David Hemmings

Biography

David Edward Leslie Hemmings (November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003) was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer. He is noted for his role as the photographer in the drama mystery-thriller film Blowup (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Early in his career, Hemmings was a boy soprano appearing in operatic roles. In his later acting career, he was known for his distinctive eyebrows and gravelly voice.

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

Northern Exposure

L.A. Law

Gladiator

Waking the Dead

Tales from the Crypt

All Movies (89)

• To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism2026
• Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• Romantic2007 · as Sadun
• Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'2005 · as Self
• Blessed2004 · as Earl Sidney
• Britten's Children2004 · as Self
• 100 Greatest Sexy Moments2003 · as Self
• The Night We Called It a Day2003 · as Mickey Rudin
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen2003 · as Nigel
• Gangs of New York2002 · as Mr. Schermerhorn
• Equilibrium2002 · as Proctor
• Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up2002 · as Self
• Lenny Blue2002 · as DCI Tommy Gillespie
• Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice2002 · as Martin Fox
• Mean Machine2001 · as Governor
• Spy Game2001 · as Harry Duncan
• Last Orders2001 · as Lenny
• Gladiator2000 · as Cassius
• The Real Oliver Reed2000 · as Narrator
• A Mind to Murder1995 · as Godbolt
• Dear Antonioni1995 · as Self
• The Turn of the Screw1989 · as Mister Harley
• The Rainbow1989 · as Uncle Henry
• Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder1988 · as President Andrew Jackson
• 3 On a Match1987 · as Maxwell 'Newt' Newton
• Harry's Hong Kong1987 · as Jack Rourke
• Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues1985 · as Ian Blaze
• The Key to Rebecca1985 · as Maj. Smith
• The Snow Queen1985 · as Reindeer (voice)
• Marlene1984 · as Himself
• Airwolf: The Movie1984 · as Dr. Charles Henry Moffet
• Thumbelina1984 · as Narrator (voice)
• Calamity Jane1984 · as Capt. James O'Neill
• Man, Woman and Child1983 · as Gavin Wilson
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde1980 · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
• Harlequin1980 · as Nick Rast
• Beyond Reasonable Doubt1980 · as Insp. Bruce Hutton
• Charlie Muffin1979 · as Charlie Muffin
• Thirst1979 · as Dr. Fraser
• Murder by Decree1979 · as Inspector Foxborough
• Just a Gigolo1978 · as Captain Hermann Kraft
• Power Play1978 · as Colonel Anthony Narriman
• Blood Relatives1978 · as Armstrong
• The Disappearance1977 · as Edward
• The Swindle1977 · as Robert Clayton
• The Heroin Busters1977 · as Mike Hamilton
• The Prince and the Pauper1977 · as Hugh Hendon
• The Squeeze1977 · as Keith
• Islands in the Stream1977 · as Eddy
• The Christmas Messenger1975 · as (voice)
• The Old Curiosity Shop1975 · as Richard Swiveller
• A Dream of Living1975 · as F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Deep Red1975 · as Marcus Daly
• Horse Latitudes1975
• Juggernaut1974 · as Charlie Braddock
• It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game1974 · as Juan
• Voices1973 · as Robert
• The Big Screen1973 · as Self
• The Love Machine1971 · as Jerry Nelson
• Unman, Wittering and Zigo1971 · as John Ebony
• Fragment of Fear1970 · as Tim Brett
• Simon Simon1970 · as Man in Car with Posters
• The Walking Stick1970 · as Leigh Hartley
• Alfred the Great1969 · as Alfred
• The Best House in London1969 · as Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne
• Barbarella1968 · as Dildano
• The Long Day's Dying1968 · as John
• Only When I Larf1968 · as Bob
• The Charge of the Light Brigade1968 · as Capt. Louis Edward Nolan
• Camelot1967 · as Mordred
• Blow-Up1966 · as Thomas
• Africa Shakes1966
• Eye of the Devil1966 · as Christian
• All Eyes on Sharon Tate1966 · as Self
• The Counterfeit Man1965 · as Roger Westcott
• Auto Stop1965 · as Henry
• Be My Guest1965 · as Dave
• The System1964 · as David
• Live It Up!1963
• West 111963 · as Bullying Youth
• Two Left Feet1963 · as Brian
• Play It Cool1962 · as Uncredited
• Some People1962 · as Bert
• The Painted Smile1962 · as Roy
• The Wind of Change1961 · as Ginger
• Sink the Bismarck!1960 · as Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
• No Trees in the Street1959 · as Kenny
• King's Rhapsody1957 · as The Boy King
• The Heart Within1957 · as Danny Willard

All TV Shows (26)

• George Harrison: Living in the Material World2011 · as Self (archive footage from "Blow-Up")
• Lenny Blue2002 · as DCI Tommy Gillespie
• Waking the Dead2001 · as Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay
• Murder in Mind2001 · as Judge James Hendon
• The Vanishing Man1997 · as Edward Lawrence
• Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties1993 · as Self
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues1993 · as Durham
• Northern Exposure1990 · as Viktor Bobrov
• Nightmare Classics1989 · as Mister Harley
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death")
• L.A. Law1986 · as Charles Lamb
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Errol Pogson
• Airwolf1984 · as Dr. Charles Henry Moffett
• Masquerade1983 · as Marlos
• Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as Narrator (voice)
• Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as Reindeer (voice)
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Lord Archibald 'Binkie' Smythe-White
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Danny
• Clouds of Glory1978 · as Samuel T. Coleridge
• Private Affairs1975 · as F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Film '721971 · as Self
• Out of the Unknown1965 · as Roger Westcott
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Henry
• Out of This World1962 · as Journalist
• Drama 61-671961 · as Eddie
• Five Clues to Fortune1957 · as Ken