David Swift
David Swift (born
1931-04-03 in
Liverpool,
Merseyside,
England) is a
British actor. He was educated at
Clifton College and
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied
law.
He made his television debut in
1961, and since then has rarely been off the screen. However, it is as the irascible newsreader Henry Davenport in the
1990s series,
Drop the Dead Donkey written by
Andy Hamilton, that he has become popular. He also made occaisonal appearances as God in the Andy Hamilton
BBC Radio 4 comedy
Old Harry's Game.
Swift is the brother of another popular British actor,
Clive Swift, with whom he has sometimes performed. He is also the father of actress
Julia Swift.
