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 Wick is a village in the district of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is located 2 miles from the town of Pershore in the Vale of Evesham, and nestles in a large bend in the River Avon. It is bounded by areas of parkland ...

and died in Hartfield,

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. In 1937 he married

Olive Dehn Olive Marie Dehn (29 September 1914 – 21 March 2007) was an English children's writer, anarchist, farmer and poet who was active from the 1930s to the 2000s. She began her writing career with a satirical poem in German, and wrote stories for t ...

(1914–2007), a BBC Radio dramatist. They had four daughters: Sonia, an illustrator; Kika (b. 1940), an actress, widow of actor Corin Redgrave;

Petra Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to t ...

(b. 1944), an actress; and Jehane, a poet and dramatist, widow of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack. In World War II, he was imprisoned as a

conscientious objector A conscientious objector (often shortened to conchie) is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. The term has also been extended to object ...

, before being allowed to do forestry work. Markham appeared occasionally in cinema and often on television. He appeared in Carol Reed's film ''

The Stars Look Down ''The Stars Look Down'' is a 1935 novel by A. J. Cronin which chronicles various injustices in an English coal mining community. A film version was released in 1940, and television adaptations include both Italian (1971) and British (1975) ve ...

'' (1939) and in

François Truffaut François Roland Truffaut ( , ; ; 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film critic. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. After a career of more tha ...

's films '' Two English Girls'' (1972), in which he plays a fortuneteller with his daughter Kika, and ''

Day for Night Day for night is a set of cinematic techniques used to simulate a night scene while filming in daylight. It is often employed when it is too difficult or expensive to actually shoot during nighttime. Because both film stocks and digital image s ...

'' (1973). He played the father of Robin Phillips in two films, ''

Two Gentlemen Sharing ''Two Gentlemen Sharing'' is a 1969 British drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Evan Jones, and starring Robin Phillips, Judy Geeson, Esther Anderson (Jamaican actress), Esther Anderson, Hal Frederick, Norman Rossington and Rachel ...

'' (1969) and ''

Tales From The Crypt Tales from the Crypt may refer to: * ''Tales from the Crypt'' (album), by American rapper C-Bo * ''Tales from the Crypt'' (comics), published by EC Comics during the 1950s ** ''Tales from the Crypt'' (film), a 1972 Amicus film starring Ralph Ric ...

'' (1972). Markham portrayed Prime Minister

H. H. Asquith Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom f ...

in the 1981 BBC Wales drama The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, alongside his daughter

Kika Markham Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham (born 1940)''birth registered 4th quarter (Oct, Nov, Dec) 1940'' is an English actress. Early life Markham is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She has three sisters: Petra, Sonia a ...

, who played Lloyd George's secretary, lover and later second wife – Frances Stevenson.

Selected filmography

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

'' (1940) – Arthur Barras * ''

The Blakes Slept Here ''The Blakes Slept Here'' is a 1953 film directed by Jacques Brunius. Brunius also wrote the screenplay along with Roy Plomley. The 36-minute film chronicles the life of a middle-class British family from roughly 1850 to the end of World War II ...

'' (1953) – Edward * ''The Dawn Killer'' (1959) – Mr. Hawkes * ''

Last of the Long-haired Boys ''Last of the Long-haired Boys'' is a 1968 British drama film starring Richard Todd, Gillian Raine and Patrick Barr. Plot summary After the end of the Second World War an RAF pilot struggles to adjust to civilian life. Cast * Richard Todd - Tri ...

'' (1968) – Brindle * ''

'' (1969) – Mr. Pater – Roddy's Father * '' Family Life'' (1971) * '' Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' (1971) – Doctor Burgess * '' Two English Girls'' (1972) – Palmist * ''

'' (1972) – Father – Edward Elliot (segment 3 "Poetic Justice") * ''

Z.P.G. ''Z.P.G.'' (short for "Zero population growth, Zero Population Growth") is a 1972 Danish-American dystopian science fiction film directed by Michael Campus and starring Oliver Reed and Geraldine Chaplin. It was inspired by the best-selling 1968 ...

'' (1972) – Dr. Herrick * ''

'' (1973) – Doctor Michael Nelson * ''

La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu ''La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu'' is a 1975 Moroccan drama film directed by Souheil Ben-Barka. It was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. Plot The film takes place in a fictive Arab country that could be Morocco. In ...

'' (1975) – Thomson * ''

Feelings Feelings are subjective self-contained phenomenal experiences. According to the ''APA Dictionary of Psychology'', a feeling is "a self-contained phenomenal experience"; and feelings are "subjective, evaluative, and independent of the sensations ...

'' (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'' (1979) – Dean Borsh * ''

Tess Tess or TESS may refer to: Music * Tess (band), a Spanish pop band active from 2000 to 2005 * TESS (musician), a UK musician Film and theatre * ''Tess'' (1979 film), a 1979 film adaptation of '' Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' * ''Tess'' (2016 film) ...

'' (1979) – Reverend Clare * ''

Richard's Things ''Richard's Things'' is a 1980 British drama film directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Liv Ullmann, Amanda Redman and Peter Burton. It is written by Frederic Raphael and based on his 1973 novel of the same name. It entered the 37th Venice I ...

'' (1980) – Mr Morris * '' The Life and Times of David Lloyd George'' (1981) TV series – Herbert Henry Asquith * '' Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years'' (1981) (mini) TV series – Marlborough * '' Gandhi'' (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 People from Wychavon (district) Campaign Against Psychiatric Abuse