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David Weston

Date of birth: 1937-08-28

Place of birth: London, United Kingdom

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

David Weston

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Weston (born 28 July 1938, London) is an English actor, director and author. Since graduating from RADA in 1961 (having won the Silver Medal for that year) he has acted in numerous film, television and stage productions, including twenty-seven plays in Shakespeare's canon. With Michael Croft he was a founder member of the National Youth Theatre. Much of his directing work has been for that organization; he has directed also at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and a number of other theatres in London. He wrote and narrated a series of non-fiction audio books, including Shakespeare His Life and Work which won the 2001 Benjamin Franklin Award for best audio non-fiction book. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Weston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Movie Credits

The Mind Benders
3.1

The Mind Benders

1963-02-01

A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills him

The Masque of the Red Death
3.3

The Masque of the Red Death

1964-06-24

A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red

80,000 Suspects
3.5

80,000 Suspects

1963-08-15

A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a

The Informers
3.3

The Informers

1963-11-29

When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close to

The Beauty Jungle
2.3

The Beauty Jungle

1964-08-25

A Bristol typist joins the world of beauty contests.

Macbeth
3

Macbeth

1970-11-04

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become

Brenda
0

Brenda

1973-11-11

Brenda is 20 and has moved back to her parents' house in an attempt for some stability in her life.

The Winter's Tale
0

The Winter's Tale

1968-05-27

King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. Wh

Witchcraft
3.3

Witchcraft

1964-03-01

When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resu

Becket
3.6

Becket

1964-03-11

Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding w

That Kind of Girl
2.8

That Kind of Girl

1963-01-01

That Kind of Girl is a British cult film and the directorial debut of Gerry O'Hara. Produced by Robe

The Heroes of Telemark
3.5

The Heroes of Telemark

1965-11-12

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf P

Quest for Love
3.3

Quest for Love

1971-06-06

After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself

Nobody Ordered Love
0

Nobody Ordered Love

1972-05-01

During the shooting of a First World War film entitled The Somme a tragic series of events unfolds f

Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate
2.8

Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate

1981-01-24

The Doctor, Romana, Adric and K9 encounter the enslaved time-sensitive Tharils, who lead them to a w

King Lear
3

King Lear

1982-09-19

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects hi

Doctor in Distress
3.1

Doctor in Distress

1963-07-30

"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lanc

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
3.6

Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

1966-02-26

The TARDIS materialises in Paris in the year 1572 and the Doctor decides to visit the famous apothec

Von Richthofen and Brown
3.1

Von Richthofen and Brown

1971-06-30

Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
0

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

1965-03-01

When a rapacious new landlord threatens to evict him, seize his horse, and leave him penniless, the

The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years Behind the Scenes Vol 1
0

The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years Behind the Scenes Vol 1

2021-11-01

Presented by “voice of the Daleks” Nicholas Briggs, these six documentaries are the best in-depth in