David Markham

David Markham
Born	Peter Basil Harrison 3 April 1913(1913-04-03) Worcestershire, England, U.K.
Died	15 December 1983(1983-12-15) (aged 70) East Sussex, England, U.K.
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1938-1983
Spouse	Olive Dehn (m. 1937–1983) «start: (1937)–end+1: (1984)»"Marriage: Olive Dehn to David Markham" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Markham)(his death)
Children	Sonia, Kika, Petra, Jehane

David Markham (3 April 1913 - 15 December 1983) was an English stage and film actor for over forty years.

Markham was born Peter Basil Harrison in Wick, Worcestershire and died in Hartfield, East Sussex.^{[citation needed]}

He was married to Olive Dehn (1914–2007), a BBC Radio dramatist, from 1937 until his death. They had four children together. Their daughters are Sonia (illustrator), Kika (born 1940, actress, widow of actor Corin Redgrave), Petra (born 1947, actress) and Jehane, married to actor Roger Lloyd-Pack.^[1]

In the Second World War, he was a conscientious objector.^[2]

David Markham appeared occasionally in cinema and television. He appeared in Carol Reed's film The Stars Look Down (1939) and in François Truffaut's film Day for Night (1973).

Selected filmography

• Gandhi (1982) - Older Englishman
• Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981) (mini) TV series - Marlborough
• The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981) TV series - Herbert Henry Asquith
• Richard's Things (1980) - Mr Morris
• Tess (1979) - Reverend Clare
• Day for Night (1973) - Doctor Nelson
• The Blakes Slept Here (1953) - Edward
• The Stars Look Down (1939) - Arthur Barras
• Last of the Long-haired Boys (1968)

References

1. ^ Nicholas Tucker, "Obituary. Olive Dehn: Poet and children's writer", The Independent, 7 April 2007
2. ^ Jonathan Croall: Don't You Know There's a War On?, 1988

External links

• David Markham at the Internet Movie Database
• David Markham at AllRovi

Persondata
Name	Markham, David
Alternative names	Harrison, Peter Basil
Short description	British actor
Date of birth	3 April 1913
Place of birth	Worcestershire, England, U.K.
Date of death	15 December 1983
Place of death	East Sussex, England, U.K.