David Hemmings
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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
Filmography
To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism
2026
Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'
2016
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
as Self (archive footage from "Blow-Up")
Romantic
2007
as Sadun
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
as Self
Blessed
2004
as Earl Sidney
Britten's Children
2004
as Self
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003
as Nigel
The Night We Called It a Day
2003
as Mickey Rudin
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
as Self
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
2002
as Martin Fox
Equilibrium
2002
as Proctor
Gangs of New York
2002
as Mr. Schermerhorn
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002
as Self
Lenny Blue
2002
as DCI Tommy Gillespie
Mean Machine
2001
as Governor
Last Orders
2001
as Lenny
Spy Game
2001
as Harry Duncan
Waking the Dead
2001
as Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay
Murder in Mind
2001
as Judge James Hendon
Gladiator
2000
as Cassius
The Real Oliver Reed
2000
as Narrator
The Vanishing Man
1997
as Edward Lawrence
A Mind to Murder
1995
as Godbolt
Dear Antonioni
1995
as Self
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Durham
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
Northern Exposure
1990
as Viktor Bobrov
The Rainbow
1989
as Uncle Henry
The Turn of the Screw
1989
as Mister Harley
Nightmare Classics
1989
as Mister Harley
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death")
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
1988
as President Andrew Jackson
3 On a Match
1987
as Maxwell 'Newt' Newton
Harry's Hong Kong
1987
as Jack Rourke
L.A. Law
1986
as Charles Lamb
The Key to Rebecca
1985
as Maj. Smith
The Snow Queen
1985
as Reindeer (voice)
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
1985
as Ian Blaze
Airwolf: The Movie
1984
as Dr. Charles Henry Moffet
Thumbelina
1984
as Narrator (voice)
Calamity Jane
1984
as Capt. James O'Neill
Marlene
1984
as Himself
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Errol Pogson
Airwolf
1984
as Dr. Charles Henry Moffett
Man, Woman and Child
1983
as Gavin Wilson
Masquerade
1983
as Marlos
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Reindeer (voice)
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1980
as Insp. Bruce Hutton
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Harlequin
1980
as Nick Rast
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Lord Archibald 'Binkie' Smythe-White
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Danny
Murder by Decree
1979
as Inspector Foxborough
Thirst
1979
as Dr. Fraser
Charlie Muffin
1979
as Charlie Muffin
Just a Gigolo
1978
as Captain Hermann Kraft
Power Play
1978
as Colonel Anthony Narriman
Blood Relatives
1978
as Armstrong
Clouds of Glory
1978
as Samuel T. Coleridge
The Heroin Busters
1977
as Mike Hamilton
Islands in the Stream
1977
as Eddy
The Squeeze
1977
as Keith
The Disappearance
1977
as Edward
The Swindle
1977
as Robert Clayton
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
as Hugh Hendon
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975
as Richard Swiveller
A Dream of Living
1975
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Deep Red
1975
as Marcus Daly
Horse Latitudes
1975
The Christmas Messenger
1975
as (voice)
Private Affairs
1975
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Juggernaut
1974
as Charlie Braddock
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game
1974
as Juan
The Big Screen
1973
as Self
Voices
1973
as Robert
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971
as John Ebony
The Love Machine
1971
as Jerry Nelson
Film '72
1971
as Self
Fragment of Fear
1970
as Tim Brett
The Walking Stick
1970
as Leigh Hartley
Simon Simon
1970
as Man in Car with Posters
Alfred the Great
1969
as Alfred
The Best House in London
1969
as Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne
Barbarella
1968
as Dildano
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
as Capt. Louis Edward Nolan
Only When I Larf
1968
as Bob
The Long Day's Dying
1968
as John
Camelot
1967
as Mordred
Blow-Up
1966
as Thomas
Eye of the Devil
1966
as Christian
Africa Shakes
1966
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
1966
as Self
Auto Stop
1965
as Henry
Be My Guest
1965
as Dave
The Counterfeit Man
1965
as Roger Westcott
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Roger Westcott
The System
1964
as David
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Henry
West 11
1963
as Bullying Youth
Two Left Feet
1963
as Brian
Live It Up!
1963
as Dave Martin
The Painted Smile
1962
as Roy
Some People
1962
as Bert
Play It Cool
1962
as Uncredited
Out of This World
1962
as Journalist
The Wind of Change
1961
as Ginger
Drama 61-67
1961
as Eddie
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
No Trees in the Street
1959
as Kenny
The Heart Within
1957
as Danny Willard
King's Rhapsody
1957
as The Boy King
Saint Joan
1957
as Page (uncredited)
Five Clues to Fortune
1957
as Ken