David Ross

Known for

Acting

Born

January 1, 1945 (age 81)

Birthplace

Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Blackburn born actor best known for playing the first Kryten and Talkie Toaster in Red Dwarf. He has appeared in several Alan Bleasdale productions including Boys from the Blackstuff, Scully and GBH and in the John Sullivan sitcoms Roger, Roger and The Green, Green Grass. He also played the anxious father Bevis in Jack Rosenthal's Eskimo Day and its sequel, Cold Enough For Snow

Best known work

Red Dwarf

1988

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

Midsomer Murders

1997

Sherlock Holmes

1984

Casualty

1986

Splitting Heirs

1993

Goodnight Sweetheart

1993

The Brittas Empire

1991

Heartbeat

1992

Basil

1998

Filmography

2020
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million YearsTV
as Self (2 episodes)
2017
Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII
as Self
2011
32 Brinkburn StreetTV
as Frank (5 episodes)
2005
The Green Green GrassTV
2003
Red Dwarf A–Z
as Talkie Toaster (voice, archive footage)
2001
Law & Order: Criminal IntentTV
as Casten Zivkovic (1 episode)
2001
Murder in MindTV
as DCI Edwards (1 episode)
1999
Oliver TwistTV
as Mr. Bumble (4 episodes)
1998
Vanity FairTV
as Mr Sedley (6 episodes)
1998
Basil
as Mr. Sherwin
1998
Roger RogerTV
as Baz (18 episodes)
1997
Cold Enough for Snow
as Bevis Whittle
1997
MelissaTV
as Selwyn-Swanton (3 episodes)
1997
Midsomer MurdersTV
as Rodney Widger (1 episode), as Sam Hardwick (1 episode)
1996
Roger Roger
as Basil
1996
Eskimo Day
as Bevis
1994
Requiem Apache
as Henry
1994
WycliffeTV
as Wainwright (1 episode)
1994
Fair Game
as Carl's Father
1993
Goodnight SweetheartTV
as Bookie (1 episode)
1993
If You See God, Tell HimTV
as Mr Gudgeon (1 episode)
1993
Splitting Heirs
as Sergeant Richardson
1992
HeartbeatTV
as Harry Pilbeam (1 episode), as Roy Brooks (1 episode)
1991
G.B.H.TV
as Mr Weller (7 episodes)
1991
In Suspicious CircumstancesTV
as Stephen Jewell (1 episode)