David de Keyser
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David de Keyser | |
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Born | London, England | 22 August 1927
Died | 20 February 2021 | (aged 93)
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Spouse | Ethel de Keyser |
Children | Alexei de Keyser |
David de Keyser (22 August 1927 – 20 February 2021) was an English actor and narrator.
Life and career
Born in London in August 1927, 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 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 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.
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De Keyser was the narrator for
He died in February 2021 at the age of 93.[1]
Partial filmography
- 1957: The Secret Place – Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
- 1964: Castle of the Living Dead – Eric (voice, uncredited)
- 1965: The Logic Game (TV) – The Man
- 1965: Catch Us If You Can – Zissell
- 1966: Our Man in Marrakesh – Hotel Clerk and Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
- 1967: King Kong Escapes – Commander Carl Nelson (English version, voice)
- 1968: Separation – Husband
- 1968: The Vengeance of She – Killikrates (voice, uncredited)
- 1969: The Blood of Fu Manchu – of The Governor and others (voice)
- 1969: The Castle of Fu Manchu – Omar Pasha and others (voice, uncredited)
- 1969: On Her Majesty's Secret Service – Marc Ange Draco (voice, uncredited)
- 1970: Leo the Last – David
- 1970: You Can't Win 'Em All – Gunner Major (voice, uncredited)
- 1971: Irresistible – Swiss Tourist
- 1971: The Chairman's Wife – Superintendent
- 1971: The Horsemen – Mukhi (uncredited)
- 1971: Diamonds Are Forever – Doctor
- 1972: Vampire Circus – Mitterhaus's Curse (voice, uncredited)
- 1973: Bequest to the Nation – French Commander (uncredited)
- 1973: A Touch of Class – Doctor Alvarez
- 1974: Zardoz – Tabernacle (voice, uncredited)
- 1974: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires – Dracula (voice, uncredited)
- 1974: Murder on the Orient Express – Turkish Ticket Collector (voice, uncredited)
- 1975: Brannigan – Drexel and Jennifer's Boyfriend (uncredited)
- 1975: Paper Tiger – Ambassador Kagoyama (voice)
- 1975: The Hiding Place – Eusie Koonstra
- 1975: The Romantic Englishwoman – George
- 1976: The Message – minor roles (uncredited)
- 1976: Voyage of the Damned – Joseph Joseph
- 1977: Valentino – Joseph Schenck
- 1977: Holocaust 2000 – Dubbing (voice, uncredited)
- 1978: Revenge of the Pink Panther – TV Newscaster (voice, uncredited)
- 1978: Superman – Warden (voice, uncredited)
- 1980: Flash Gordon – Colonel of Battle Control Room (voice, uncredited)
- 1981: Balham, Gateway to the South– Narrator (voice)
- 1981: Excalibur (voice only)
- 1982: A Woman Called Golda – David Ben-Gurion
- 1983: The Ploughman's Lunch – Gold
- 1983: Yentl – Rabbi Zalman
- 1984: Lassiter – Gunz (voice)
- 1985: King David – Ahitophel
- 1988: Out of the Shadows – James Bluminfeld
- 1989: A Dry White Season – Susan's Father
- 1989: Confessional (TV) – Professor Cherny
- 1989: Red King, White Knight – Director
- 1991-92: The House of Eliott – Sir Desmond Gillespie
- 1992: Leon the Pig Farmer – Sidney Geller
- 1993: Poirot – Gaston Beaujeu (The chocolate box)
- 1997: The Designated Mourner – Howard
- 1998: Simon Magus – Rabbi
- 1999: Sunshine – Emmanuel Sonnenschein
- 2000: The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz – Exhumed rabbi
- 2002: The Poet – Lomax
- 2002: Waking the Dead – Marcus Freeman in Death Watch (2 episodes)
- 2003: The Statement – Dom André
- 2008: God on Trial – Hugo
- 2008: Good – Mandelstam
- 2010: Doctor Who (Voice only) – Atraxi
- 2010: Gin & Dry (Short Film) – Albie
- 2014: Closer to the Moon – Moritz
References
External links
- David de Keyser at IMDb