David Hemmings Biography (1941-)

Full name, David Leslie Edward Hemmings; born November 18, 1941, in Guildford, Surrey, England; father, a cookie salesman; married Genista Ouvry, 1960 (marriage ended); married Gayle Hunnicutt (an actress), 1968 (divorced, 1974); married Baroness Prudence J. de Casembroot, 1975 (divorced, 1997); married Lucy Williams; children: (first marriage) one daughter; (second marriage) one son; (third marriage) two sons.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
Birth Details: November 18, 1941; Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
The Rainbow Jacket, General Films Distributors, 1954
Danny Willard, The Heart Within, Rank, 1957
(Uncredited) Saint Joan, United Artists, 1957
Five Clues to Fortune, 1957
Kenny, No Trees in the Street, 1958
Men of Tomorrow, 1958
Schoolboy, In the Wake of a Stranger, Paramount, 1960
Ginger, The Wind of Change, Bryanston, 1961
Play It Cool, 1962
Bert, Some People, 1962
Roy, Murder Can Be Deadly (also known as The Painted Smile), Colorama/Schoenfeld, 1963
West 11, 1963
Dave Martin, Sing and Swing (also known as Live It Up), Universal, 1964
David, The Girl Getters (also known as The System), American International, 1964
Brian, Two Left Feet, British Lion, 1965
Dave, Be My Guest, Three Kings, 1965
Himself, Dateline Diamonds, 1965
Thomas, Blow-Up, Premier, 1966
Mordred, Camelot, Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1967
Christian de Caray, Eye of the Devil (also known as Thirteen), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
(Uncredited) Himself, All Eyes on Sharon Tate, 1967
Dildano, Barbarella (also known as Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy), Paramount, 1968
Captain Nolan, The Charge of the Light Brigade, United Artists, 1968
Bob, Only When I Larf, Paramount, 1968
John, The Long Day's Dying, Paramount, 1968
Title role, Alfred the Great, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
Benjamin Oakes/Walter Leybourne, The Best House in London, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
Leigh Hartley, The Walking Stick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
Himself, Simon Simon, 1970
Tom Brett, Fragment of Fear (also known as Freelance), Columbia, 1971
Jerry Nelson, The Love Machine, Columbia, 1971
John Ebony, Unman, Wittering, and Zigo, Paramount, 1971
Autobiography, 1972
Don't Worry Momma, 1973
Voices (also known as Nightmare), Hemdale, 1973
Charlie Braddock, Juggernaut (also known as Terror on the Britannic), United Artists, 1974
Juan, No es nada, mama, solo un juego (also known as Beyond Erotica, It's Nothing, Only a Game, and Lola), 1974
Richard Swiveller, Mr. Quip (also known as The Old Curiosity Shop), Avco-Embassy, 1975
Marcus Daly, Profondo rosso (also known as Deep Red, TheHatchet Murders, Dripping Deep Red, The Sabre Tooth Tiger,and The Deep Red Hatchet Murders), Seda Spettacoli Mahler/Fletcher Video, 1976
Eddy, Islands in the Stream, Paramount, 1977
Keith, The Squeeze, Warner Bros., 1977
Edward, The Disappearance, 1977
Mike Hamilton, La via della droga (also known as The Dope Way, Drug Street, and The Heroin Busters), 1977
Robert Cleydon, Squandra antitruffa (also known as Swindle), 1977
Jack Armstrong, Les liens de sang (also known as Blood Relatives), SNS, 1978
Hugh Hendon, Crossed Swords (also known as The Prince and the Pauper), Warner Bros., 1978
