David Nunn (4 August 1962 – 26 April 2012Nunn on the 'Blackadder Hall' website
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The Black Adder ''The Black Adder'' is the first series of the BBC sitcom ''Blackadder'', written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, directed by Martin Shardlow and produced by John Lloyd. The series was originally aired on BBC1 from 15 June 1983 to 20 Ju ...

'' in 1983. Nunn attended Clissold Park School in Hackney. His television appearances included Gang Member in ''

Shades of Greene ''Shades of Greene'' is a British television series based on short stories written by the author Graham Greene. The series began in 1975, with each hour-long episode featuring a dramatisation of one of Greene's stories, many of which dealt with ...

'' (1975), himself in
Fun Food Factory
' (1976), Mark Valenta in ''A Place to Hide'' (1976), ''Headmaster'' (1977), Sid in ''Television Club'' (1978), ''

Graham's Gang ''Graham's Gang'' is a British children's comedy created by John Challen and first broadcast by the BBC in 1977. It was nominated for a Best Children's TV series BAFTA in 1979, but has yet to be released on DVD. The series is described as ''tr ...

'' (1977–79), Charlie in '' Maggie and Her'' (1979), Tim in ''

Metal Mickey Metal Mickey is a fictional five-foot-tall robot, as well as the name of a Spin-off (media), spin-off television show starring the same character. The robot character was created, controlled and voiced (using a Vocoder) by Johnny Edward. The ...

'' (1981), Brookdale Boy in ''

Grange Hill ''Grange Hill'' is a British Children's television series, children's television drama series, originally produced by the BBC and portraying life in a typical Comprehensive school (England and Wales), comprehensive school. The show began its ru ...

'' (1981), Kid in ''

Educating Marmalade Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also fol ...

'' (1982), Messenger in ''

'' (1983), Joe in ''

The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was the Debut novel, first novel serialised from March 1836 to November 1837 by English author Charles Dickens. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Bo ...

'' (1985), Apprentice in '' Mister Corbett's Ghost'' (1987), Enormous Orphan in ''

Blackadder's Christmas Carol ''Blackadder's Christmas Carol'', a one-off episode of ''Blackadder'', is a parody of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol''. It is set between ''Blackadder the Third'' (1987) and ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' (1989), and is narrated by ...

'' (1988) and ''

Starting Out ''Starting Out'' is an Australian television soap opera made for the Nine Network by the Reg Grundy Organisation in 1983. Background The five-night-a-week series was created by Reg Watson as the network's replacement for the long-running s ...

'' (1989). When his acting career dried up he began to train as a taxi-driver in London before becoming a van driver in

Cheshunt Cheshunt (/ˈtʃɛzənt/ CHEZ-ənt) is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, situated within the London commuter belt approximately north of Central London. The town lies on the River Lea and Lee Navigation, bordering th ...

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the ...

. After a period as a driving instructor from 2004, Nunn was an ambulance transport driver from 2006/7'Blackadder Actor Dies at Lister' - '' The Comet'' (Stevenage Edition) - 3 May 2012 until his death in 2012 of a heart attack aged 49 at the Lister Hospital in

Stevenage Stevenage ( ) is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevenage w ...

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* 1962 births 2012 deaths English male television actors {{UK-tv-actor-1960s-stub