David Gooderson
David Richard Gooderson (born 24 February 1941) is an Indian-born British actor and writer who has appeared in several television roles.
As well as portraying Davros in the Doctor Who serial Destiny of the Daleks, he appeared in episodes of Lovejoy, Mapp & Lucia and A Touch of Frost. Gooderson was also featured on many radio programmes for the BBC, including The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately with Bill Wallis, David Jason, Denise Coffey and Jonathan Cecil and Huddwinks with Roy Hudd and others. He wrote several plays for stage and radio broadcast, and published several books about Kenneth Grahame.
Gooderson was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, and featured in the cast of the 1964 Footlights revue, Stuff What Dreams Are Made Of.
Acting
TV
Doctor Who
as Davros
1963
TV
A Touch of Frost
as Derek Simpkins
1992
TV
A Touch of Frost
as Pathologist
1992
TV
Lovejoy
as Cyril Catchpole
1986
TV
Cuffs
as Lewis Gardener
2015
TV
Bergerac
as Sidney Le Blanc
1981
TV
Footballers' Wives
as Minister
2002
TV
Murder Most Horrid
as Bert
1991
TV
Murder Most Horrid
as First Patient
1991
TV
Tenko
as Major Sims
1981
TV
Mapp & Lucia
as Mr Woolgar
1985
Movie
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
as Davros
1979
TV
The Paradise Club
as Jack Pringle
1989
TV
Hazell
as Shop Assistant
1978
TV
Johnny and the Dead
as Councillor
1995
TV
The Adventures of Don Quick
as Bank Clerk
1970
TV
Codename Icarus
as Maths Teacher
1981
Movie
Doctor Who: Risen
as Davros (voice)
2021
Movie
Fairies
as First Reporter
1978
Movie
Claws
as Lecturer
1987
Movie
Davros Connections
2007
Movie
The Doctors: Villains!
2018
Return to Skaro
2021