][38] | Mr Peterson | Novel by Theresa Breslin adapted in two parts by Colin MacDonald[39] | |
11 October 1990 | Rab C Nesbitt[40] | Pierre | Colin Gilbert | Episode: "City of Culture" |
30 September 1993 – 14 October 1993 | Taggart | Alec Harris | Episode: "Instrument of Justice" | |
21 August 1995 | The Tales of Para Handy[41] | Henry Fleming | Ron Bain | Episode: "The Malingerer" |
22 June 1996 | [42] | Hughie Frizell | ||
3 December 1996 | Soldier Soldier | Sir Colin Mackay | Douglas Mackinnon | Episode: "Deliver Us from Evil" |
30 March 1997 | The Missing Postman[43] | Roger Gourock | Alan Dossor | |
4 September 1998 | Rab C Nesbitt[44] | Gunslinger | Colin Gilbert | Episode: "Duel" |
16 February 2000 | Taggart | PC George MacBain | Episode: "Ghost Rider" | |
16 February 2000 | The Creatives[45] | Philip | John Birkin | Episode: "Lenny the Bruce" |
13 March 2002 – 3 April 2002 | Rockface[46] | Dennis | Robert Bierman |
Episodes: "Situation: Critical", "Episode 3" & "Desperate and Dangerous" |
9 November 2003 | Monarch of the Glen[47] | Gregor McIntosh | Series 5 Episode 7 | |
30 April 2004 | Taggart | Graeme Barr | Alan Macmillan | Episode: "Compensation" |
5 October 2007 | Rebus | DCI Tennent | Episode: "Resurrection Men" | |
23 December 2007 | Still Game[48] | Choirmaster | Michael Hines | Episode: "Plum Number" |
1 September 2019 | [49][50] | Chic Murray | Episode: "Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window" |
Date | Title | Author | Role | Director | Company / Theatre | ||||
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1974 – | John McGrath Music by Alex Norton, Dave Anderson & |
Keyboard | John McGrath | 7:84 | |||||
4 December 1998 – 16 January 1999 | Sleeping Beauty[51] | King's Theatre, Glasgow | |||||||
14 May 2018 – 19 May 2018 | [52][53][54][55][56] | Chic Murray | Òran Mór, Glasgow | ||||||
25 March 2019 – 30 March 2019 | |||||||||
2 April 2019 – 6 April 2019 | Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock | ||||||||
9 April 2019 – 13 April 2019 | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | ||||||||
14 August 2019 – 31 August 2019 |
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Date | Title | Role | Director | Station |
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22 August 1982 | [57] | Keyboard | Stewart Conn | BBC Radio 3 |
26 June 1995 | P Division - Code Four One: The Ladder[58][59] | Hamish Wilson | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
References[]
- ^ "A good night in DAVE ANDERSON actor/musician". The Herald.
- ^ "Dave Anderson". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Glasgow Writers: Dave Anderson". Glasgowwestend.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Gregory's Girl (1980) - BFI". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012.
- ^ "Dave Anderson goes back in time to meet himself in 1960". Evening Times. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Tom Maguire, University of Ulster at Coleraine (30 April 2000). "Still Cool for Cats? The Life and Times of Wildcat Stage Productions". International Journal of Scottish Theatre. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ David MacLennan obituary – Michael Coveney, The Guardian, 15 June 2014
- ^ "Obituary - David MacLennan: Co-founder and guiding light of the Wildcat Company". The Independent. 23 June 2014.
- ^ "Wildcat Stage Productions collection". The University of Glasgow. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ British Film Council – Fast Romance
- ^ name="Rogers1983">Rogers, Dave (1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. ISBN 9780907965091.
- ^ 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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