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name: "David Fleeshman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-fleeshman"
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imdb_id: "nm0281418"
tmdb_id: 1215335
wikidata_id: "Q23883391"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 July 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T17:36:46.906629+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 Fleeshman

## Identity

David Fleeshman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-fleeshman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-fleeshman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0281418
- **TMDB ID:** 1215335
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23883391
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fleeshman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23883391, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281418/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215335

Actor. Born 11 July 1952 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 July 1952, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 1982–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (3), 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 77 (2), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Crime 3, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Family 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $22m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fleeshman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23883391, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281418/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215335

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*North & South*](https://film.one/tv/north-and-south.md) (83)

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

## Biography

David Fleeshman (born 11 July 1952) is a Scottish actor, broadcaster, drama lecturer and theatre director. He trained at the Birmingham Theatre School and made his stage debut in 1973 with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. In 1974 he joined the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, as actor and assistant stage manager, and has also served as associate director of the Oldham Coliseum Theatre.

Fleeshman is known for television roles including D.O.E. Assistant Manager in *Boys from the Blackstuff* (1982) and Jones in *Edge of Darkness* (1985), as well as appearances in *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), *Only Fools and Horses* (1985), *North & South* (2004), *It's a Sin* (2021) and *All Creatures Great & Small* (2020). He has directed numerous plays and received a Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for best supporting actor for his performance in *The Price* (2005). In 1978 he married actress Sue Jenkins; they have three children, all actors.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *It's a Sin* (2021), Fi1m 84, as Husband — [page](https://film.one/tv/its-a-sin.md)
- *National Treasure* (2016), Fi1m 78, as Judge — [page](https://film.one/tv/national-treasure-2016.md)
- *Accused* (2010), Fi1m 76, as Judge — [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *North & South* (2004), Fi1m 83, as Landlord — [page](https://film.one/tv/north-and-south.md)
- *The Storyteller* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Innkeeper — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)
- *Edge of Darkness* (1985), Fi1m 88, as Jones — [page](https://film.one/tv/edge-of-darkness.md)
- *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), Fi1m 69, as Man on Station — [page](https://film.one/film/pink-floyd-the-wall.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *The Teacher* (2022), series, as Roger
- *It's a Sin* (2021), series, as Husband — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/its-a-sin.md)
- *All Creatures Great & Small* (2020), series, as Mr Soames
- *A Very British Christmas* (2019), as Station Guard
- *Disobedience* (2018), as Yosef Kirschbaum
- *National Treasure* (2016), series, as Judge — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/national-treasure-2016.md)
- *Accused* (2010), series, as Judge — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *Mother, Mine* (2008), as Graham
- *The Innocence Project* (2006), series, Actor
- *The Kindness of Strangers* (2006), series, as Developer
- *Grownups* (2006), series, as Dad
- *Christmas Lights* (2004), as Margolis
- *North & South* (2004), series, as Landlord — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/north-and-south.md)
- *Unstoppable* (2004), as St. Nevis Guard 2
- *The Last Detective* (2003), series, as George Williams
- *The Royal* (2003), series, as Don Waite
- *Believe Nothing* (2002), series, as Edmund Bilyas
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Malcolm Stackley — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *The Falklands Play* (2002), as Denis Healey MP (Labour)
- *The Six Wives of Henry VIII* (2001), series, as Campeggio, Cromwell
- *At Home with the Braithwaites* (2000), series, as Barrister — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/at-home-with-the-braithwaites.md)
- *Bad Girls* (1999), series, as DI Harwell
- *The Cater Street Hangman* (1998), as Renshaw
- *Highlander: The Raven* (1998), series, as Harry
- *Trial & Retribution* (1997), series, as Willis Fletcher
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Pedro Pedley
- *Hetty Wainthropp Investigates* (1996), series, as Immigration Officer
- *Sam Saturday* (1992), series, as Michael Sterne
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Laski, Mr. Faber, Captain Jorgan, Frank Carter
- *In Suspicious Circumstances* (1991), series, as Thomas Buss
- *The Jim Henson Hour* (1989), series, as Innkeeper (archive footage)
- *A Bit of a Do* (1989), series, Actor
- *The Luddites* (1988), as Enoch Taylor
- *The Storyteller* (1988), series, as Innkeeper — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)
- *The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death* (1988), as Innkeeper
- *The Nature of the Beast* (1988), as Jim Dalton
- *Realm of Darkness - Caves of Glass* (1986), as Narrator
- *Edge of Darkness* (1985), series, as Jones — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/edge-of-darkness.md)
- *Boys from the Blackstuff* (1982), series, as D.O.E Assistant Manager
- *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), as Man on Station — Fi1m 69, [page](https://film.one/film/pink-floyd-the-wall.md)
- *Strangers* (1978), series, as CID Man
- *The XYY Man* (1976), series, as Newscaster

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