8.1
TV
Acting
David Ross
- Born
- (age 81)
- Birthplace
- Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
- Credits
- 40 titles
Biography
Blackburn born actor best known for playing the first Kryten and Talkie Toaster in Red Dwarf. He has appeared in several Alan Bleasdale productions including Boys from the Blackstuff, Scully and GBH and in the John Sullivan sitcoms Roger, Roger and The Green, Green Grass. He also played the anxious father Bevis in Jack Rosenthal's Eskimo Day and its sequel, Cold Enough For Snow
Signature work
Known For
8.1
TV
7.6
TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.5
TV
Midsomer Murders
8.2
TV
Sherlock Holmes
6.2
TV
Casualty
5.2
Movie
Splitting Heirs
7.3
TV
Goodnight Sweetheart
6.6
TV
The Brittas Empire
7.1
TV
Heartbeat
5.5
Movie
Basil
7.0
TV
Bergerac
6.3
TV
Oliver Twist
7.8
TV
Boys from the Blackstuff
7.6
TV
Vanity Fair
6.3
TV
G.B.H.
6.9
TV
The Green Green Grass
8.3
TV
Murder in Mind
8.2
TV
Watching
Acting credits 40
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 2017 | Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII Film | Self |
| 2011 | 32 Brinkburn Street TV | Frank (5 ep) |
| 2005 | The Green Green Grass TV | (32 ep) |
| 2003 | Red Dwarf A–Z Film | Talkie Toaster (voice, archive footage) |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV | Casten Zivkovic (1 ep) |
| 2001 | Murder in Mind TV | DCI Edwards (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Oliver Twist TV | Mr. Bumble (4 ep) |
| 1998 | Vanity Fair TV | Mr Sedley (6 ep) |
| 1998 | Basil Film | Mr. Sherwin |
| 1998 | Roger Roger TV | Baz (18 ep) |
| 1997 | Cold Enough for Snow Film | Bevis Whittle |
| 1997 | Melissa TV | Selwyn-Swanton (3 ep) |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders TV | Rodney Widger, Sam Hardwick (1 ep) |
| 1996 | Roger Roger Film | Basil |
| 1996 | Eskimo Day Film | Bevis |
| 1994 | Requiem Apache Film | Henry |
| 1994 | Wycliffe TV | Wainwright (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Fair Game Film | Carl's Father |
| 1993 | Goodnight Sweetheart TV | Bookie (1 ep) |
| 1993 | If You See God, Tell Him TV | Mr Gudgeon (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Splitting Heirs Film | Sergeant Richardson |
| 1992 | Heartbeat TV | Harry Pilbeam, Roy Brooks (1 ep) |
| 1991 | G.B.H. TV | Mr Weller (7 ep) |
| 1991 | In Suspicious Circumstances TV | Stephen Jewell (1 ep) |
| 1991 | The Brittas Empire TV | Pirate (1 ep) |
| 1990 | Shooting Stars Film | Price |
| 1988 | The Zero Option Film | Nugent |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf TV | Talkie Toaster (voice), Kryten (2 ep) |
| 1987 | Watching TV | Registrar (1 ep) |
| 1986 | Casualty TV | Lenny Shines, Mr. Carnell (1 ep) |
| 1984 | Scully TV | Steve (7 ep) |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes TV | Inspector Martin (1 ep) |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes TV | Inspector Martin (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Boys from the Blackstuff TV | Donald Moss (5 ep) |
| 1981 | Bergerac TV | Harry Johnson (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Days at the Beach Film | Stationmaster |
| 1978 | Leave it to Charlie TV | Harry Hutchins (18 ep) |
| 1976 | Yanks Go Home TV | Harry Duckworth (13 ep) |
| 1976 | The XYY Man TV | Window Cleaner (1 ep) |