Colonel Anthony Narriman, Power Play (also known as Le jeu de la puissance, Operation Overthrow, and State of Shock), Robert Cooper, 1978
Captain Hermann Kraft, Just a Gigolo (also known as Schoener Gigolo--Armer Gigolo), United Artists, 1979
Inspector Foxborough, Murder by Decree (also known as SherlockHolmes and Saucy Jack and Sherlock Holmes: Murder by Decree), Avco-Embassy, 1979
Dr. Fraser, Thirst, New Line Cinema, 1979
Inspector Bruce Hutton, Beyond Reasonable Doubt, Endeavour, 1980
Senator Nick Rast, Harlequin (also known as Dark Forces andThe Minister's Magician), New Image, 1980
Gavin Wilson, Man, Woman, and Child, Paramount, 1983
Wilkens, Prisoners, Endeavour, 1983
Himself, Il mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento (also known as Dario Argento's World of Horror), 1985
Uncle Henry, The Rainbow, Vestron, 1989
Cassius, Gladiator, MCA/Universal, 2000
Lenny, Last Orders (also known as Letzte Runde), Sony Pictures Classics, 2001
Harry Duncan, Spy Game, MCA/Universal, 2001
Governor, Mean Machine, Paramount Classics, 2001
Martin Fox, Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice, Universal Home Entertainment, 2002
Gangs of New York, Miramax, 2002
Proctor, Equilibrium, 2002
Mickey Rudin, The Night We Called It a Day, 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 2003
Film Work
Producer, Melody, 1971
Executive producer, Unman, Wittering and Zigo, 1971
Director, Running Scared, Paramount, 1972
Director, The Fourteen (also known as The 14 and The Wild Little Bunch), Anglo/EMI, 1973
Producer, The Disappearance, 1977
Coproducer, Power Play (also known as Le jeu de la puissance, Operation Overthrow, and State of Shock), Robert Cooper, 1978

Director, Just a Gigolo (also known as Schoener Gigolo--Armer Gigolo), United Artists, 1979
Director, The Survivor, Greater Union Organization, 1980
Executive producer, Strange Behaviour (also known as Dead Kids, Human Experiments, and Small Town Massacre), Hemdale, 1981
Executive producer, Escape 2000 (also known as Blood Camp Thatcher and Turkey Shoot), Hemdale, 1981
Executive producer, Prisoners, Endeavour, 1983
Director and (with Anthony I. Ginnane and John Barnett) producer, Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (also known as Race for the Yankee Zephyr), Film Ventures, 1981
Director, Dark Horse, Live Home Video, 1992
Television Appearances
Movies
Title role, Scott Fitzgerald, BBC, 1975
Captain James O'Neill, Calamity Jane, syndicated, 1984
Ian Blaize, Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues, CBS, 1985
Maxwell "Newt" Newton, Three on a Match, NBC, 1987
Jack Roarke, Harry's Hong Kong (also known as China Hand),ABC, 1987
President Andrew Jackson, Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder, 1988
Mr. Godbolt, A Mind to Murder, PBS, 1995
Miniseries
Major Sanford Smith, The Key to Rebecca, syndicated, 1985
Specials
A Dream of Living (also known as Private Affairs: A Dream of Living), 1975
Title role, Charlie Muffin (also known as A Deadly Game), ITV, 1979, then PBS, 1983
Samuel T. Coleridge, Clouds of Gory: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, ITV, 1978, then CBS, 1982
Title roles, Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1981
Himself, Fame, Fashion, and Photography: The Real Blow Up, 2002
Also appeared in The Big Toe; Out of the Unknown.
