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David Healy is a Actor American born on 15 may 1929 at New York City (USA)

David Healy

David Healy
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Nationality USA
Birth 15 may 1929 at New York City (USA)
Death 25 october 1995 (at 66 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award

David Healy (May 15, 1929 – October 25, 1995) was an American-born actor who appeared in British and American television shows.

Healy was born in New York. His television credits include voices for the Supermarionation series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90 and The Secret Service, as well as parts in UFO, The Troubleshooters, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Strange Report, Dickens of London, Space Police (a TV pilot), Space Precinct and Dallas. He also starred as Dr Watson opposite Ian Richardson's Sherlock Holmes in the 1983 TV film of The Sign of Four.

His big screen credits include The Double Man (1967), Only When I Larf (1968), Assignment K (1968), Isadora (1968), Patton (1970), Lust for a Vampire (1971), Madame Sin (1972), Embassy (1972), Endless Night (1972), Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977), Supergirl (1984), and Haunted Honeymoon (1986). He also gave uncredited performances in the James Bond films You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971).

In 1983, Healy received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Guys and Dolls during the 1982 theatre season. His performance of "Nicely Nicely Johnson" was praised as "show-stopping" as he sang "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat". He performed a mid-show encore each night. In 1986 he played the character of Buddy Plumber in a London run of the Stephen Sondheim musical Follies.

Healy died following a heart operation on October 25, 1995 in London, England.

Usually with

David Bauer
David Bauer
(6 films)
Hal Hartley
Hal Hartley
(1 films)
John Barry
John Barry
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of David Healy (24 films)

