David Graham

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

101

Movies

Born: July 11, 1925
From: Hackney, London, England, UK

Biography

David Michael Graham (born July 11, 1925) was an English actor. He voiced the Daleks in Doctor Who, Gordon Tracy, Brains, Aloysius Parker and Kyrano in Thunderbirds, and Grandpa Pig in Peppa Pig. Born in London on 11 July 1925. His sister had married a G.I. and had moved to the United States, and his uncle had run away there, so he became an actor after leaving his Orthodox Jewish household. He trained in New York City at the Neighbourhood Playhouse School of the Theatre with Sanford Meisner, following service in the Royal Air Force as a radar mechanic. Graham's first breakout role before returning to England was Givola in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, alongside Leonard Rossiter. While playing characters in the TV series Private Investigator in 1958, Graham met writer and producer Gerry Anderson, who was planning his first puppet productions. Graham mentioned to him that he could pull off accents well. His second voiceover role in Four Feather Falls was Grandpa Twink, whom he based on Walter Brennan. He subsequently voiced Dr. Beaker, Zarin and Mitch the Monkey in Supercar, Mat Matic and Lieutenant Ninety in Fireball XL5 and various guest characters in Stingray. Graham also played Johnny in Crossroads to Crime, a live-action film Anderson directed. In 1963, he became the voice of the Daleks in Doctor Who, he voiced the Daleks in all four of their major First Doctor era appearances, as well as two 1960s feature films: Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. Graham also voiced the Mechonoids and played the onscreen role of Charlie in The Gunfighters. He returned to his role as the voice of the Daleks in 2023, when he recorded new lines for that year's official colourised recut of the 1963 serial The Daleks for the show's 60th anniversary. In 1965, Graham became the voice of Gordon Tracy, Brains, Aloysius Parker and Kyrano in Thunderbirds, as well as its film sequels: Thunderbirds Are Go and Thunderbird 6. He did not believe Brains had a stutter, claiming that he was instead excitedly trying to find the words to explain his latest ideas. He based the voice of Parker on a waiter at the King's Arms pub in Cookham, and he and Ray Barrett shared roles as many of the guest villains. Although he was not highly paid for production, the many repeats earned him a lot more. Parker became Anderson's favourite voice. Between 1975 and 1977, Graham was part of the Radio Drama Company. In 1979, he played Professor Kerensky in the Doctor Who story City of Death. From 2015 to 2020, he reprised his role as Parker in Thunderbirds Are Go, a reboot of the original series.

Works

86 films

Supergirl

19845.4

King David

19855.7

Dr. Who and the Daleks

19655.8

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

19666.1

Danger Within

19596.3

Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience

20177.9

Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots

201510.0

Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

19647.3

Thunderbirds Are GO

19666.4

The Brahmin Widow

1968

Doctor Who: The Chase

19656.5

Doctor Who: City of Death

19799.0

Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep

1966

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

1981

The Ties That Bind Us

2008

Freelance

19704.3

Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster

19666.0

Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment

19668.0

Thunderbirds: Path of Destruction

19667.0

Thunderbird 6

19685.9

Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact

19657.0

Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon

19656.0

Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster

19657.0

The Pleasure Girls

19655.6

Thunderbirds: End of The Road

19659.0

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour

20236.1

Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham

1966

Prescription for Disaster

2006

Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5

19667.0

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray

19806.0

Lee Oswald: Assassin

1966

Thunderbirds: Security Hazard

1966

Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf

19667.0

The Prophet

1967

Reggie & Thunderbirds: No Strings Attached

20155.5

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

19657.9

The Story of Doctor Who

20038.0

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

20099.0

Thunderbirds: Vault of Death

19656.0

Callan

19746.9

Thunderbirds: The Imposters

1966

Filmed in Supermarionation

20147.3

All About 'Thunderbirds'

2008

Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted

20226.0

Thunderbirds in Outer Space

1981

Talking Daleks

20038.0

This Is Supermarionation

20148.0

Hotel!

20015.2

Doctor Who: The Daleks

19647.3

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1956

Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead

19669.0

Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno

1966

Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom

19656.0

Creation of the Daleks

20068.0

Thunderbirds to the Rescue

1980

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

19666.3

Countdown to Disaster

1982

Shoot the Revolution

1990

Crossroads to Crime

19606.7

Wildflowers

20005.1

Doctor Who: Mission to the Unknown

19657.5

Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City

19659.0

Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky

1965

Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!

196610.0

Make and Break

1987

Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom: The North Pole

20261.0

Invaders from the Deep

19815.3

Aliens

1982

HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition

2016

Thunderbirds: City of Fire

19668.0

Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion

19667.0

Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril

19657.0

Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder

196510.0

The Skin Game

19628.0

Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive

1965

Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'

20039.0

Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope

19659.0

Thunderbirds: Sun Probe

19658.0

Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City

202510.0

Albert Einstein oder Die Formel des Todes

2026

Thunderbirds: The Uninvited

19659.0

Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million

19664.0

Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker

19666.0

Thunderbirds: Lord Parker's 'Oliday

1966

Thunderbirds: Ricochet

19668.0

Stingray: The Reunion Party

2008