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name: "David Bailie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-bailie"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 December 1937"
died: "6 March 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:19:24.028952+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 Bailie

Actor. Born 4 December 1937 in Springs, South Africa. Died 6 March 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 December 1937, Springs, South Africa
- **Died:** 6 March 2021

## Biography

David Bailie (4 December 1937 – 6 March 2021) was a South African-born actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked extensively in British theatre during the 1960s and 1970s, appearing with the National Theatre and as an associate artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

On screen he played Dask in the 1977 Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death. His film roles include the Engineer in Gladiator (2000), an English Judge in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), and Dawg's Pirate in Cutthroat Island (1995). He is best known for portraying the mute pirate Cotton in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Dead Man's Chest (2006) and At World's End (2007).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* (2003), Fi1m 81, as Cotton — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl.md)

## Also known for

- *Gladiator* (2000), Engineer
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest* (2006), Cotton
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* (2007), Cotton
- *The House That Jack Built* (2018), S.P.
- *The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc* (1999), English Judge
- *Cutthroat Island* (1995), Dawg's Pirate
- *The Beyond* (2018), Jacob
- *Attila* (2001), Shaman

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