7.9
TV
Acting
David Gooderson
- Born
- (age 85)
- Birthplace
- Lahore, Punjab, British India
- Credits
- 24 titles
Biography
David Richard Gooderson (born 24 February 1941) is an Indian-born British actor and writer who has appeared in several television roles.
As well as portraying Davros in the Doctor Who serial Destiny of the Daleks, he appeared in episodes of Lovejoy, Mapp & Lucia and A Touch of Frost. Gooderson was also featured on many radio programmes for the BBC, including The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately with Bill Wallis, David Jason, Denise Coffey and Jonathan Cecil and Huddwinks with Roy Hudd and others. He wrote several plays for stage and radio broadcast, and published several books about Kenneth Grahame.
Gooderson was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, and featured in the cast of the 1964 Footlights revue, Stuff What Dreams Are Made Of.
Signature work
Known For
7.9
TV
7.6
TV
A Touch of Frost
7.4
TV
Lovejoy
6.7
TV
Cuffs
7.0
TV
Bergerac
7.1
TV
Rumpole of the Bailey
5.4
TV
Footballers' Wives
6.9
TV
Murder Most Horrid
8.3
TV
Tenko
6.2
TV
Mapp & Lucia
5.5
Movie
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
6.2
TV
The Paradise Club
5.2
TV
Hazell
6.8
TV
Happy Ever After
6.3
TV
Johnny and the Dead
5.0
TV
The Adventures of Don Quick
6.5
TV
Codename Icarus
7.0
Movie
Doctor Who: Risen
Acting credits 24
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Return to Skaro Film | |
| 2021 | Doctor Who: Risen Film | Davros (voice) |
| 2018 | The Doctors: Villains! Film | |
| 2015 | Cuffs TV | Lewis Gardener (1 ep) |
| 2007 | Davros Connections Film | |
| 2002 | Footballers' Wives TV | Minister (1 ep) |
| 1995 | Johnny and the Dead TV | Councillor (1 ep) |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost TV | Derek Simpkins, Pathologist (36 ep) |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid TV | Bert, First Patient (1 ep) |
| 1989 | The Paradise Club TV | Jack Pringle (2 ep) |
| 1987 | Claws Film | Lecturer |
| 1986 | Lovejoy TV | Cyril Catchpole (1 ep) |
| 1985 | Mapp & Lucia TV | Mr Woolgar (5 ep) |
| 1983 | Seaview TV | Mr. Shelton (12 ep) |
| 1981 | Codename Icarus TV | Maths Teacher (2 ep) |
| 1981 | Tenko TV | Major Sims (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Bergerac TV | Sidney Le Blanc (1 ep) |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks Film | Davros |
| 1978 | Fairies Film | First Reporter |
| 1978 | Hazell TV | Shop Assistant (1 ep) |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey TV | Denver (1 ep) |
| 1974 | Happy Ever After TV | Mr Lawton (1 ep) |
| 1970 | The Adventures of Don Quick TV | Bank Clerk (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Doctor Who TV | Davros (3 ep) |