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name: "David Andrews"
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tmdb_id: 3104110
roles: ["Director"]
born: "22 October 1935"
died: "1 January 2026"
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updated: "2026-10-07T12:28:12.275961+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# David Andrews

## Identity

David Andrews

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-andrews-3104110
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-andrews-3104110
- **TMDB ID:** 3104110
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3104110

Director. Born 22 October 1935 in Sanderstead, Surrey, England. Died 1 January 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 22 October 1935, Sanderstead, Surrey, England
- **Died:** 1 January 2026
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3104110

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## Biography

David Andrews (22 October 1935 – January 2026) was a British television director, actor and writer. He began his career as an actor in the late 1950s, appearing in television, film and on the West End stage, before training as a director on the BBC's television directors’ course in the early 1970s.

His directing credits include work for Scottish Television, where he directed numerous episodes of *Take the High Road* and other dramas such as *Stookie*. After leaving STV in 1990 he worked freelance on series including *Jupiter Moon*, *Grange Hill*, *EastEnders* (1991) and *Strathblair*. From 1996 he joined Mersey Television, directing over 100 episodes of *Hollyoaks* and episodes of *Brookside* and *Grange Hill*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hollyoaks* (1995), series, Director
- *The Biz* (1995), series, Director
- *Strathblair* (1992), series, Director
- *Families* (1990), series, Director
- *Jupiter Moon* (1990), series, Director
- *First Sight* (1987), series, Director
- *Stookie* (1985), series, Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Hardware* (1984), Director
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, Director
- *Take the High Road* (1980), series, Director
- *Charles Endell Esquire* (1979), series, Director
- *Grange Hill* (1978), series, Director
- *The Sea Children* (1973), Director
- *The Adventures of Black Beauty* (1972), series, as Ted Hewitt · Director
- *Dracula A.D. 1972* (1972), as Detective Sergeant
- *Gazette* (1968), series, Director
- *The First Lady* (1968), series, Director
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Director
- *The Revenue Men* (1967), series, Director
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Director
- *Legend of Death* (1965), series, as Theodore
- *Public Eye* (1965), series, as Jay Walker
- *Six* (1964), series, Writer, Director
- *The Sullavan Brothers* (1964), series, as Peter
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1964), series, Actor
- *Long Past Glory* (1963), as Roy
- *A Place to Go* (1963), as Jim
- *Crane* (1963), series, as Marcel
- *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1962), series, as Johnny Robb · Director
- *Some People* (1962), as Bill
- *Suspense* (1962), series, as Joe
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, as Harry Budd
- *Top Deck* (1962), as Man getting off bus (uncredited) · Director
- *A Chance of Thunder* (1961), series, as Alan Brewer
- *Storyboard* (1961), series, as Sailor
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, Actor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)
- *An Age of Kings* (1960), series, as Sir John, Edmond Mortimer, Lord Barndorph, Nym, Earl, Bastard of Orleans
- *Saturday Playhouse* (1958), series, as Gerry Roberts
- *Theatre Night* (1957), series, as 632 Private Whitaker, S
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as The Son

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