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Actor

The Unbelievable Truth, 1h30
Directed by Hal Hartley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, David Healy, Matt Malloy, Edie Falco, Paul Schulze
Rating71% 3.595763.595763.595763.595763.59576
Audry is expected to remain with her high-school boyfriend and become a successful fashion model, but she instead becomes interested in a man of mystery, a man with at least one manslaughter in his past. Many characters speculate about how many people he might have killed, and the stories of his past are taller every time they are told. A genius mechanic who is uncomfortable with relationships, he has to learn to adapt to the interest of this woman supposedly beyond his reach, and to learn to trust his instincts when he has to fight to win her back.
Labyrinth
Labyrinth (1986)
, 1h41
Directed by Jim Henson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Malcolm, Warwick Davis, Brian Henson, Frank Oz
Roles the voice of the Right Door Knocker, a component of the door that is between the hedgemaze and the forest.
Rating72% 3.649923.649923.649923.649923.64992
Fifteen-year-old Sarah Williams (Connelly) rehearses a play in the park and becomes distracted by a line she is unable to remember while being watched by a barn owl. Realizing she is late to babysit her infant half-brother Toby, she rushes home and is confronted by her stepmother (Shelley Thompson) before she and her father (Christopher Malcolm) leave for dinner. Sarah realizes that her brother is in possession of her treasured teddy bear Lancelot. Frustrated by this and his constant crying, Sarah inadvertently wishes Toby away by the Goblin King Jareth (Bowie). He refuses to return the baby, but gives Sarah 13 hours to solve his Labyrinth to find him before Toby is turned into a goblin. Sarah meets the dwarvish Hoggle (Brian Henson), who aids her in entering the Labyrinth, but a talking worm (Timothy Bateson) inadvertently sends her the wrong way.
Supergirl
Supergirl (1984)
, 2h4
Directed by Jeannot Szwarc
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Superman films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole, Hart Bochner, Mia Farrow, Brenda Vaccaro
Roles Mr. Danvers
Rating44% 2.2119352.2119352.2119352.2119352.211935
Kara Zor-El (Helen Slater) lives in an isolated Kryptonian community called Argo City, in a pocket of trans-dimensional space. A man named Zaltar (Peter O'Toole) allows Kara to see a unique an immensely powerful item known as the Omegahedron, which he has borrowed without the knowledge of the city government, and which powers the city. However, after a mishap, the Omegahedron is blown out into space. Much to the distress of her parents (Simon Ward and Mia Farrow), Kara follows it to Earth (undergoing a transformation into "Supergirl" in the process) in an effort to recover it and save the city.
The Sign of Four, 1h37
Directed by Desmond Davis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Ian William Richardson, David Healy, Thorley Walters, Cherie Lunghi, Clive Merrison, Terence Rigby
Roles Dr. John H. Watson
Rating63% 3.199123.199123.199123.199123.19912
Le Major Sholto a jadis pris possession du trésor caché par un Rajah, avec la complicité d'un de ses hommes et les informations données par Jonathan Small, un détenu. Mais il est rentré en Angleterre avec tout le butin.
Scott Joplin, 1h36
Directed by Jeremy Kagan
Origin USA
Genres Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Billy Dee Williams, Clifton Davis, Margaret Avery, Seymour Cassel, Godfrey Cambridge, Art Carney
Rating64% 3.2395053.2395053.2395053.2395053.239505
In the late 19th century, Scott Joplin, a young African-American musician, moves to Missouri and to make ends meet finds a job as a piano teacher. He befriends Louis Chauvin, who plays piano in a brothel.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1h40
Directed by Robert Moore
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Laurence Olivier, Maureen Stapleton, Jack Hedley, Mary Peach
Roles le docteur Baugh
Rating69% 3.4795253.4795253.4795253.4795253.479525
Dans une villa du sud des États-Unis, la famille se réunit pour fêter l'anniversaire du patriarche malade, Big Daddy.
Phase IV
Phase IV (1974)
, 1h24
Directed by Saul Bass
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Natural horror films, Films about insects, Musical films
Actors Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick, David Healy
Rating63% 3.198593.198593.198593.198593.19859
Due to an unknown cosmic event, listed in "phases", ants have undergone rapid evolution and developed a hive mind. A scientific team begins investigating strange towers and geometrically perfect designs that ants have built in the desert. Except for one family, the local human population flees the strangely acting ants. Scientists James Lesko and Ernest Hubbs set up a computerized lab in a sealed dome located in an area of significant ant activity in Arizona. The ant colony and the scientific team, along with the holdout family, fight each other though the ants are the more effective aggressors.
Madame Sin
Madame Sin (1972)
, 1h30
Directed by David Greene
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Themes Spy films
Actors Bette Davis, Robert Wagner, Denholm Elliott, Gordon Jackson, Catherine Schell, Dudley Sutton
Roles Braden
Rating57% 2.854092.854092.854092.854092.85409
The title character is a vicious villainess who commands a Thought Factory in the Scottish Highlands. Intent on achieving world domination, she kidnaps ex-CIA agent Anthony Lawrence and forces him to help her hijack a secret nuclear weapon, the Polaris submarine.
Ooh... You Are Awful, 1h37
Directed by Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Pat Coombs, William Leo Franklyn, Norman Bird
Rating56% 2.849412.849412.849412.849412.84941
Conmen Charlie Tully and Reggie Peek have successfully conned a couple of Italian men, and are making an easy escape with £500,000. Flushed with success, Tully is unable to resist running a "quick and easy" minor con on a passing American tourist. But "quick and easy" unexpectedly goes awry, and Tully is arrested. While Tully is imprisoned, Peek manages to escape and deposit the £500,000 in a Swiss bank account. Eventually, when Tully is finally released, he is met by Peek, intending to give him the bank account number. But Peek has been having an affair with the sister of London crime lord Sid Sabbath, and his reunion with Tully is cut short when Peek is murdered, on the orders of Sabbath.
Endless Night, 1h39
Directed by Sidney Gilliat
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland, Per Oscarsson, George Sanders, David Bauer
Roles Jason
Rating60% 3.000743.000743.000743.000743.00074
Michael Rogers (Bennett), a young drifter currently employed as a chauffeur, has a chance meeting with the lovely Ellie Thomsen (Mills). He dreams of building a magnificent house on a particular spot of land along the Devon coast. Unknown to him, she is actually a wealthy heiress and can make his dream come true. With the help of her efficient German companion, Greta (Ekland), they marry and build a memorable home designed by noted architect Santonix (Oscarsson), much to the disapproval of Ellie's family, who try to buy off Michael.
Embassy
Embassy (1972)

Directed by Gordon Hessler
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Chuck Connors, Richard Roundtree, Marie-Josée Nat, Ray Milland, Broderick Crawford, Max von Sydow
Rating51% 2.5844952.5844952.5844952.5844952.584495
Un espion Russe tente de pénetrer dans l'ambassade Américaine de Beyrouth pour tenter de tuer un traître Russe retenu emprisonner sur place.