David Ian Calder (born 1 August 1946) is an English actor. His film and television credits include the 1999

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film ''

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'', ''

Crown Court The Crown Court is the criminal trial court, court of first instance in England and Wales responsible for hearing all indictable offences, some Hybrid offence, either way offences and appeals of the decisions of magistrates' courts. It is ...

'', '' Boys from the Blackstuff'', '' The Professionals'', '' Enemy at the Door'', '' Minder'', '' Bergerac'', '' The New Statesman'', '' Between the Lines'', '' Bramwell'', '' Cracker'', '' Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' Heartbeat'', '' Sleepers'', '' Spooks'', ''

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'', '' Hustle'', '' Waking the Dead'', '' Wallis & Edward'', '' A Touch of Frost'', '' Cold Blood'', '' Burn Up'', '' Lewis'', ''

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'', '' United'', and ''

The Last Front ''The Last Front'' is a Belgian epic period action drama film written and directed by Julien Hayet-Kerknawi. Set during World War I, it follows a widower farmer who becomes a war hero, Leonard ( Iain Glen), and his family as they are thrown i ...

''.

Life and career

Calder was born 1 August 1946 in

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...

, and trained at the

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is a drama school in Bristol, England. The institution provides training in acting and production for careers in film, television and theatre. BOVTS was an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance a ...

. His most high-profile television roles include Det. Insp. George Resnick in the crime series ''

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'' and Nathan Spring in the sci-fi drama '' Star Cops''. In 1989, he appeared in the adaptation of the David Lodge novel '' Nice Work''. In 2012 he portrayed Captain Edward Smith in the ITV mini-series ''

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''. From 2005–06, he took on the role of PC George Dixon in the radio adaptation of the

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's long running television series ''

Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' is a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 1955 ...

''. Calder's other television credits include ''

'', '' Hustle'', '' Waking the Dead'', '' Wallis & Edward'', '' A Touch of Frost'', '' Cold Blood'', '' Burn Up'', '' Lewis'', and ''

''. He also appeared as

Harold Hardman Harold Payne Hardman (4 April 1882 – 9 June 1965) was an English football player and chairman. Football career Born in Kirkmanshulme, Manchester, Hardman was discovered by Blackpool as a schoolboy and thrown into the first team during their ...

, the

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chairman at the time of the

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in 1958, in the TV drama '' United'', aired by the

in April 2011. In 2013, he played Mr Reid in '' The Wrong Mans''. Calder appeared as Sir Robert King in the 1999

film ''

''. His other film appearances include '' Moonlighting'' (1982), '' Defence of the Realm'' (1986), '' American Friends'' (1991), '' Hollow Reed'' (1996), '' FairyTale: A True Story'' (1997), '' The King Is Alive'' (2000), '' Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'' (2006), '' The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'' (2008), and '' Rush'' (2013). In 1979, Calder appeared in a public information film as a crime prevention officer, asking people to consider how they would get into their own home if they lost their keys. The PIF, which was used to encourage people to make their homes secure, and to contact their crime prevention officer for advice, ran until at least 1985. In February 2010, Calder played Stuart Bell in the television film '' On Expenses''. In October 2016, Calder played Gus, in '' The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures'' by

Tony Kushner Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Among his stage work, he is most known for ''Angels in America'', which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, as well as its subsequent acclaime ...

at the

Hampstead Theatre Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in South Hampstead, in the London Borough of Camden. It specialises in commissioning and producing new writing, supporting and developing the work of new writers. History The original ''Hampstead Theatre Clu ...

. In October 2016, Calder appeared as Mr Bruff in the BBC mini-series '' The Moonstone'' and from October 2017 in the title role of ''

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...

'' at the new Bridge Theatre. This production was broadcast by National Theatre Live in March 2018. Also in 2018, Calder played a closeted gay man suffering from dementia on BBC's ''

Call the Midwife ''Call the Midwife'' is a British period drama television series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The principal cast of the show has included Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, ...

''. In 2024, Calder played Father Michael in the

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

television film ''

''.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Calder, David 1946 births 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School English male film actors English male television actors Living people Male actors from Portsmouth