Horovitch, David 1945–

PERSONAL

Born August 11, 1945, in London, England; son of Morris (a child care worker) and Alice Mary (a teacher) Horovitch; married Jane Elizabeth Gwynn Roberts, May 27, 1967 (separated, 1985); children: Tom, Francis. Education: Trained for the stage at Central School of Speech and Drama, London. Avocational Interests: Cricket, reading, walking.

Addresses: Agent—Peters Fraser and Dunlop, 373 Park Ave. South, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10016; Lip Service Casting Ltd., 4 Kingly St., Soho, London, W1B 5PE, United Kingdom.

Career: Actor. Appeared with the 69 Theatre Company, Manchester, England, and with repertory companies in Nottingham, England, and Leicester, England.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

(Stage debut) Brother Martin, Saint Joan, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, England, 1966.

(London stage debut) Jimmy, There's a Girl in My Soup, Globe Theatre, then Comedy Theatre, both 1968.

Hermes, Prometheus Bound, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1971.

Jack Chesney, Charley's Aunt, Apollo Theatre, London, 1971.

Faulkland, The Rivals, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead, England, then Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA, 1973.

Gerald Croft, An Inspector Calls, Mermaid Theatre, 1973.

Jack Worthing, The Importance of Being Earnest, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1975.

Christian, The Bells, Greenwich Theatre, 1976.

Captain Midgley, For King and Country, Mermaid Theatre, 1976.

Bassanio, The Merchant of Venice, St. George's Theatre, Islington, England, 1977.

Claudio, Measure for Measure, St. George's Theatre, 1977.

Laertes, Hamlet, St. George's Theatre, 1977.

Slender, The Merry Wives of Windsor, St. George's Theatre, 1977.

Mr. Freeman, She Would If She Could, Greenwich Theatre, 1979.

Dr. Watson, The Crucifer of Blood, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1979.

Casca, Julius Caesar, Riverside Studios, London, 1980.

William, The Nerd, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1981.

Joseph Surface, School for Scandal, Greenwich Theatre, 1982.

Osip Mandelstam, Hope Against Hope, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1982.

Franklyn, Forty Years On, Queens Theatre, London, 1984.

Anthony Blunt, One of Us, Greenwich Theatre, 1985.

Torvald Helmer, A Doll's House, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1987.

The Tempest, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1990.

I Have Been Here Before, 1996.

Bruno Mosenthal, The Lucky Ones, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 2002.

Also appeared in Mary Stuart, Donmar Warehouse and West End, London; Losing Louis, The Lucky Ones, Crack'd, Disposing of the Body, Experiments with an Air Pump, and Going Concern, Hampstead Theatre Club, London; Major Barbara, Ghosts, as Prentice, What the Butler Saw, and as Finck, The Act, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England; Cymbeline and Tamer Tamed, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England; Spinning Into Butter, Royal Court Theatre, London; as Victor, The Complaisant Lover, Homais, Madame Bovary, and as Burgess, Single Spies, Palace Theatre, London; Bertram, All's Well That Ends Well, Greenwich Theatre, London; Sig-fried Shrager, Absolute Hell, Philinte, The Misanthrope, and Reverend Charles Allen, Racing Demon, National Theatre, London; The Pope and the Witch, Comedy Theatre, London; as Prince Philip, The Queen and I, Vaudeville Theatre, London; and as Peter, Harvest, Ambassadors' Theatre, London.

Major Tours:

Mr. Freeman, She Would If She Could, British cities, 1979.

Joseph Surface, School for Scandal, Indian cities, 1982.

Also toured in Copenhagen.

Television Appearances; Series:

Title role, Bognor, Thames, 1980–81.

Hold the Back Page, 1985.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Doctor, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, ITV, 1976.

Lieutenant Colonel Lake, The Prince Regent, BBC, 1978.

Chickpea, The Cleopatras, BBC, 1983.

Reverend Bute Crawley, Vanity Fair, BBC, 1987, then Arts and Entertainment, 1988.

"Uncle" Kellaway, A Piece of Cake, London Weekend Television, 1988.

Isaac, Ivanhoe (also known as Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe), Arts and Entertainment, 1997.

Dr. Emil Mueller, Heat of the Sun, PBS, 1998.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(Television debut) Peter, The Expert, BBC, 1970.

