Biography british actor david griffin
•
David Griffin
Date of birth
Richmond, Surrey, England
Biography[]
Griffin was born in Richmond, Surrey in July His first screen role was in in the film A French Mistress, and roles likeRicketts in The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's in , David Ashton in Outbreak of Murder in and Mark Dennison in Quick Before They Catch Us&#;in followed soon after and became both popular and familiar with viewers.
Griffin would appear in the smash hit film Battle of Britain in as Sergeant Pilot Chris and in popular television series including Dixon of Dock Green in and then again in , Z-Cars in and Doctor Who in as Lieutenant Commander Mitchell in the episode "The Sea Devils".
More smaller roles were to follow in the bio Rollerball i
•
David Griffin (actor)
English actor (born )
David Griffin (born 19 July ) is an English actor best known for both his roles as Squadron Leader Clive Dempster DFC in Hi-de-Hi! between and and Emmet Hawksworth in Keeping Up Appearances between and [1][2]
Career
[edit]His first screen role was in in the film A French Mistress, and roles like Ricketts in The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's in , David Ashton in Outbreak of Murder in and Mark Dennison in Quick Before They Catch Us in followed soon after and became both popular and familiar with viewers. Griffin would appear in the smash hit film Battle of Britain in as Sergeant Pilot Chris and in popular television series including Dixon of Dock Green in and then again in , Z-Cars in
Other television appearances include a guest role in an episode of Doctor Who ("The Sea Devils"), 'Allo 'Allo!, Dixon of Dock Green, Emmerdale Farm and two episodes of Ripping Yarns. After finishing Kee
•
"She'll sing at me; she always sings at me!"
"How lucky I have been, to be associated with two of the most successful series in television history. Keeping Up Appearances was a wonderful break. And what a difference between the two roles. Emmet could not have been a bigger contrast to Clive. A complete opposite. So, that helped me break away and create someone new. I loved every moment of Keeping Up Appearances (as I did with Hi-de-Hi!) and as a cast, we got on so well."
David Griffin (born 19 July ) is an English actor best known for playing Clive Dempster in Hi-de-Hi! and Emmet Hawksworth in Keeping Up Appearances.
His film role was in in A French Mistress which was followed by further films such as The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's, Outbreak of Murder, Quick Before They Catch Us, The Blood Beast Terror, if (), Battle of Britain, and Trog.
He joined the cast of Hi-de-Hi! in Series 6 to fill the hole left after Simon Cadell's departure. His charact