---
name: "David Huffman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-huffman"
fi1m_id: "david-huffman"
imdb_id: "nm0400267"
tmdb_id: 66811
wikidata_id: "Q1174788"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 May 1945"
died: "27 February 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:49:01.437668+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 Huffman

## Identity

David Huffman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-huffman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-huffman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0400267
- **TMDB ID:** 66811
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1174788
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Huffman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1174788, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400267/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66811

Actor. Born 10 May 1945 in Berwyn, Illinois, USA. Died 27 February 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 May 1945, Berwyn, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 27 February 1985
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Huffman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1174788, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400267/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66811

## Biography

David Huffman was an American actor and producer. Born on 10 May 1945 in Berwyn, Illinois, he died on 27 February 1985 in San Diego, California.

He began his career on Broadway, appearing in *Butterflies Are Free* from 1969 to 1972. His film roles included Abe Belkin in *F.I.S.T.* (1978), Brian Dockett in *Ice Castles* (1978), District Attorney Phil Halpin in *The Onion Field* (1979), Harry Caulder in *Blood Beach* (1980) and Captain Buckholz in *Firefox* (1982). He also appeared in television series such as *T. J. Hooker* and *Newhart*.

Huffman was married to casting director Phyllis Huffman from 1967 until his death. He had two children.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Firefox* (1982), Fi1m 47, as Captain Buckholz — [page](https://film.one/film/firefox.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Country Remedy* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Children in the Crossfire* (1984), as Larry Malone
- *When She Says No* (1984), as Carl Jerome
- *Sparkling Cyanide* (1983), as Stephan Farraday
- *Last Plane Out* (1983), as Jim Conley
- *Jane Doe* (1983), as David
- *Newhart* (1982), series, as Ted Kingston
- *Firefox* (1982), as Captain Buckholz — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/firefox.md)
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Dr. Don Travers
- *St. Helens* (1982), as David Jackson
- *Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend* (1981), as Jimmy
- *The Million Dollar Face* (1981), as Christopher Ward
- *Baby Comes Home* (1980), as Jeff Winston · Producer
- *Blood Beach* (1980), as Harry Caulder
- *Wolf Lake* (1980), as David
- *Leo and Loree* (1980), as Dennis
- *The Onion Field* (1979), as District Attorney Phil Halpin
- *Ice Castles* (1978), as Brian Dockett
- *The Winds of Kitty Hawk* (1978), as Orville Wright
- *F.I.S.T.* (1978), as Abe Belkin
- *In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan* (1977), as Paul Armstrong
- *Testimony of Two Men* (1977), series, as Harold Ferrier
- *The Ambassadors* (1977), as Chadwick Newsome
- *Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby* (1976), as Peter Simon
- *Captains and the Kings* (1976), series, as Sean Armagh
- *Eleanor and Franklin* (1976), series, as Elliott Roosevelt, Sr.
- *The Gun* (1974), as Wayne
- *F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles* (1974), as Andy McKenna
- *Pueblo* (1973), as Seaman
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Chadwick 'Chad' Newsome

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