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Acting

David Burke

Career: Active from 1966 to 2018, busiest in 1983 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 22
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Sherlock Holmes
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

David Burke Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Absurdist Humor
0.9, average 2.0
Contemporary Realism
4.3, average 5.4
Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0
Adrenaline
3.8, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Period Drama 2
Political Intrigue 2
Intellectual Deduction 2
Social Realism 2
Social Commentary 2
Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

74

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

5 titles · average score 44

Only the Lonely

as George

The Young Messiah

51

as Blind Rabbi

The Woman in Black

62

as PC Collins

Love and Distrust

28

as Freddie (segment "The Summer House")

The Summer House

36

as Freddie

2000s

10 titles · average score 67

Number 13

63

as Gunton, Hotel Landlord

Random Quest

65

as Professor / JK Harshom

A View from a Hill

69

as Patten

The Closer

77

TV show · as Mr. Murdoch

A Ghost Story for Christmas

69

TV show · as Patten

The Rivals

as Sir Anthony Absolute

Three Sisters

as Chebutykin

Spooks

80

TV show · as Fiona's Father

Bertie and Elizabeth

69

as Lord Reith

Waking the Dead

50

TV show · as Philip Bryant

1990s

13 titles · average score 71

King Lear

80

as Kent

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as John Farrow / Fred Messenger

Dalziel and Pascoe

69

TV show · as Paul Boddison

Twelfth Night

74

as Party Guest / Dancer

Testament: The Bible in Animation

TV show · as God (voice)

Space Precinct

63

TV show · as Vachel

Mesmer

58

as Doctor de Vauzesmes

As You Like It

as Narrator (voice)

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

72

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

The House of Eliott

73

TV show · as Sir John Crowborough

Performance

TV show · as Kent

In Suspicious Circumstances

TV show · as James Maybrick

1980s

16 titles · average score 75

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Sir Arthur Stanley

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Gareth

Sherlock Holmes

88

TV show · as Dr. John H. Watson

The Bill

77

TV show

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

TV show · as Dr John H. Watson

Spyship

TV show

Henry VI Part 2

as Duke of Gloucester / Dick the Butcher

Henry VI Part 1

as Duke of Gloucester

Reilly: Ace of Spies

76

TV show · as Stalin

Nanny

TV show

The Winter's Tale

as Camillo

Our John Willie

TV show · as John Willie Halliday

1970s

18 titles · average score 68

Comedians

as Mick Connor

Armchair Thriller

59

TV show · as Tom Amyas M.P. / Tom Amyas, MP

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV show · as Len

Centre Play

TV show · as Tweed

Crown Court

65

TV show · as Dr. Anthony Boyde

Holly

TV show · as Tom Prentiss

Villains

TV show · as Eric

The Guardians

TV show · as Dr. Frank Benedict

A Ghost Story for Christmas

75

TV show · as Patten / Gunton, Hotel Landlord

The Woodlanders

TV show · as Giles Winterborne

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Cardinal Volponi

Manhunt

70

TV show · as Beauchamps

1960s

11 titles · average score 68

There Is Also Tomorrow

as Len

The Champions

70

TV show · as Roger Carson

Inheritance

TV show · as Henry Morcer

A Game of Murder

TV show · as Det. Insp. Ed Royce

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Len

Sherlock Holmes

72

TV show

Redcap

TV show

Rattle of a Simple Man

62

as Jack (uncredited)

Saturday Night Out

as Manager

The Avengers

83

TV show · as John Wrightson

Coronation Street

54

TV show · as Jack Benjamin

1950s

1 title

No Hiding Place

TV show