David Gwillim

Acting

David Gwillim

Born 1948-12-15 · Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

David Gwillim was best known as a leading man on British Television in the 70's and 80's.

Acting credits

Down poster
5.1

After the elevators at a New York City skyscraper begin inexplicably malfunctioning, putting its passengers at risk, mechanic Mark Newman and reporter Jennifer Evans begin separate investigations. Newman gets resistance from superiors at his company, which manufactured the elevator, while additional elevator incidents cause several gruesome deaths. The police get involved and suspect that terrorists are responsible, but a far stranger explanation looms.

Down

2001

The Island at the Top of the World poster
6.5

A Victorian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished while searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere in uncharted Arctic regions. The gentleman puts together an expedition team to go on the search, but when they reach their destination they must escape from some Viking descendants who will kill to keep their existence a secret.

The Island at the Top of the World

1974

Nostradamus poster
5.8

A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici, after he became famed for his prophetic almanacs. Stars Rutger Hauer and Julia Ormond.

Nostradamus

1994

Love's Labour's Lost poster
9.0

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.

Love's Labour's Lost

1975

Henry IV Part 1 poster
7.3

Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.

Henry IV Part 1

1979

Henry IV Part 2 poster
8.5

The death of King Henry the Fourth and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth.

Henry IV Part 2

1979

Henry V poster
6.2

Insulted by the Dauphin, the newly-crowned King Henry V gathers his troops for war. But Henry must convince his men that he has left his wild days behind, and prove himself as a leader.

Henry V

1979

How Many Miles to Babylon? poster
NR

Wealthy Alexander Moore and working-class Jerry Crowe are childhood friends and in 1914 find themselves in the same Army unit - Alex as an officer and Jerry as a private. They still remain close, however, until Jerry is court-martialed for desertion, and Alex is put in charge of the firing squad.

How Many Miles to Babylon?

1982

The Ceremony of Innocence poster
9.0

Events leading up to Sweyn Forkbeard's invasion of England in AD 1013.

The Ceremony of Innocence

1970

No artwork available
8.3

A young model is terrorized by a peeping tom and obscene phone calls.

If It's a Man – Hang Up!

1975

No artwork available
NR

Mr Lumley's dazzling sales-talk business sometimes gets out of control.

The Railwayman's New Clothes

1971