Portrait of David Hemmings

David Hemmings

Acting

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.

Born: November 18, 1941

Place of Birth: Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Filmography

2016
Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'

as Self (archive footage)

2011
George Harrison: Living in the Material World

as Self (archive footage from "Blow-Up")

2007
Romantic

as Sadun

2004
Blessed

as Earl Sidney

2003
2002
Gangs of New York

as Mr. Schermerhorn

2002
Equilibrium

as Proctor

2002
Lenny Blue

as DCI Tommy Gillespie

2001
Mean Machine

as Governor

2001
Spy Game

as Harry Duncan

2001
Last Orders

as Lenny

2001
Waking the Dead

as Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay

2001
Murder in Mind

as Judge James Hendon

2000
Gladiator

as Cassius

2000
1995
1995
1990
Northern Exposure

as Viktor Bobrov

1989
Nightmare Classics

as Mister Harley

1989
The Turn of the Screw

as Mister Harley

1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death")

1989
The Rainbow

as Uncle Henry

1987
3 On a Match

as Maxwell 'Newt' Newton

1987
Harry's Hong Kong

as Jack Rourke

1986
L.A. Law

as Charles Lamb

1985
The Key to Rebecca

as Maj. Smith

1985
The Snow Queen

as Reindeer (voice)

1984
Marlene

as Himself

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Errol Pogson

1984
Airwolf: The Movie

as Dr. Charles Henry Moffet

1984
Thumbelina

as Narrator (voice)

1984
Calamity Jane

as Capt. James O'Neill

1984
Airwolf

as Dr. Charles Henry Moffett

1983
Masquerade

as Marlos

1983
Man, Woman and Child

as Gavin Wilson

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre

as Narrator (voice)

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre

as Reindeer (voice)

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Lord Archibald 'Binkie' Smythe-White

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Danny

1980
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

1980
Harlequin

as Nick Rast

1980
Beyond Reasonable Doubt

as Insp. Bruce Hutton

1979
Charlie Muffin

as Charlie Muffin

1979
Thirst

as Dr. Fraser

1979
Murder by Decree

as Inspector Foxborough

1978
Just a Gigolo

as Captain Hermann Kraft

1978
Power Play

as Colonel Anthony Narriman

1978
Clouds of Glory

as Samuel T. Coleridge

1978
Blood Relatives

as Armstrong

1977
1977
The Swindle

as Robert Clayton

1977
The Heroin Busters

as Mike Hamilton

1977
1977
The Squeeze

as Keith

1975
The Old Curiosity Shop

as Richard Swiveller

1975
Deep Red

as Marcus Daly

1974
Juggernaut

as Charlie Braddock

1973
Voices

as Robert

1973
1971
The Love Machine

as Jerry Nelson

1971
1970
Fragment of Fear

as Tim Brett

1970
Simon Simon

as Man in Car with Posters

1970
The Walking Stick

as Leigh Hartley

1969
1969
The Best House in London

as Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne

1968
Barbarella

as Dildano

1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade

as Capt. Louis Edward Nolan

1967
Camelot

as Mordred

1966
Blow-Up

as Thomas

1966
Eye of the Devil

as Christian

1965
The Counterfeit Man

as Roger Westcott

1965
Out of the Unknown

as Roger Westcott

1965
Auto Stop

as Henry

1965
1964
The System

as David

1963
West 11

as Bullying Youth

1963
1962
Play It Cool

as Uncredited

1962
Out of This World

as Journalist

1962
1961
1960
Sink the Bismarck!

as Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

1957
The Heart Within

as Danny Willard