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David Calder
Known for: ActingDavid Calder (David Ian Calder) – English actor, born 1 August 1946 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, active since 1970 with over 110 credits. His most notable film roles include a Crewman in Superman (1978), Sir Robert King in The World Is Not Enough (1999), Roger Wilson in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Louis Stanley in Rush (2013), Hugh Bell in Queen of the Desert (2015), Mr. Fairchild in The Lady in the Van (2015), Terry Perkins in The Hatton Garden Job (2017), and Father Michael in The Last Front (2024). On television he is best known for Det. Insp. George Resnick in Widows (1983–1985), Nathan Spring in Star Cops (1987), Captain Edward Smith in Titanic (2012, ITV), and guest appearances in Spooks, Midsomer Murders, Hustle, Waking the Dead, A Touch of Frost, Call the Midwife (2018), and The Moonstone (2016). On stage he is a veteran of the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, with roles in Hamlet (as Polonius), King Henry IV (as Falstaff), and A Doll's House, and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Filmography 27
Jason and the Argonauts
as Argos 
Rush
+6
as Louis Stanley 
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
+3
as Roger Wilson 
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
+2
as Bishop of Grasse 
The World Is Not Enough
+5
as Sir Robert King 
Queen of the Desert
+3
as Hugh Bell 
The Lady in the Van
+3
as Mr Fairchild 
Titanic
as Captain Smith 
Goya's Ghosts
+2
as Monk 1 
The Hatton Garden Job
+2
as Terry Perkins 
United
+1
as Harold Hardman 
FairyTale: A True Story
+2
as Harold Snelling 
Cold Blood
as Professor Robert Kerr 
The Last Front
as Father Michael 
Drovers' Gold
as Vaughan 
The King Is Alive
as Charles 
The Scandalous Lady W
as Lord Chief Justice Mansfield 
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
+3
as Sir John Marsden 
The Black Stuff
as McKenna 
The Trick
as Sir David King 
Defence of the Realm
as Harry Champion 
Mr In-Between
as Tattooed Man 
Moonlighting
as Supermarket Manager 
A Doll's House
as Nils Krogstad 
American Friends
as Pollitt