Dave Anderson (actor)

David Anderson (born 1 August 1945 in Rutherglen, Scotland)^[1] is a Scottish actor, playwright and jazz musician based in Glasgow.^[2][3]

Dave Anderson
Born	(1945-08-01) 1 August 1945 (age 79) Rutherglen, Scotland
Occupation	Actor
Known for	Gregory's Girl, City Lights

He is known for the part of Gregory's father in Gregory's Girl and as the bank manager in the BBC Scotland sitcom City Lights (1991).^[4] Other appearances include roles in Murder Not Proven? (1984), Soldier Soldier (1996), and Rockface (2002). He also appeared in Taggart in 1986, 1993, 2000, and 2004 and the Scottish comedy Still Game in 2007. He also played the part of a bus tour company manager in the 1985 film Restless Natives. "I expect flawless reports about you courier. Flawless!!"

Anderson was raised in the town of Rutherglen, and drew on childhood experiences for his 2017 musical Butterfly Kiss.^[5] In the course of his theatre career, he was a member of the politically minded 7:84 group and a founder of the Wildcat Stage Productions company along with David MacLennan,^[6][7][8][9] and wrote the songs (music and lyrics) for Tony Roper's play The Steamie.

Roles

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director
1981	A Sense of Freedom	Tam	John Mackenzie
1981	Gregory's Girl	Gregory's Dad	Bill Forsyth
1982	Living Apart Together	Steve McNally	Charles Gormley
1983	Local Hero	Fraser	Bill Forsyth
1985	Restless Natives	Illingworth (bus tour company manager)	Michael Hoffman
1986	Heavenly Pursuits (The Gospel According to Vic)	Headmaster	Charles Gormley
1998	Postmortem Obit (UK title)	Captain Moore	Albert Pyun
1999	Orphans	Uncle Ian	Peter Mullan
1999	Shaheed Udham Singh	O'Dwyer	Chitraarth
2003	Solid Air	Interviewer 2	May Miles Thomas
2011	Fast Romance[10]	Mr. Braithwaite	Carter Ferguson
2016	Bells	John	Gregor Barclay

