David Anderson (born 1 August 1945 in

Rutherglen Rutherglen (; , ) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having previously existed as a separate Lanarkshire burgh, in 1975 Rutherglen lo ...

, Scotland) is a Scottish actor, playwright and jazz musician based in

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. He is known for the part of Gregory's father in '' Gregory's Girl'' and as the bank manager in the

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sitcom ''

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'' (1991). Other appearances include roles in '' Murder Not Proven?'' (1984), ''

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'' (1996), and '' Rockface'' (2002). He also appeared in ''

Taggart ''Taggart'' is a Scottish detective fiction television programme created by Glenn Chandler, who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for the ITV network. It originally ran as the miniseries ''Killer'' from 6 until 20 Septe ...

'' in 1986, 1993, 2000, and 2004 and the Scottish comedy ''

Still Game ''Still Game'' is a Scotland, Scottish sitcom produced by Effingee Productions, The Comedy Unit and BBC Scotland. It was created by Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who played the lead characters, Jack Jarvis (Still Game character), Jack Jarvis, ...

'' in 2007. He also played the part of a bus tour company manager in the 1985 film ''

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''. ''"I expect flawless reports about you courier. Flawless!!"'' Anderson was raised in the town of

, and drew on childhood experiences for his 2017 musical ''Butterfly Kiss''. In the course of his

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

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, and wrote the songs (music and lyrics) for Tony Roper's play '' The Steamie''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Dave Scottish male film actors Scottish male television actors Actors from Rutherglen Male actors from South Lanarkshire Living people Male actors from Glasgow Musicians from Glasgow 20th-century Scottish male actors 21st-century Scottish male actors Scottish male stage actors 20th-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights 21st-century British dramatists and playwrights 1945 births