David Waller Biography (1920-)

Born November 27, 1920, in Street, England; son of Thomas Wright and Dorothy(Armitage) Waller; married Elisabeth Vernon. Addresses: AGENT--c/o Fraser and Dunlop, 91 Regent Street, London W1, England.

Favorite roles: Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, first gravedigger in Hamlet,and Ben Jonson in Bingo.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Birth Details
November 27, 1920
Street, England

Famous Works

  • Credits
  • LONDON STAGE DEBUT--Chinese beggar, Chu, the Sinner, Embassy Theatre, 1937.
  • BROADWAY DEBUT--Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Billy Rose Theatre, 1971.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
  • Cosroe and Captain, Tamburlaine the Great, Old Vic Company, 1951.
  • Cornwall, King Lear, and Lucius, Timon of Athens, both Old Vic Company, 1952.
  • Lennox, Macbeth, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1952.
  • Brandon, then Gardiner, Henry VIII, Old Vic Comapny, 1953.
  • Rodney, Birds of Sadness, Q Theatre, London, 1954.
  • first player, Hamlet, Bolingbroke, Clifford, and Northumberland, Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, and Barnadine, Measure for Measure, all Old Vic Company, 1957.
  • Gardiner, Henry VIII, Old Vic Company, 1958.
  • Dr. Powell, The Stepmother, St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1958.
  • Carter Winter, The Admiration of Life, Arts Theatre, London, 1960.
  • Doctor, The Miracle Worker, Royalty Theatre, then Wyndham's Theatre, bothLondon, 1961.
  • Medvedev, The Lower Depths, Arts Theatre, 1962.
  • Senator, Fiorello!, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1962.
  • Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, Azdak, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and title role, Sergeant Musgrave's Dance, all Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, U.K., 1963-64.
  • Northumberland, Richard II, and Northumberland, Henry IV, Parts I and II,both Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K., 1964.
  • Friar Barnadine, The Jew of Malta, Dull, Love's Labour's Lost, Duke, TheMerchant of Venice, and Lucullus, Timon of Athens, all RSC, Royal ShakespeareTheatre, 1965.
  • first gravedigger, Hamlet, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, London, both 1965.
  • Schools Superintendent, The Government Inspector, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1966.
  • Worcester, Henry IV, Part I, Silence, Henry IV, Part II, Fluellen, HenryV, Duke, The Revenger's Tragedy, and first gravedigger, Hamlet, all RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1966.
  • Harry Belcher, Belcher's Luck, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1966.
  • Pastor Manders, Ghosts, and Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, The Relapse, both RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1967.
  • Kent, King Lear, and in a reading of The Hollow Crown, both RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1968.
  • Pandarus, Troilus and Cressida, and Dogberry, Much Ado about Nothing, both RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1968, then Aldwych Theatre, 1969.
  • Duff, Landscape, Sylvester Heegan, The Silver Tassie, and Duke, The Revenger's Tragedy, all RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1969.
  • Title role, Dr. Faustus, and Claudius, Hamlet, both RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1970.
  • Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theater, 1970,then Aldwych Theatre, 1971.
  • Levshin, Enemies, and Old Bellair, The Man of Mode, both RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1971.
  • Son, All Over, Duff, Landscape, and Edward, A Slight Ache, all RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1973.
  • Senator Sinclair Caldwell, Section Nine, RSC, The Place Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K., 1973, then Aldwych Theatre, 1974.
  • Herbert Shanklin, Duck Song, and Father Motilla, The Bewitched, both RSC,Aldwych Theatre, 1974.
  • Escalus, Measure for Measure, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1974.
  • Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1974, thenAldwych Theatre, 1975.
  • Old Shepherd, The Winter's Tale, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976.
  • Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet, and Pandarus, Troilus and Cressida, both RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1976, then Aldwych Theatre, 1977.
  • Ben Jonson, Bingo, RSC, Other Place Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K., 1976, then Warehouse Theatre, London, 1977.
  • Aune, Pillars of the Community, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1977.
  • Screw and Lord Plaistow, Frozen Assets, RSC, Warehouse Theatre, 1977.
  • Crampton, You Never Can Tell, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1979.
  • Joe Keller, All My Sons, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, U.K., 1980.
  • Bill Dunn, Thirteenth Night, RSC, Warehouse Theatre, 1981.
  • Duncan, Macbeth, Gloucester, King Lear, Baptista, The Taming of the Shrew, and Sir Alex Wengrave, The Roaring Girl, all RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1982, then Barbican Theatre, London, 1983.
  • Clotaldo, Life's a Dream, RSC, Barbican Theatre, 1984.
  • Russell Blackborough, Waste, RSC, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1985.
  • Crassus, The Apple Cart, Royal Haymarket Theatre, London, 1986.
  • title role, Julius Caesar, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1987.
  • Dogberry, Much Ado about Nothing, and Humphrey of Gloucester, Henry VI, both RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1988.
  • Also appeared with various repertory companies throughout the United Kingdom, 1939, then 1947-48; with the Citizens' Theatre, York, U.K., 1948-51; with the Leatherhead Theatre Company, Leatherhead, U.K., 1954-55; with the Ipswich Repertory Company, Ipswich, U.K., 1955-56; and in The Forest, The Merchantof Venice, and Hamlet, all RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1982.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
  • Director, The Private Ear and The Public Eye, both Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, U.K., 1964.
  • Credits; MAJOR TOURS
  • Cornwall, King Lear, Old Vic Company, European cities, 1952.
  • first player, Hamlet, and Gardiner, Henry VIII, both with the Old Vic Company, European cities, 1958.
  • Kent, King Lear, Pandarus, Troilus and Cressida, Dogberry, Much Ado aboutNothing, and a reading of The Hollow Crown, U.S. cities, 1969.
  • Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, U.S. cities, 1971.
  • Duff, Landscape, and Edward, A Slight Ache, U.K. cities, and various European Theatre Festivals, 1972.
  • Also in Strip the Willow, U.K. cities, 1960.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
  • Perfect Friday, Chevron, 1970.
  • Lady Jane, Paramount, 1986.
  • Also appeared in Work Is a Four-Letter Word and Landscape.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
  • Inspector Jowett, Cribb.
  • Sergeant Buzfuz, The Pickwick Papers.
  • Old Shepherd, Oedipus the King.
  • Warren Lewis, Shadowlands.
  • Gosheron, All Passion Spent.
  • Inspector Duckham, 4:50 from Paddington.
  • Also appeared in Heartbreak House, The Beaux' Stratagem, Edward and Mrs.Simpson, and The Tempest.
  • Writings;STAGE
  • Happy Returns, Leatherhead Theatre, Leatherhead, U.K., 1955.
  • Writings;OTHER
  • Various radio and television plays.