David Hemmings
Acting1941Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
David Edward Leslie Hemmings (November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003) was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer.
He is noted for his role as the photographer in the drama mystery-thriller film Blowup (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Early in his career, Hemmings was a boy soprano appearing in operatic roles. In his later acting career, he was known for his distinctive eyebrows and gravelly voice.
Known For
Acting History
2016
Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'
as Self (archive footage)
2011
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
TVas Self (archive footage from "Blow-Up")
2007
Romantic
as Sadun
2004
Blessed
as Earl Sidney
Britten's Children
as Self
2003
The Night We Called It a Day
as Mickey Rudin
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self
2002
Equilibrium
as Proctor
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
as Martin Fox
Lenny Blue
as DCI Tommy Gillespie
Gangs of New York
as Mr. Schermerhorn
Waking the Dead
TVas Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay• 2 eps
Murder in Mind
TVas Judge James Hendon• 1 eps
2001
2000
Gladiator
as Cassius
The Real Oliver Reed
as Narrator
1997
The Vanishing Man
TVas Edward Lawrence
1996
1995
A Mind to Murder
as Godbolt
Dear Antonioni
as Self
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TVas Durham• 1 eps
Marker
TVDirector
1994
A Christmas Reunion
Director
1993
Passport to Murder
Director
Ned Blessing
TVDirector• 1 eps
1992
1991
Tales from the Crypt
TVas Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death")• 1 eps
L.A. Law
TVas Charles Lamb• 1 eps
1989
The Rainbow
as Uncle Henry
The Turn of the Screw
as Mister Harley
Nightmare Classics
TVas Mister Harley
Quantum Leap
TVDirector
Hardball
TVDirector• 5 eps
1988
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
as President Andrew Jackson
In the Heat of the Night
TVDirector• 3 eps
1987
Harry's Hong Kong
as Jack Rourke
3 On a Match
as Maxwell 'Newt' Newton
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Errol Pogson• 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
TVas Danny / Lord Archibald 'Binkie' Smythe-White• 1 eps
Werewolf
TVDirector
1986
Stingray
TVDirector• 5 eps
The Last Precinct
TVDirector
1985
The Key to Rebecca
as Maj. Smith
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
as Ian Blaze
The Snow Queen
as Reindeer (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
TVas Reindeer (voice)• 1 eps
The Key to Rebecca
Director
Detective in the House
TVDirector
1984
Airwolf: The Movie
as Dr. Charles Henry Moffet
Calamity Jane
as Capt. James O'Neill
Marlene
as Himself
Thumbelina
as Narrator (voice)
Airwolf
TVas Dr. Charles Henry Moffett• 2 eps
Hawaiian Heat
TVDirector
Airwolf
TVDirector
Murder, She Wrote
TVDirector
1983
1982
Turkey Shoot
Executive Producer
1981
Strange Behavior
Executive Producer
The Survivor
Director
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Director
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Producer
1980
Harlequin
as Nick Rast
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
as Insp. Bruce Hutton
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Magnum, P.I.
TVDirector
1979
1978
Blood Relatives
as Armstrong
Just a Gigolo
as Captain Hermann Kraft
Power Play
as Colonel Anthony Narriman
Clouds of Glory
TVas Samuel T. Coleridge
Just a Gigolo
Director
Power Play
Co-Producer
Power Play
Producer
1977
The Disappearance
as Edward
The Swindle
as Robert Clayton
The Prince and the Pauper
as Hugh Hendon
The Squeeze
as Keith
The Heroin Busters
as Mike Hamilton
Islands in the Stream
as Eddy
The Disappearance
Producer
1975
Deep Red
as Marcus Daly
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Richard Swiveller
A Dream of Living
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Christmas Messenger
as (voice)
1974
Juggernaut
as Charlie Braddock
1973
1972
Running Scared
Screenplay
Running Scared
Director
1971
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
as John Ebony
The Love Machine
as Jerry Nelson
Film '72
TVas Self
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Executive Producer
1970
1969
King Alfred the Great
as Alfred
The Best House in London
as Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne
1968
Barbarella
as Dildano
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Capt. Louis Edward Nolan
Only When I Larf
as Bob
The Long Day's Dying
as John
1967
Camelot
as Mordred
1966
1965
Be My Guest
as Dave
Auto Stop
as Henry
The Counterfeit Man
as Roger Westcott
Out of the Unknown
TVas Roger Westcott• 1 eps
1964
The System
as David
1963
1962
1961
The Wind of Change
as Ginger
Drama 61-67
TVas Eddie
1960
Sink the Bismarck!
as Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
1959
No Trees in the Street
as Kenny
1957