David Ross (actor)

David Ross
Born	1945 Blackburn, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1974–present

David Ross (born 1945, Blackburn, Lancashire) is an English actor who has worked in theatre, cinema, and television.

His best-known roles include playing the first appearance of Kryten and the voice of the Talkie Toaster on the science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf, Elgin on the BBC sitcom The Green Green Grass, and as Mr. Sedley in a BBC serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair (1998). He also played Mr. Sherwin in Basil, a cheating betting shop owner in the BBC series Goodnight Sweetheart, and Donald Moss, a DHSS officer in Alan Bleasdale's Boys from the Blackstuff. In 1991 he appeared in a second major Bleasdale drama series, G.B.H.. He has appeared in Doc Martin and also appeared in the final episode of the long-running comedy series Last of the Summer Wine (2010).

Dacvid Ross starred in the stage play Having A Ball set in a vasectomy clinic and in which he appeared nude. It was a howling success in England but was a box office disaster in Australia where it was presented by the late John McCallum. IT co-starred Jackie Weaver and Maggie Dence.

External links

• David Ross at the Internet Movie Database
• A summary of David Ross's career by The New York Times.
• Blog entry that has links about the play And Then There Were None, which was at the Gielgud in late 2005/early 2006. David played Albert Blore

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Name	Ross, David
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Date of birth	1945
Place of birth	Blackburn, England
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