David de Keyser
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| David de Keyser | |
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| Born | 1927 London, England, United Kingdom |
David de Keyser (born 1927 in London) is an English actor.
Career
In the mid-sixties de Keyser worked twice with the writer, actor and director Jane Arden. Their first collaboration, The Logic Game (January 1965), was directed by Philip Saville. They acted together again in another Jane Arden script in the film Separation (Jack Bond 1968) which was set in London and featured music by Procol Harum, Matthew Fisher and Stanley Myers. The themes of both pieces were marital strife and disintegrating relationships.
De Keyser has also worked on four occasions for the British director John Boorman, twice on screen in Catch Us If You Can (1965) and Leo the Last (1970), and on two further occasions Boorman has used de Keyser's rich, distinctive voice, firstly as the Voice of the Tabernacle in Zardoz (1974), and as the Voice of the Grail in Excalibur (1981). Other unseen roles were the voice of Count Mitterhaus' curse in Vampire Circus (uncredited) and the dubbing of Dracula in The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires.
He starred in the BBC Radio 4 comedy The Attractive Young Rabbi with Tracy-Ann Oberman. He also made an appearance in the UK TV series The Professionals, in the episode entitled "Servant of Two Masters". Other television appearances included the Thriller episode "Someone at the Top of the Stairs", in which he played the eponymous Cartney, and the Robin of Sherwood episode "The Children of Israel" as Joshua de Talmont, He starred in UK Television series Dick Turpin starring Richard O'Sullivan in part two of an episode entitled "Sentence of Death" where he played the character The Duke of Hesse.
He was the narrator for Pathe Pictorial in the 1960s, and has also been a prolific voiceover on television advertisements in the UK, as well as serving as the announcer on the first series of comedy panel game Would I Lie to You?, before being replaced for the second series. His voice can also be heard on the trailer (included in DVD releases) for The Dark Crystal.
Personal life
He is the father of Alexei de Keyser (1967-2004), Pia de Keyser and Thomas de Keyser.
Partial filmography
- 2010 - Gin & Dry [Short Film]
- 2010 - Doctor Who [Voice only]
- 2008 - God on Trial
- 2003 - The Statement
- 1999 - Sunshine
- 1998 - Simon Magus
- 1997 - The Designated Mourner
- 1992 - Leon the Pig Farmer
- 1989 - Red King, White Knight
- 1989 - A Dry White Season
- 1988 - Out of the Shadows
- 1985 - King David
- 1983 - The Ploughman's Lunch
- 1981 - Excalibur (voice only)
- 1979 - Balham, Gateway to the South (voice only)
- 1977 - Valentino
- 1976 - Voyage of the Damned
- 1975 - The Romantic Englishwoman
- 1974 - The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (voice of Dracula)
- 1974 - Zardoz (voice only)
- 1973 - A Touch of Class
- 1972 - Vampire Circus (voice only)
- 1971 - Diamonds Are Forever
- 1971 - The Chairman's Wife
- 1971 - The Horsemen
- 1970 - Leo the Last
- 1969 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film) (voice only)
- 1968 - Separation
- 1965 - Catch Us If You Can
- 1965 - The Logic Game (TV)
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