David Gwillim (born 15 December 1948) is an English actor, known for playing Prince Hal in the ''

BBC Television Shakespeare The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...

'' adaptations of ''

Henry IV, Part I ''Henry IV, Part 1'' (often written as ''1 Henry IV'') is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. The play dramatises part of the reign of King Henry IV of England, beginning with the battle at ...

'' and '' Henry IV, Part II'' and the title role in ''

Henry V Henry V may refer to: People * Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026) * Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125) * Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161) * Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (c. 1173–1227) * Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1 ...

'' which were broadcast in 1979, and as John Bold in ''

The Barchester Chronicles ''The Barchester Chronicles'' is a 1982 British television serial produced by Jonathan Powell for the BBC. It is an adaptation by Alan Plater of Anthony Trollope's first two Chronicles of Barsetshire, ''The Warden'' (1855) and ''Barchester Towe ...

'' broadcast in 1982. In 2021 David Gwillim contributed to, and participated in, a YouTube documentary tribute to Alfred Burke entitle
Alfred Burke is Frank Marker

Biography

Gwillim was born in Plymouth. He is the son of

Jack Gwillim Jack William Frederick Gwillim (15 December 1909 – 2 July 2001) was an English character actor. Career Born in Canterbury, Kent, England, he joined the Royal Navy at 17 and served for over twenty years, becoming one of the youngest men ever to ...

. His sister Sarah-Jane Gwillim and half brother Jaxon Duff Gwillim are also actors. David Gwillim married actress Lynn Dearth in 1974; she died in 1994. His second wife is actress Deirdra Morris, whom he married in 1997.

Filmography

References

Henry IV, Part 1
from British Film Institute archive
Henry IV, Part 2
from British Film Institute archive
Henry V
from British Film Institute archive

External links

* Living people 1948 births 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors English male film actors English male television actors Male actors from Plymouth, Devon {{England-actor-stub