---
name: "David Horovitch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-horovitch"
fi1m_id: "david-horovitch"
imdb_id: "nm0395257"
tmdb_id: 133032
wikidata_id: "Q5235147"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 August 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-02T02:47:34.355461+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 Horovitch

## Identity

David Horovitch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-horovitch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-horovitch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0395257
- **TMDB ID:** 133032
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5235147
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horovitch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5235147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395257/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/133032

Actor. Born 11 August 1945 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 August 1945, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Дэвид Хорович
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (1), 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 55 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 66 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, History 2, Horror 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $321m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horovitch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5235147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395257/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/133032

## Biography

David Horovitch is an English actor. Born in London on 11 August 1945, he was educated at St Christopher School in Hertfordshire and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He made his stage debut in 1966 and has performed extensively in theatre, including productions at the Royal Exchange in Manchester.

On screen from 1970, he became best known for playing Detective Inspector Slack in five BBC adaptations of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple stories, beginning with *Miss Marple: The Body in the Library* (1984). He has appeared in numerous television series, including *The New Avengers* (1976), *Foyle’s War* (2002) and *House of the Dragon* (2022) as Grand Maester Mellos, as well as films such as *102 Dalmatians* (2000), *The Young Victoria* (2009) and *Mr. Turner* (2014).

More recent screen roles include Cardinal Conroy in *The Nun* (2018) and *The Nun II* (2023), and Rabbi Goldstein in *Bodies* (2023).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Nun II* (2023), Fi1m 55, as Cardinal Conroy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nun-ii.md)
- *Mr. Turner* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Dr Price — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-turner.md)
- *The Young Victoria* (2009), Fi1m 73, as Sir James Clark — [page](https://film.one/film/the-young-victoria.md)

## Complete filmography (76)

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

- *One of Us* (2026), as Grandfather
- *She Stoops To Conquer* (2024), as Mr Hardcastle
- *Bodies* (2023), series, as Rabbi Goldstein
- *The Nun II* (2023), as Cardinal Conroy — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nun-ii.md)
- *The Gold* (2023), series, as Judge — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-gold.md)
- *House of the Dragon* (2022), series, as Grand Maester Mellos
- *The Creeping* (2022), as Reverend Joseph
- *The Dybbuk: Semi-Staged Reading* (2021), Actor
- *Rebecca* (2020), as Coroner
- *Summerland* (2020), as Albert
- *The Nun* (2018), as Cardinal Conroy
- *The Man with the Iron Heart* (2017), as Admiral Hansen
- *The Sense of an Ending* (2017), as Headmaster
- *The Chamber* (2016), as Captain
- *The Infiltrator* (2016), as Saul Mineroff
- *RSC Live: Love's Labour's Lost* (2015), as Holofernes
- *RSC Live: Love's Labour's Won* (2015), as Leonato
- *Mr. Turner* (2014), as Dr Price — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-turner.md)
- *The Young Victoria* (2009), as Sir James Clark — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-young-victoria.md)
- *Cassandra's Dream* (2007), as Angela's Dad
- *Veils* (2007), as Michael
- *Dirty War* (2004), as Lambert
- *The Second Coming* (2003), series, as Mr Streeter
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (2002), as Burnley
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Thomas Kramer
- *Max* (2002), as Max's Father
- *One of the Hollywood Ten* (2002), as Ben Margolis
- *102 Dalmatians* (2000), as Dr. Pavlov
- *Solomon & Gaenor* (1999), as Isaac
- *Great Expectations* (1999), as Matthew Pocket
- *Great Expectations* (1999), series, as Matthew Pocket
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as James Hobson — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Ivanhoe* (1997), series, as Isaac
- *Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret* (1995), as Bowles
- *Just William* (1994), series, as Mr. Brown
- *The Blue Boy* (1994), as Robert
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Eric Hawkins
- *Westbeach* (1993), series, as Hugo Preston
- *Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side* (1992), as Superintendent Slack
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Jameson
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Douglas Philpot
- *Paper Marriage* (1992), as Frank Haddow
- *Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors* (1991), as Chief Inspector Slack
- *4 Play* (1989), series, as Barry
- *Piece of Cake* (1988), series, as 'Uncle' Kellaway
- *Stanley* (1988), as Dudley Tooth
- *Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington* (1987), as Detective Inspector Slack
- *Vanity Fair* (1987), series, as Rev Bute Crawley
- *Lily My Love* (1987), as Vicar
- *The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission* (1987), as Pierre Claudel
- *Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage* (1986), as Det Inspector Slack
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Roger Longford
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Vicar
- *The Best Years of Your Life* (1986), as Consultant
- *Hold the Back Page* (1985), series, as Russell de Vries
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Robert
- *Miss Marple: The Body in the Library* (1984), series, as Detective Inspector Slack
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Young Shoulders* (1984), as Ben Waterford
- *The Cleopatras* (1983), series, as Chickpea
- *An Unsuitable Job for a Woman* (1982), as Sergeant Maskell
- *Bognor* (1981), series, as Simon Bognor
- *The Sandbaggers* (1978), series, as Philip Skinner
- *Target* (1977), series, as PPS
- *Jubilee 1977* (1977), series, as Andrew
- *The New Avengers* (1976), series, as Tom Fitzroy
- *King Lear* (1975), as Duke of Burgundy
- *The Crazy Kill* (1975), as Tredgett
- *Choice* (1974), as Duncan Thomas
- *Mr. Shepard and Mr. Milne* (1974), as Young Ernest Shepard
- *Thriller* (1973), series, as Tredgett
- *New Scotland Yard* (1972), series, as Paul Freeman
- *Justice* (1971), series, as Philip Cooke
- *Manhunt* (1970), series, as Kurt
- *The Expert* (1968), series, as David Williams
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Duke of Burgundy

## Gallery

- ![David Horovitch](https://film.one/media/person/357384/gallery-1543083dba16.jpg) David Horovitch — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/David_Horovitch_-SheStoopsOrange28.12.23_%284_of_9%29_%28cropped-J1%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![David Horovitch](https://film.one/media/person/357384/gallery-45a84b7edba1.jpg) David Horovitch — Image via TMDB

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