---
name: "David Collings"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-collings"
fi1m_id: "david-collings"
imdb_id: "nm0172059"
tmdb_id: 1227492
wikidata_id: "Q3017697"
roles: []
born: "4 June 1940"
died: "23 March 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T22:55:52.773699+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."
---

# David Collings

## Identity

David Collings

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-collings
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-collings
- **IMDb ID:** nm0172059
- **TMDB ID:** 1227492
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3017697
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Collings, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017697, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172059/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227492

Actor. Born 4 June 1940 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. Died 23 March 2020.

## Details

- **Born:** 4 June 1940, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
- **Died:** 23 March 2020
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 81 (1), 2010s 67 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Collings, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017697, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172059/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227492

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Invisible Woman*](https://film.one/film/the-invisible-woman.md) (67)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Collings (4 June 1940 – 23 March 2020) was an English actor whose career spanned stage, television and film. He began acting professionally with the Liverpool Repertory Theatre in the early 1960s and made his television debut in a 1964 production of Crime and Punishment.

He appeared in numerous science-fiction series, including three roles in Doctor Who and as Silver in Sapphire & Steel. Film credits include Bob Cratchit in Scrooge (1970) and the Governor in The Invisible Woman (2013). He was also a mainstay of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Invisible Woman* (2013), Fi1m 67, as Governor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-invisible-woman.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), Fi1m 81, as King's Messenger (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md)

## Complete filmography (75)

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

- *The Invisible Woman* (2013), as Governor — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-invisible-woman.md)
- *The Sandmine Murders* (2012), Actor
- *Mission London* (2010), as Dean Carver
- *The Ties That Bind Us* (2008), as Vorus / Mawdryn (archive footage)
- *Persuasion* (1995), as Mr. Shepherd
- *The Darling Buds of May* (1991), series, as Mr. Dawlish
- *Van Gogh* (1990), as Father
- *The Chief* (1990), series, as David Anson
- *Through The Dragon's Eye* (1989), series, Actor
- *Press Gang* (1989), series, as Mr. Winters
- *The Ruth Rendell Mysteries* (1987), series, as Michael Sunderton
- *Theban Plays: Oedipus the King* (1986), as Chorus
- *Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced* (1985), series, as Reverend Harmon
- *The Two Gentlemen of Verona* (1983), as Thurio
- *By the Sword Divided* (1983), series, as John Thurloe
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, as Sky
- *Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead* (1983), as Mawdryn
- *Housewarming* (1982), as Alan
- *Fame Is the Spur* (1982), series, as Gordon Stansfield
- *Tangiers* (1982), as Major Greville
- *Dark Towers* (1981), series, Actor
- *A Tale of Two Cities* (1980), series, as John Barsad
- *Juliet Bravo* (1980), series, as Paul Pringle
- *Breakaway* (1980), series, as Dr. Tucker
- *The Outsider* (1979), as Maj. Nigel Percival
- *Sapphire & Steel* (1979), series, as Silver
- *Turning Year Tales* (1979), series, as Jack Fletcher
- *Julius Caesar* (1979), as Cassius
- *The BBC Television Shakespeare* (1978), series, as Cassius, Thurio
- *The Thirty Nine Steps* (1978), as Tillotson
- *Freedom of the Dig* (1978), as Lacey
- *Monkey* (1978), series, as Voice of Monkey
- *Blake's 7* (1978), series, as Deva
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as Frank Turner
- *Treasure Island* (1977), as Blind Pew
- *Premiere* (1977), series, as Lacey
- *Doctor Who: The Robots of Death* (1977), as Poul
- *The Story of David* (1976), as Nathan
- *The Story of David* (1976), series, as Nathan
- *Hennessy* (1975), as Covey
- *Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen* (1975), as Vorus
- *The Fight Against Slavery* (1975), series, as William Wilberforce
- *The Love School* (1975), series, as John Ruskin
- *The Carnforth Practice* (1974), series, as Adam Burton
- *Mahler* (1974), as Hugo Wolfe
- *Fall of Eagles* (1974), series, as Miliukov
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Alan
- *Secrets* (1973), as Atkinson
- *Black and Blue* (1973), series, as Atkinson
- *Point Counter Point* (1973), series, as Maurice Spandrell
- *For the Love of Ada* (1972), as Mr. Johnson
- *UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!* (1971), as Daniel Clark
- *The Man in the Sidecar* (1971), as Tommy
- *Elizabeth R* (1971), series, as Sir Anthony Babington
- *Scrooge* (1970), as Bob Cratchit
- *UFO* (1970), series, as Daniel Clark
- *The Suicide Club* (1970), as James Morris
- *Strange Report* (1969), series, as John Anders
- *Sinister Street* (1969), series, as Brother Aloysius, Henry Meats
- *The Possessed* (1969), as Pyotr Verhovensky
- *The Naked Sun* (1969), as R. Daneel Olivaw
- *Joanna* (1968), as Critic
- *Song of Summer* (1968), as Percy Grainger
- *The White Rabbit* (1967), series, as Horace
- *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), as King's Messenger (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md)
- *Level Seven* (1966), as X.117
- *Mystery and Imagination* (1966), series, as James Morris
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Sverdlov, Cyril, Lord Charles Lyster
- *Out of the Unknown* (1965), series, as X.117, R. Daneel Olivaw
- *Knock on Any Door* (1965), series, as Walker, Ted Besant
- *Londoners* (1965), series, as Alan West
- *Gideon's Way* (1965), series, as Alan Campbell-Gore
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as 'Taffy' Thomas
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Gabriel Braithwaite
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Vorus, Poul, Mawdryn — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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