Dave Atkins

Known for

Acting

Born

October 11, 1940

Birthplace

Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Died

April 23, 2008 (aged 67)

Biography

David James Atkins (11 October 1940 – 23 April 2008) was an English actor mostly known for portraying Sharkey in Britannia Hospital, Moving Man No.1 in Clive Barker's Hellraiser in 1987, and pub landlord Les in Men Behaving Badly.

Atkins died of heart failure in 2008, at age 67

Best known work

Hellraiser

1987

Sherlock Holmes

1984

Jeeves and Wooster

1990

Prick Up Your Ears

1987

The Firm

1989

The Sign of Four

1987

Men Behaving Badly

1992

Britannia Hospital

1982

Lovejoy

1986

The New Statesman

1987

Filmography

1999
The Last Seduction II
as Jose Guzman, as jose guzman
1995
Skin
as Mother
1994
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
as Johnny Beergut
1993
The Hour of the Pig
as Valliere
1993
The DetectivesTV
as Ronnie (1 episode)
1992
Men Behaving BadlyTV
as Les (25 episodes)
1991
London Kills Me
as Heavy
1990
The Upper HandTV
as Pixie (5 episodes)
1990
Jeeves and WoosterTV
as Voules (2 episodes)
1989
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
as Fatty Granada
1989
The Firm
as Bill Bissell
1989
Press GangTV
as Mr. Quail (1 episode)
1988
The Yob
as Charlie
1987
The New StatesmanTV
as Liberal Democrat MP (1 episode)
1987
Hellraiser
as Moving Man 1
1987
Comrades
as Mr. Frampton's Foreman
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
as Mr Sugden
1987
The Sign of Four
as Mordecai Smith
1987
Personal Services
as Sydney
1987
Rockliffe's BabiesTV
as Frank Pipe (1 episode)
1986
Past Caring
as Warden
1986
Mr. Love
as Undertaker
1986
LovejoyTV
as Foskett (1 episode)
1984
Laughterhouse
as Smithfield Poultry Dealer
1984
Sherlock HolmesTV
as Mordecai Smith (1 episode)