David Markham (3 April 1913 – 15 December 1983) was an English stage and film actor for over forty years. Markham was born Peter Basil Harrison in Wick, Worcestershire and died in

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. In 1937 he married Olive Dehn (1914–2007), a

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. They had four daughters: Sonia, an illustrator;

Kika Kika may refer to: People * Kika de la Garza (1927–2017), American politician * Kika Edgar (born 1985), Mexican actress and singer * Kika Karadi (born 1975), American contemporary artist * Kika Markham (born 1940), English actress * Kika M ...

(b. 1940), an actress, widow of actor

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;

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(b. 1944), an actress; and Jehane, a poet and dramatist, widow of actor

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. In

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, he was imprisoned as a

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, before being allowed to do forestry work. Markham appeared occasionally in cinema and often on television. He appeared in

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's film ''

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'' (1939) and in

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's films ''

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'' (1972), in which he plays a fortuneteller with his daughter

, and '' Day for Night'' (1973). He played the father of Robin Phillips in two films, '' Two Gentlemen Sharing'' (1969) and '' Tales From The Crypt'' (1972). Markham portrayed Prime Minister

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(a close look-alike) in the 1981 BBC Wales drama

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, alongside his daughter Kika Markham, who played Lloyd George's secretary, lover and later second wife –

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Selected filmography

* '' Murder in the Family'' (1938) – Michael Osborne * ''

'' (1940) – Arthur Barras * ''

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'' (1953) – Edward * ''The Dawn Killer'' (1959) – Mr. Hawkes * '' Last of the Long-haired Boys'' (1968) – Brindle * '' Two Gentlemen Sharing'' (1969) – Mr. Pater – Roddy's Father * '' Family Life'' (1971) * '' Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' (1971) – Doctor Burgess * ''

'' (1972) – Palmist * '' Tales From The Crypt'' (1972) – Father – Edward Elliot (segment 3 "Poetic Justice") * '' Z.P.G.'' (1972) – Dr. Herrick * '' Day for Night'' (1973) – Doctor Michael Nelson * '' La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu'' (1975) – Thomson * ''

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'' (1975) – Professor Roland * '' The Three Hostages'' (1977) – Greenslade * '' La petite fille en velours bleu'' (1978) – Consul * '' Off to Philadelphia in the Morning'' (1978) – William Sterndale Bennett * ''

Meetings with Remarkable Men ''Meetings with Remarkable Men'', autobiographical in nature, is the second volume of the ''All and Everything'' trilogy written by the Greeks, Greek-Armenians, Armenian spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. Gurdjieff started working on the Russia ...

'' (1979) – Dean Borsh * '' Tess'' (1979) – Reverend Clare * '' Richard's Things'' (1980) – Mr Morris * ''

'' (1981) TV series – Herbert Henry Asquith * '' Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years'' (1981) (mini) TV series – Marlborough * ''

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'' (1982) – Older Englishman

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Markham, David 1913 births 1983 deaths Male actors from Worcestershire 20th-century English male actors English conscientious objectors English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors Actors from Wychavon Campaign Against Psychiatric Abuse