---
name: "David Dundas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-dundas"
fi1m_id: "david-dundas"
imdb_id: "nm0242172"
tmdb_id: 95109
wikidata_id: "Q914130"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "2 June 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:29:49.743749+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 Dundas

## Identity

David Dundas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-dundas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-dundas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0242172
- **TMDB ID:** 95109
- **Wikidata ID:** Q914130
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dundas_(musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q914130, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242172/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95109

Composer. Born 2 June 1945 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 2 June 1945, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dundas_(musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q914130, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242172/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95109

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Withnail & I*](https://film.one/film/withnail-and-i.md) (88)

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## Biography

David Dundas is an English actor and composer. Born in Oxford in 1945, he trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and began his career with acting roles in films and television, including appearances in Prudence and the Pill (1968) and Mosquito Squadron (1969).

He later focused on music, achieving chart success in the 1970s with the single 'Jeans On'. Dundas has composed scores for several films, notably co-writing the music for Withnail & I (1987) with Rick Wentworth. His voice work includes Additional Voices in the animated film When the Wind Blows (1986).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Withnail & I* (1987), Fi1m 88, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/withnail-and-i.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Freddie As F.R.O.7.* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Sleepers* (1991), series, Original Music Composer
- *Sleepers* (1991), Music
- *How to Get Ahead in Advertising* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Withnail & I* (1987), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/withnail-and-i.md)
- *When the Wind Blows* (1986), as Additional Voices (voice)
- *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as Prince Edward
- *Pere Goriot* (1971), series, as Eugene de Rastignac
- *Private Road* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Mosquito Squadron* (1969), as Flt. Lieut. Douglas Shelton
- *Prudence and the Pill* (1968), as Tony Bates
- *Who Pays?* (1968), as Tony Lambert
- *Boy Meets Girl* (1967), series, as Mic
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Dennis

## Gallery

- ![David Dundas](https://film.one/media/person/59709/gallery-7142eda60d4a.jpg) David Dundas — 20th Century Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Lord_David_Dundas_in_Prudence_and_the_Pill.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Prudence and the Pill publicity still featuring Judy Geeson and Lord David Dundas. (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/59709/gallery-500d2b070826.jpg) Prudence and the Pill publicity still featuring Judy Geeson and Lord David Dundas. (1968) — Twentieth Century Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Prudence_and_the_Pill_publicity_still.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/david-dundas