Pilots
Dr. Charles Henry Moffet, "Shadow of the Hawke: Parts 1 & 2," Airwolf (also known as Lobo del aire), 1984
Episodic
Journalist, "Pictures Don't Lie," Out Of This World, 1962
Wescott, "The Counterfeit Man," Out of the Unknown, 1965
"Auto Stop," N.E.T. Playhouse, National Educational Television (now PBS), 1968
The Ed Sullivan Show, 1969
"Diamonds," Masquerade, ABC, 1983
Dr. Charles Henry Moffett, "Moffett's Ghost," Airwolf (also knownas Lobo del aire), CBS, 1984
Lord Binkie Smythe White, "Compulsion," Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1985
Errol Pogson, "The Corpse Flew First Class," Murder, She Wrote, 1987
Danny, "Out of Synch," Magnum, P.I., 1987
"The Greeter," Stingray, 1987
Mr. Harley, "The Turn of the Screw," Nightmare Classics, Showtime,1989
Mr. Stronham, "Loved to Death," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1991
Charles Lamb, "Do the Spike Thing," L.A. Law, 1991
Viktor, "Do the Right Thing," Northern Exposure, 1992
Durham, "Banker's Hours," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1995
Judge James Hendon, "Flashback," Murder in Mind, BBC, 2002
Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay, "Deathwatch," Waking the Dead, 2002
Also appeared in Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times.
Television Director
Movies
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder, 1988
Passport to Murder (also known as Masquerade), NBC, 1993
Christmas Reunion, 1993
Miniseries
The Key to Rebecca, syndicated, 1985
Episodic
"Wave of Controversy," Hawaiian Heat, ABC, 1984
"Mad over Miami," Airwolf (also known as Lobo del aire), CBS, 1984
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (also known as The New Mike Hammer), CBS, 1984
"Fragments," Magnum, P.I., 1984
"Compulsion," Magnum, P.I., 1985
"Let Me Hear the Music," Magnum, P.I., 1985
"Judgment Day," The A-Team, 1985
"A Lease with an Option to Die," The A-Team, 1985
"The A-Team Is Coming, the A-Team Is Coming," The A-Team, 1986
"The Trouble with Harry," The A-Team, 1986
"Toehold," The Last Precinct, NBC, 1986
"Ether," Stingray, 1986
"Playback," Stingray, 1987
"The Greeter," Stingray, 1987
"Echoes," Stingray, 1987
"Nightwatch," Werewolf, Fox, 1987
"The Wolf Who Thought He Was a Man," Werewolf, Fox, 1987
"Nothing Evil in These Woods," Werewolf, Fox, 1987
"Friendly Haven," Werewolf, Fox, 1987
"Nightmare at the Braine Hotel," Werewolf, Fox, 1987
"Blind Spot: Parts 1 & 2," In the Heat of the Night, 1988
"The Leap Between the States--September 20, 1862," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1989
"Till Death Do Us Part," Hardball, NBC, 1989
"Which Witch Is Which?," Hardball, NBC, 1989
"The Cleveland Indian," Hardball, NBC, 1989
"The Fighting 52nd," Hardball, NBC, 1989
"Trying to Make a Living, and Doing the Best I Can," Hardball, NBC, 1989
"The Angel of Death," Hardball, NBC, 1990
"A Killer Date," Hardball, NBC, 1990
"Every Dog Has Its Day," Hardball, NBC, 1990
"Playback," Raven, 1993
"Heat," Raven, 1993
"The Guardians of the Night," Raven, 1993
Also directed Rainbow in the Thunder; "Crossed Up," Murder, SheWrote,CBS; Marker, UPN; Ned Blessing: the Story of My Life andTimes; Davy Crockett; "Flori and Dori," an unaired episode of Raven.
Television Work
Pilots
Director, Werewolf, 1987
Director, In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1988
Director, Down Delaware Road, NBC, 1988
Director, Hardball, NBC, 1989
Director, Quantum Leap (also known as Genesis and Quantum Leap: Genesis), NBC, 1989
Series
Coexecutive producer, Hardball, NBC, 1989
Stage Appearances
Master Miles, The Turn of the Screw, English Opera Group, 1954
Bertie Wooster, Jeeves (musical), Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 1975
Also appeared in Adventures in the Skin Trade.
RECORDINGS
Albums
Dramatic narrator, Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 1973
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Clive Exton) Running Scared, Paramount, 1972
Television Episodes
Airwolf (also known as Lobo del aire), CBS, 1984
The Last Precinct, NBC, 1986

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