David Gooderson
David Richard Gooderson (born 24 February 1941) is an Indian-born British actor and writer who has appeared in several television roles. As well as portraying Davros in the Doctor Who serial Destiny of the Daleks, he appeared in episodes of Lovejoy, Mapp & Lucia and A Touch of Frost. Gooderson was also featured on many radio programmes for the BBC, including The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately with Bill Wallis, David Jason, Denise Coffey and Jonathan Cecil and Huddwinks with Roy Hudd and others. He wrote several plays for stage and radio broadcast, and published several books about Kenneth Grahame. Gooderson was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, and featured in the cast of the 1964 Footlights revue, Stuff What Dreams Are Made Of.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Return to Skaro as
- 2021 · Doctor Who: Risen as Davros (voice)
- 2018 · The Doctors: Villains! as
- 2007 · Davros Connections as
- 2002 · Footballers' Wives as Minister
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as Derek Simpkins
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as Pathologist
- 1989 · The Paradise Club as Jack Pringle
- 1987 · Claws as Lecturer
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Cyril Catchpole
- 1981 · Tenko as Major Sims
- 1981 · Bergerac as Sidney Le Blanc
- 1979 · Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks as Davros
- 1978 · Fairies as First Reporter
- 1963 · Doctor Who as Davros