David Buck
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David Keith Rodney Buck (17 October 1936 – 27 January 1989) was an English actor and author.[1]
Biography
Buck was born in London, the son of Joseph Buck and Enid Marguerite (née Webb).[2] He starred in many television productions from 1959 until 1989. One of his earlier roles was that of Horatio Hornblower in an episode entitled "Hornblower" (1963), in the Alcoa Premiere TV series.
He played Winston Smith in Theatre 625: The World of George Orwell: 1984 (1965), a remake of Nigel Kneale's adaptation of the novel. In the first two series of the ITV horror and supernatural anthology series Mystery and Imagination (1966–68) he played the series narrator Richard Beckett (from Sheridan Le Fanu's story "The Flying Dragon") whose character also became involved in some of the other stories adapted.[3] His film career included roles in Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963), The Sandwich Man (1966), the Hammer film The Mummy's Shroud (1967), Deadfall (1968) and Taste of Excitement (1970). He also had a role as Royal Air Force Squadron Leader David "Scotty" Scott in the film Mosquito Squadron (1969), with David McCallum, in which his character is shot down during a low-level bombing raid over Northern France in 1944 and assumed killed.
Later, he was a voice actor for the films The Lord of the Rings (1978), for which he provided the voice of Gimli, and The Dark Crystal (1982),[4] where he voiced SkekNa the Slave Master. Buck portrayed Dr. Watson in the 1978 BBC Radio 4 series of 13 Sherlock Holmes short stories.[1]
Buck died of cancer in 1989. At the time of his death, he was married to the actress Madeline Smith, who featured in the film version of Up Pompeii (1971) and numerous comedy programmes in the 1970s.
The Small Adventures of Dog
In 1968, William Heinemann published a 'funny and off-beat' children's book written and illustrated by Buck entitled The Small Adventures of Dog.[5] He later claimed to have written the book in ' few days'. Buck presented his stories for the children's show Jackanory in April, 1971.[6]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow | Harry Banks | |
| 1966 | The Sandwich Man | Steven Mansfield | |
| 1967 | The Mummy's Shroud | Paul Preston | |
| 1968 | Deadfall | Salinas | |
| 1969 | Mosquito Squadron | Sqn. Ldr. David 'Scotty' Scott | |
| 1969 | Taste of Excitement | Paul Hedley | |
| 1978 | The Lord of the Rings | Gimli – Son of Gloin | Voice |
| 1982 | The Dark Crystal | Slave Master | Voice |
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."David Buck – About This Person". The New York Times. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, vol. 8, ed. Owen O'Donnell, Sara Steen, Gale, 1990, p. 64
- ^ Janet Thurmin Small Screens, Big Ideas: Television in the 1950s, London: IB Tauris, 2002, p.169-70
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."HENSON'S 'CRYSTAL' (Published 1982)". The New York Times. 17 December 1982. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023.
- ^ Alexander Muir 'A bear in a cloth cap joins the magic four – and three newcomers join in the fun' London Daily Mirror 21 November 1968 p. 26
- ^ Mary Griffiths, 'Booked for Children' London Daily Mirror 5 April 1971 p. 17
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