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