---
name: "David Rappaport"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-rappaport"
fi1m_id: "david-rappaport"
imdb_id: "nm0710884"
tmdb_id: 154971
wikidata_id: "Q3018667"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 November 1951"
died: "2 May 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T17:31:24.109717+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 Rappaport

## Identity

David Rappaport

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-rappaport
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-rappaport
- **IMDb ID:** nm0710884
- **TMDB ID:** 154971
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3018667
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rappaport, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710884/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/154971

Actor. Born 23 November 1951 in London, England, UK. Died 2 May 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 November 1951, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 2 May 1990
- **Active:** 1981–1982
- **Also known as:** David Stephen Rappaport
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rappaport, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710884/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/154971

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Time Bandits*](https://film.one/film/time-bandits.md) (80)

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

## Biography

David Stephen Rappaport was an English actor. He played Randall, the leader of a group of time-travelling dwarves, in the 1981 film *Time Bandits* directed by Terry Gilliam.

Born in London in 1951, Rappaport appeared in films including *Turkish Delight* (1973), *Cuba* (1979) and *The Bride* (1985). His television credits include roles in *The Young Ones* (1982), *Robin of Sherwood* (1984), *L.A. Law* (1986) and *Captain Planet and the Planeteers* (1990), as well as the lead in the series *The Wizard* (1986–1987). He had achondroplasia and died in Los Angeles in 1990.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Young Ones* (1982), Fi1m 82, as Ftumch — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-young-ones.md)
- *Time Bandits* (1981), Fi1m 80, as Randall — [page](https://film.one/film/time-bandits.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Runaway* (2010), as Legal Services
- *Captain Planet and the Planeteers* (1990), series, as MAL (voice)
- *Luigi’s Ladies* (1989), as Luigi
- *Peter Gunn* (1989), as Speck
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Hamilton Schuyler
- *The Wizard* (1986), series, as Simon McKay
- *The Gourmet* (1986), as Dr. Grosvenor
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, as Troll
- *The Bride* (1985), as Rinaldo
- *Urban Jungle* (1985), as Chimp
- *Unfair Exchanges* (1984), as Arthur
- *Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight* (1984), as Sage
- *Robin of Sherwood* (1984), series, as Skulley
- *Dramarama* (1983), series, as Luko
- *The Young Ones* (1982), series, as Shirley, Ftumch — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-young-ones.md)
- *There's A Lot Of It About* (1982), series, Actor
- *The Secret Policeman's Other Ball* (1982), as Various Roles
- *John Diamond* (1981), as Mr. Seed
- *Time Bandits* (1981), as Randall — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/time-bandits.md)
- *The Secret Policeman's Ball* (1979), as Various Roles
- *Cuba* (1979), as Jesus
- *Black Jack* (1979), as Tom Thumb's Army
- *Mysteries* (1978), as "Minute" Grogard
- *Tiswas* (1974), series, Actor
- *Turkish Delight* (1973), as Lilliputian

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