Detective Inspector Slack, The Body in the Library (also known as Miss Marple: The Body in the Library), BBC, 1984.

Detective Inspector Slack, The Murder at the Vicarage (also known as Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage), BBC, 1986.

Detective Inspector Slack, 4.50 from Paddington (also known as Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington), BBC, 1987.

Pierre Claudel, Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (also known as Dirty Dozen III), NBC, 1987.

Chief Inspector Slack, They Do It with Mirrors (also known as Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors), 1991, then Arts and Entertainment, 1992.

Superintendent Slack, The Mirror Crack'd (also known as The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side and Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side), 1992, then Arts and Entertainment, 1993.

Bowles, Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret, 1995.

Inspector Dawson, Deceit, BBC, 2000.

Dr. Henderson, The Safe House, BBC America, 2002.

Burnley, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, ITV and PBS, 2002.

Mr. Streeter, The Second Coming, BBC and BBC America, 2003.

Lambert, Dirty War, BBC and HBO, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Paul Freeman, "Ask No Questions," New Scotland Yard, ITV, 1972.

Hadleigh, Yorkshire Television, 1974.

Tredgett, "The Crazy Kill," Thriller, ATV, 1975.

Tim Balfour, "Divorce," and "Broke," Hadleigh, YTV, 1976.

Fitzroy, "The Last of the Cybernauts …?," The New Avengers (also known as Capeau melon et bottes de cuir and The New Avengers in Canada), ITV, 1976.

PPS, "Queen's Pardon," Target, 1978.

Philip Skinner, "Unusual Approach," The Sandbaggers, ITV, 1980.

Play for Today, BBC, 1982.

Commander McHeath, "Chinese Whispers," Bulman, ITV, 1987.

Terry Conroy, "Vallance's Liberty," Boon, 1989.

Bill Rowlands, "Trial by Marriage," Stay Lucky, 1990.

Commander Daniels, "The Kidnapped Prime Minister," Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's Poirot), ITV and PBS, 1990.

Simon Friedman, a recurring character, Love Hurts, BBC, 1992–1993.

"French and Saunders: The Special Edition," French and Saunders, 1993.

Bishop Waddle, "The Godless Society," Drop the Dead Donkey, 1996.

Bill Rowland, "Joker," The Bill, ITV1, 1997.

Eric Hawkins, "No Bounds," Peak Practice, ITV, 1999.

Eric Hawkins, "Lonely Hearts: Part 1," Peak Practice, ITV, 2000.

Jameson, "Benefit of the Doubt: Part 1" and "Benefit of the Doubt: Part 2," A Touch of Frost, ITV, 2001.

Eric Hawkins, "Prisoners of the Past," Peak Practice, ITV, 2001.

Thomas Kramer, "The German Woman," Foyle's War, ITV and PBS, 2002.

Malcolm Healey, "A Hard Day's Night," Casualty, BBC1, 2003.

Mr. Brown, "Synchronicity," Wire in the Blood, ITV and BBC America, 2005.

Palmer Thornhill, Donovan, ITV, 2006.

Also appeared as Paul Freeman in "Ask No," an episode of New Scotland Yard.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Detective Inspector Slack, Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Series IV, Arts and Entertainment, 1989.

Robert, The Blue Boy, PBS, 1994.

Edward Clarke, The Sculptress, PBS, 1996.

Matthew Pocket, Great Expectations, PBS, 1999.

Television Appearances; Series:

Mr. Brown, Just William, BBC, 1994.

Film Appearances:

(Film debut) Sergeant Maskell, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Goldcrest, 1982.

Frank Haddow, Papierowe malzenstwo (also known as Paper Marriage), 1992.

Isaac, Solomon and Gaenor, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999.

Ben Margolis, One of the Hollywood Ten (also known as Punto de mira), 2000.

Dr. Pavlov, 102 Dalmatians, 2000.

Max's Father, Max, Lions Gate, 2002.

Edward, In Your Dreams, Firefly, 2005.

Morris, Dead Rich, Fairley Wright, 2006.

RECORDINGS

Taped Readings:

William Wordsworth: Poems, Highbridge, 1999.

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poems, Highbridge, 1999.

Fathers and Sons, Audio Partners, 1999.