David Graham

Acting · 0.6 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

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

19666.1

Danger Within

19596.3

Dr. Who and the Daleks

19655.8

Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots

201510.0

Doctor Who: The Chase

19656.5

The Brahmin Widow

1968

The Ties That Bind Us

2008

Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience

20177.9

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

1981

Thunderbirds Are GO

19666.4

Doctor Who: City of Death

19799.0

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray

19806.0

Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment

19668.0

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

19657.9

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

20099.0

Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster

19666.0

Reggie & Thunderbirds: No Strings Attached

20155.5

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour

20236.1

Freelance

19704.3

The Pleasure Girls

19655.6

Lee Oswald: Assassin

1966

All About 'Thunderbirds'

2008

The Prophet

1967

Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster

19657.0

Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep

1966

Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham

1966

Thunderbird 6

19685.9

Thunderbirds: Path of Destruction

19667.0

Thunderbirds: End of The Road

19659.0

Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon

19656.0

Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted

20226.0

Wildflowers

20005.1

Hotel!

20015.2

Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf

19667.0

Filmed in Supermarionation

20147.3

Prescription for Disaster

2006

Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5

19667.0

The Story of Doctor Who

20038.0

Thunderbirds: Vault of Death

19656.0

Callan

19746.9

Doctor Who: The Daleks

19647.3

Talking Daleks

20038.0

This Is Supermarionation

20148.0

Thunderbirds to the Rescue

1980

Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

19647.3

Thunderbirds: The Imposters

1966

Shoot the Revolution

1990

Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom

19656.0

Countdown to Disaster

1982

Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact

19657.0

Invaders from the Deep

19815.3

Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!

196610.0

Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder

196510.0

Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril

19657.0

Thunderbirds: City of Fire

19668.0

Creation of the Daleks

20068.0

Thunderbirds in Outer Space

1981

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

19666.3

Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno

1966

Doctor Who: Mission to the Unknown

19657.5

Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky

1965

Aliens

1982

Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City

19659.0

Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead

19669.0

Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom: The North Pole

20261.0

Crossroads to Crime

19606.7

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1956

Thunderbirds: Security Hazard

1966

Make and Break

1987

The Skin Game

19628.0

HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition

2016

Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'

20039.0

Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive

1965

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

202510.0

Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion

19667.0

Albert Einstein oder Die Formel des Todes

2026

Thunderbirds: Sun Probe

19658.0

Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope

19659.0

Thunderbirds: The Uninvited

19659.0

Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million

19664.0

Thunderbirds: Lord Parker's 'Oliday

1966

Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker

19666.0

Thunderbirds: Ricochet

19668.0

Stingray: The Reunion Party

2008