David Neal

David Neal
Born	David Henry Neal 13 February 1932(1932-02-13) Kettering, Northants, England
Died	27 June 2000(2000-06-27) (aged 68) Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Years active	1965-1997

David Neal (February 13, 1932 – June 27, 2000)^[1] was a popular British television actor, active in the 1960s, 1970, 1980s, and 1990s. He is chiefly remembered for a prolific range of supporting roles in major productions.

Multiple supporting roles in popular television

Although very rarely cast in a lead role, David Neal had significant supporting roles in episodes of a great range of highly popular British television series, including Softly, Softly, Z-Cars, Doctor Who, Inspector Morse, Poirot, The Bill, and Wycliffe.

Classical acting

David Neal worked in a broad range of roles during his career. In 1970 he took a major supporting role (Cinna) in the all-star feature film of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (which starred Charlton Heston, Christopher Lee, Richard Chamberlain, Diana Rigg, and Sir John Gielgud). A few years later (in 1979) he secured another significant supporting role as Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York in both Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 in the BBC's major 'complete works of Shakespeare' series of television films.^[2]

The Flockton Flyer

Although not remembered for lead roles, an exception is the 1970s children's television production The Flockton Flyer, written by Peter Whitbread, in which David Neal starred as the principal character, Bob Carter. The programme ran to two series, with an associated paperback novel.^[3]

References

1. ^ Dates of birth and death recorded at Movie Tome
2. ^ Details available at the IMDB under Neal's entry.
3. ^ See The Flockton Flyer details at TV Ark.

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Name	Neal, David
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Date of birth	13 February 1932
Place of birth	Kettering, Northants, England
Date of death	27 June 2000
Place of death	Kettering, Northamptonshire, England