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Acting

David Ashton

Career

Active from 1973 to 2026, with a break from 2011 to 2025, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score51/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe
GoodWatch score69/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
David Ashton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.2, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Violence
    3.1, average 4.1
  • Tension
    5.2, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      31
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      2020s

      1 title · average score 34
      Glenrothan
      Glenrothan (2026)
      GoodWatch score 34

      as Dougie

      2010s

      1 title
      The Savage Canvas
      The Savage Canvas (2010)

      as Derrick Widdecome

      2000s

      5 titles · average score 63
      The Last King of Scotland
      The Last King of Scotland (2006)
      GoodWatch score 79

      as Dr. Garrigan - Senior

      Vital Signs
      Vital Signs (2006)

      TV show · as Professor McManus

      Waking the Dead
      Waking the Dead (2001)
      GoodWatch score 50

      TV show · as Father Cameron

      Monarch of the Glen
      Monarch of the Glen (2000)
      GoodWatch score 50

      TV show · as Harold Xavier

      The House of Mirth
      The House of Mirth (2000)
      GoodWatch score 75

      as Lawyer

      1990s

      12 titles · average score 59
      Life Support
      Life Support (1999)

      TV show · as Michael Calder

      Stiff Upper Lips
      Stiff Upper Lips (1998)
      GoodWatch score 46

      as Dr. Henry

      Tomorrow Never Dies
      Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
      GoodWatch score 58

      as First Sea Lord

      The Heart Surgeon
      The Heart Surgeon (1997)

      as Phil Mycroft

      Alive and Kicking
      Alive and Kicking (1996)
      GoodWatch score 74

      as Paris Mourner

      Hamish Macbeth
      Hamish Macbeth (1995)
      GoodWatch score 51

      TV show · as Major Roddy Maclean

      The Negotiator
      The Negotiator (1994)

      as Deputy Chief Constable Bryden

      Tis' the Season to be Jolly
      Tis' the Season to be Jolly (1993)

      as Prison Governor

      Sharpe's Eagle
      Sharpe's Eagle (1993)
      GoodWatch score 77

      as Major Lennox

      Comics
      Comics (1993)

      TV show · as DI MacLaren

      Freddie As F.R.O.7.
      Freddie As F.R.O.7. (1992)
      GoodWatch score 50

      as Additional voices (voice)

      God on the Rocks
      God on the Rocks (1992)

      Script

      1980s

      4 titles · average score 71
      Doctor Who: Timelash
      Doctor Who: Timelash (1985)

      as Kendron

      Brass
      Brass (1983)
      GoodWatch score 70

      TV show · as Dr McDuff / Inspector Hamish McDuff

      Eye of the Needle
      Eye of the Needle (1981)
      GoodWatch score 72

      as Oban Radio Operator

      House on the Hill
      House on the Hill (1981)

      TV show · as Oliver Maitland

      1970s

      5 titles · average score 54
      Thomas & Sarah
      Thomas & Sarah (1979)

      TV show · as Captain Derwent

      All Creatures Great and Small
      All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
      GoodWatch score 54

      TV show · as Ewan Ross

      The Voyage of Charles Darwin
      The Voyage of Charles Darwin (1978)

      TV show · as John Clements Wickham

      The New Road
      The New Road (1973)

      TV show · as Aeneas Macmaster

      Six Days of Justice
      Six Days of Justice (1972)

      TV show · as P.C. Thomson

      1960s

      3 titles · average score 67
      Judge Dee
      Judge Dee (1969)

      TV show · as Kuan Lai

      Carry On Cowboy
      Carry On Cowboy (1965)
      GoodWatch score 57

      as Rider (uncredited)

      Doctor Who
      Doctor Who (1963)
      GoodWatch score 76

      TV show · as Kendron