Television

Date	Title	Role	Director	Notes
15 February 1964	The Avengers[11]	Gordon	Peter Hammond	Episode: "Build a Better Mousetrap"
23 May 1964 – 13 June 1964	Doctor Who[12][13][14][15]	Aztec Captain	John Crockett	Episodes: "The Temple of Evil", "The Warriors of Death", "The Bride of Sacrifice" & "The Day of Darkness"
27 March 1965	Doctor Who[16]	Reynier de Marun	Douglas Camfield	Episode: "The Lion"
10 July 1965 – 24 July 1965	Doctor Who[17][18][19]	Sven	Douglas Camfield	Episodes: "The Meddling Monk", "A Battle of Wits" & "Checkmate"
16 April 1966	The Spies[20]	Leo	David Proudfoot Eric Hills	Episode: "I Don't Even Volunteer"
10 May 1967	Softly, Softly[21]	Sergeant Fenny	David Proudfoot	Episode: "Blackitt's Round"
12 October 1970	Up Pompeii![22]	Lieutenant Preshus	Sydney Lotterby	Episode: "The Peace Treaty"
26 February 1978	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	Booking clerk	Mark Cullingham	Episode: "Dorothy and Juliet"
9 May 1978	The Standard[23]	Second newsman	John Bruce	Episode: "Win a Few, Lose a Few"
25 July 1979	The Omega Factor[24]	Dan	Norman Stewart	Episode: "St. Anthony's Fire"
8 November 1979	Play for Today[25]	Man at garage	John Mackenzie	Episode: "Just a Boys' Game"
14 December 1980	The Lost Tribe[26]	Man in bowler hat	Tom Cotter	Episode: "The Judgement of Solomon"
30 November 1981	Andrina[27]	Isaac	Bill Forsyth
10 January 1982	King's Royal[28]	Train guard	David Reynolds	Episode 1
16 July 1983	The Mad Death[29]	George	Robert Young	Episode 1
17 May 1984	Murder Not Proven?[30]	James McNaughton	Roderick Graham	Episode: "Open Season"
22 August 1984	End of the Line[31]	Archie	Tom Cotter	Episode: "A View of Things"
21 December 1984 – 25 December 1991	City Lights	Adam McLelland	Colin Gilbert Ron Bain David Blair	Main cast, all episodes
3 February 1985	Screen Two[32]	Rock Band	Piers Haggard	Episode: "Knockback: Part 2"
19 March 1985	In Darkness Visible[33]	Joe Mulholland	Mike Barnes
24 February 1986 – 10 March 1986	Taggart	Dave McSwean	Haldane Duncan	Episode: "Knife Edge"
4 December 1986 – 18 December 1986	Blood Red Roses[34]	Labour MP	John McGrath
17 March 1987	Tutti Frutti[35]	Film editor	Tony Smith	Episode: "Gin a Body, Dig a Body"
13 May 1987	Brond	Man in hospital	Michael Caton-Jones	Episode 1
2 August 1987	First Sight	Mr. Wilson	David Andrews	Episode: "Extras"
10 February 1990 – 24 February 1990	Border Warfare	multiple roles	John McGrath	All 3 episodes
14 March 1990 – 21 March 1990	Simon's Challenge[36][37][38]	Mr Peterson	Kate Kinninmont	Novel by Theresa Breslin adapted in two parts by Colin MacDonald[39]
11 October 1990	Rab C Nesbitt[40]	Pierre	Colin Gilbert	Episode: "City of Culture"
30 September 1993 – 14 October 1993	Taggart	Alec Harris	Richard Holthouse	Episode: "Instrument of Justice"
21 August 1995	The Tales of Para Handy[41]	Henry Fleming	Ron Bain	Episode: "The Malingerer"
22 June 1996	The Big Picnic[42]	Hughie Frizell	Derek Bailey
3 December 1996	Soldier Soldier	Sir Colin Mackay	Douglas Mackinnon	Episode: "Deliver Us from Evil"
30 March 1997	The Missing Postman[43]	Roger Gourock	Alan Dossor
4 September 1998	Rab C Nesbitt[44]	Gunslinger	Colin Gilbert	Episode: "Duel"
16 February 2000	Taggart	PC George MacBain	Michael Brayshaw	Episode: "Ghost Rider"
16 February 2000	The Creatives[45]	Philip	John Birkin	Episode: "Lenny the Bruce"
13 March 2002 – 3 April 2002	Rockface[46]	Dennis	Robert Bierman Sue Dunderdale	Episodes: "Situation: Critical", "Episode 3" & "Desperate and Dangerous"
9 November 2003	Monarch of the Glen[47]	Gregor McIntosh	John Martin Johnson	Series 5 Episode 7
30 April 2004	Taggart	Graeme Barr	Alan Macmillan	Episode: "Compensation"
5 October 2007	Rebus	DCI Tennent	Roger Gartland	Episode: "Resurrection Men"
23 December 2007	Still Game[48]	Choirmaster	Michael Hines	Episode: "Plum Number"
1 September 2019	A Play, A Pie & A Pint[49][50]	Chic Murray	Stuart Hepburn	Episode: "Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window"

Theatre

Date	Title	Author	Role	Director	Company / Theatre
1974 –	The Game's a Bogey	John McGrath Music by Alex Norton, Dave Anderson & Terry Neason	Keyboard	John McGrath	7:84
1990	Border Warfare	John McGrath	Montrose, Lauderdale, Henry Dundas, Keir Hardie etc.	John McGrath	Wildcat Stage Productions, Tramway
4 December 1998 – 16 January 1999	Sleeping Beauty[51]				King's Theatre, Glasgow
14 May 2018 – 19 May 2018	Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window[52][53][54][55][56]	Stuart Hepburn	Chic Murray	Stuart Hepburn	A Play, a Pie and a Pint Òran Mór, Glasgow
25 March 2019 – 30 March 2019
2 April 2019 – 6 April 2019					Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
9 April 2019 – 13 April 2019					Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
14 August 2019 – 31 August 2019					Tour 14–15 Aug  Òran Mór, Glasgow 19–25 Aug  The Newtown Theatre, Edinburgh 27 Aug  Òran Mór, Glasgow 30–31 Aug  Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock

Radio

Date	Title	Role	Director	Station
22 August 1982	The Game's a Bogey[57]	Keyboard	Stewart Conn	BBC Radio 3
26 June 1995	P Division - Code Four One: The Ladder[58][59]		Hamish Wilson	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play