---
name: "David Gooderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-gooderson"
fi1m_id: "david-gooderson"
imdb_id: "nm0328878"
tmdb_id: 1230638
wikidata_id: "Q2048978"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 February 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:17:15.642230+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 Gooderson

## Identity

David Gooderson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-gooderson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-gooderson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0328878
- **TMDB ID:** 1230638
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2048978
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gooderson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2048978, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0328878/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230638

Actor. Born 24 February 1941 in Lahore, Punjab, British India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 February 1941, Lahore, Punjab, British India
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gooderson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2048978, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0328878/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230638

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*A Touch of Frost*](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md) (76)

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## Biography

David Gooderson (born 24 February 1941) is a British actor and writer. Born in Lahore, British India (now Pakistan), he studied at the University of Cambridge, where he was Vice-President of the Footlights and appeared in the 1964 revue *Stuff What Dreams Are Made Of*.

He is known for playing Davros in the *Doctor Who* serial *Destiny of the Daleks* (1979) and the recurring role of pathologist Derek Simpkins in *A Touch of Frost* (1992–2006). Other television appearances include *Lovejoy*, *Mapp & Lucia*, *Bergerac*, *Rumpole of the Bailey* and *Cuffs*. Gooderson has also worked extensively in BBC radio drama and written plays for stage and radio.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, david-gooderson.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), Fi1m 76, as Derek Simpkins — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Return to Skaro* (2021), Actor
- *Doctor Who: Risen* (2021), as Davros (voice)
- *The Doctors: Villains!* (2018), Actor
- *Cuffs* (2015), series, as Lewis Gardener
- *Davros Connections* (2007), Actor
- *Footballers' Wives* (2002), series, as Minister
- *Johnny and the Dead* (1995), series, as Councillor
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Derek Simpkins, Pathologist — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)
- *Murder Most Horrid* (1991), series, as Bert, First Patient
- *The Paradise Club* (1989), series, as Jack Pringle
- *Claws* (1987), as Lecturer
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Cyril Catchpole
- *Mapp & Lucia* (1985), series, as Mr Woolgar
- *Seaview* (1983), series, as Mr. Shelton
- *Codename Icarus* (1981), series, as Maths Teacher
- *Tenko* (1981), series, as Major Sims
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Sidney Le Blanc
- *Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks* (1979), as Davros
- *Fairies* (1978), as First Reporter
- *Hazell* (1978), series, as Shop Assistant
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, as Denver
- *Happy Ever After* (1974), series, as Mr Lawton
- *The Adventures of Don Quick* (1970), series, as Bank Clerk
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Davros — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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