David Nunn obit

David Nunn – 1962-2012

 

He was not on the list.

It is with sadness that I write to inform you that actor David Nunn, who appeared in three episodes of The Black Adder and for me is most fondly remembered as the fat orphan in Blackadder’s Christmas Carol, passed away earlier this week; he was aged 49.

His friend, Robert Taylor who contacted me, said “Dave was a friend of mine and a lovely man and will be missed by all”.

My thoughts and condolences to family, friends and those that knew him.

Nunn attended Clissold Park School in Hackney. His television appearances included Gang Member in Shades of Greene (1975), himself in Fun Food Factory (1976), Mark Valenta in A Place to Hide (1976), Headmaster (1977), Sid in Television Club (1978), Graham's Gang (1977–79), Charlie in Maggie and Her (1979), Tim in Metal Mickey (1981), Brookdale Boy in Grange Hill (1981), Kid in Educating Marmalade (1982), Messenger in The Black Adder (1983), Joe in The Pickwick Papers (1985), Apprentice in Mister Corbett's Ghost (1987), Enormous Orphan in Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) and Starting Out (1989).

When his acting career dried up he began to train as a taxi-driver in London before becoming a van driver in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. After a period as a driving instructor from 2004, Nunn was an ambulance transport driver from 2006/7 until his death in 2012 of a heart attack aged 49 at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.

Actor

Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson in Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

7.9

TV Movie

Enormous Orphan

1988

 

John Huston, Paul Scofield, and Mark Farmer in Mister Corbett's Ghost (1987)

Mister Corbett's Ghost

7.0

TV Movie

Apprentice

1987

 

Patrick Malahide, Nigel Stock, and Clive Swift in The Pickwick Papers (1985)

The Pickwick Papers

7.2

TV Series

Joe

1985

3 episodes

 

Big Deal (1984)

Big Deal

8.1

TV Series

Stallholder

1984

1 episode

 

Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder (1982)

Blackadder

8.0

TV Series

3rd Messenger

4th Messenger

Messenger

1983

3 episodes

 

Murphy's Mob (1982)

Murphy's Mob

7.6

TV Series

Jumbo

1983

1 episode

 

John Bird and Charlotte Coleman in Educating Marmalade (1982)

Educating Marmalade

7.5

TV Series

School Kid

1982

1 episode

 

L for Lester (1982)

L for Lester

7.3

TV Series

Lad

1982

1 episode

 

Grange Hill (1978)

Grange Hill

7.2

TV Series

Brookdale Boy

1981

1 episode

 

Metal Mickey (1980)

Metal Mickey

6.1

TV Series

Tim

1981

1 episode

 

Ain't Many Angels

TV Movie

1980

 

Maggie and Her (1976)

Maggie and Her

7.7

TV Series

Charlie

1979

1 episode

 

Graham's Gang (1977)

Graham's Gang

7.4

TV Series

Pete's Friend

Arthur

1977–1979

2 episodes

 

Television Club

TV Series

Sid

1978

9 episodes

 

Frank Windsor in Headmaster (1977)

Headmaster

8.4

TV Series

Simon

1977

2 episodes

 

A Place to Hide (1976)

A Place to Hide

8.1

TV Series

Mark Valenta

1976

5 episodes

 

Shades of Greene (1975)

Shades of Greene

7.8

TV Series

Gang member

1975

1 episode

 

Self

Ad Lib

TV Series

Self

1981

10 episodes

 

Archive Footage

Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder (1982)

Blackadder

8.0

TV Series

Messenger (archive footage, uncredited)

1983

1 episode