David Gwillim (born 15 December 1948) is an English actor, known for playing Prince Hal in the ''

BBC Television Shakespeare The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...

'' adaptations of '' Henry IV, Part I'' and '' Henry IV, Part II'' and the title role in ''

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'' which were broadcast in 1979, and as John Bold in '' The Barchester Chronicles'' broadcast in 1982. In 2021 David Gwillim contributed to, and participated in, a YouTube documentary tribute to Alfred Burke entitle
Alfred Burke is Frank Marker

Biography

Gwillim was born in

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymout ...

. He is the son of

Jack Gwillim Jack William Frederick Gwillim (15 December 1909 – 2 July 2001) was an English character actor. Career Born in Canterbury, Kent, England, he joined the Royal Navy at 17 and served for over twenty years, becoming one of the youngest men ever to ...

. His sister

Sarah-Jane Gwillim Sarah-Jane Gwillim is a British television and stage actress who worked mainly from the mid-1960s until the 1980s. She now teaches as an Assistant Professor of Acting at the University of Michigan. Brief career She was part of the repertory comp ...

and half brother Jaxon Duff Gwillim are also actors. David Gwillim married actress Lynn Dearth in 1974; she died in 1994. His second wife is actress Deirdra Morris, whom he married in 1997.

Filmography

References

Henry IV, Part 1
from British Film Institute archive
Henry IV, Part 2
from British Film Institute archive
Henry V
from British Film Institute archive

External links

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