David Gooderson

Biography

David Richard Gooderson (born 24 February 1941) is an Indian-born British actor and writer who has appeared in several television roles. As well as portraying Davros in the Doctor Who serial Destiny of the Daleks, he appeared in episodes of Lovejoy, Mapp & Lucia and A Touch of Frost. Gooderson was also featured on many radio programmes for the BBC, including The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately with Bill Wallis, David Jason, Denise Coffey and Jonathan Cecil and Huddwinks with Roy Hudd and others. He wrote several plays for stage and radio broadcast, and published several books about Kenneth Grahame. Gooderson was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, and featured in the cast of the 1964 Footlights revue, Stuff What Dreams Are Made Of.

Known For

Doctor Who

Bergerac

A Touch of Frost

Lovejoy

Footballers' Wives

Murder Most Horrid

All Movies (7)

Return to Skaro2021
Doctor Who: Risen2021 · as Davros (voice)
The Doctors: Villains!2018
Davros Connections2007
Claws1987 · as Lecturer
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks1979 · as Davros
Fairies1978 · as First Reporter

All TV Shows (16)

Cuffs2015 · as Lewis Gardener
Footballers' Wives2002 · as Minister
Johnny and the Dead1995 · as Councillor
A Touch of Frost1992 · as Derek Simpkins
A Touch of Frost1992 · as Pathologist
Murder Most Horrid1991 · as Bert
Murder Most Horrid1991 · as First Patient
The Paradise Club1989 · as Jack Pringle
Lovejoy1986 · as Cyril Catchpole
Mapp & Lucia1985 · as Mr Woolgar
Codename Icarus1981 · as Maths Teacher
Tenko1981 · as Major Sims
Bergerac1981 · as Sidney Le Blanc
Hazell1978 · as Shop Assistant
The Adventures of Don Quick1970 · as Bank Clerk
Doctor Who1963 · as Davros