David Graham
Biography
David Graham was an English actor who was born in London in 1925 and trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City with Sanford Meisner after serving in the Royal Air Force. He began his theater career with a breakout role in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. He later became known for voice work, most notably as the Daleks in Doctor Who and as Gordon Tracy, Brains, Aloysius Parker, and Kyrano in Thunderbirds. He also voiced Grandpa Pig in Peppa Pig. His film credits included Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966). He voiced characters in Supercar, Fireball XL5, and Stingray, and played Professor Kerensky in City of Death, a Doctor Who story. From 2015 to 2020 he reprised Parker in Thunderbirds Are Go, and in 2023 he recorded new Dalek lines for a colorized recut of The Daleks. He died in 2024.
99years old at death
- Born Hackney
- Died
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- David Michael Graham (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 56 years1966 to 2022
Every film, newest first
- 2022Gerry Anderson: A Life UnchartedIMDb rating 7.2
- 2014Filmed in SupermarionationIMDb rating 7.4
- 1966Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.IMDb rating 5.9
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Getting ready for a role
In 1963, Graham took on the Dalek voices for Doctor Who with Peter Hawkins, who created how they spoke. Graham used a lower pitch, thinking Hawkins would voice the superior, higher-pitched Daleks.
Early training
After serving as a radar mechanic in the Royal Air Force, Graham studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City under Sanford Meisner.
Big break
Graham's breakout theater role was Givola in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, which he got after his friend, actor Christopher Benjamin, recommended him for it.
First role
Graham's first voiceover role came in Four Feather Falls as Grandpa Twink, after he told producer Gerry Anderson he could pull off accents well. He based the voice on Walter Brennan.
Getting ready for a role
In 2009 Graham took on the part of Edward Elgar in Stirring the Spirit, researching the composer thoroughly, and over the following decade he returned to the role on many occasions.
David Graham movies on Netflix
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Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Online
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