David Pugh obit

David Pugh Has Died

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He was a British actor (died 21 June 2022) probably best known for playing opposite Rosamund Greenwood and Roy Evans in an acclaimed early film by director Tony Scott, Loving Memory, which was shown at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. Other film roles included Daft Jamie in Burke & Hare (1971), one of the leads in the 1972 sex comedy The Love Pill, and a creditor in Christine Edzard's 1987 Dickens adaptation, Little Dorrit.

Among his stage credits were Lock Up Your Daughters (Mermaid Theatre, 1969) Yepihodov in The Cherry Orchard (Riverside Studios, 1978) and a 1978-79 spell at London's National Theatre, appearing in plays by Shakespeare, Edward Bond, John Galsworthy and Leo Tolstoy. Television roles, spanning the period from 1968 to 1993, include Pathfinders (1972), The Adventures of Black Beauty (1973), The Death of Glory in the Armchair Theatre series (1973), Robert's Robots (1974), Out of Bounds (1977), Poldark (1977), both The First Part of Henry The Sixt and The Second Part of Henry The Sixt in the BBC Shakespeare series (1983), and The Citadel (1983).

Pugh also appeared in three of the BBC's classic Ghost Story for Christmas adaptations, playing John in The Stalls of Barchester (first shown on 24 December 1971), the porter in A Warning to the Curious (24 December 1972) and a herdsman in The Ash Tree (23 December 1975).

Pugh's death was announced by the entertainment union Equity in June 2022.

 

Actor

Screen One (1985)

Screen One

6.9

TV Series

Ivor

1993

1 episode

 

The Fool (1990)

The Fool

6.0

1990

 

Alec Guinness, Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Robert Morley, and Sarah Pickering in Little Dorrit (1987)

Little Dorrit

7.1

Mr. Parker - A Creditor

1987

 

Judy Loe in Missing from Home (1984)

Missing from Home

7.3

TV Mini Series

Farmer

1984

1 episode

 

Natural World (1983)

Natural World

8.6

TV Series

Father Winkelmeyer

1984

1 episode

 

The Citadel (1983)

The Citadel

8.2

TV Mini Series

Joe Morgan

1983

2 episodes

 

Wendy Craig in Nanny (1981)

Nanny

7.4

TV Series

Man in Pub

1983

1 episode

 

The Second Part of Henry the Sixth (1983)

The Second Part of Henry the Sixth

7.6

TV Movie

Peter ThumpSecond MurdererTownsman

1983

 

Brenda Blethyn in The First Part of Henry the Sixth (1983)

The First Part of Henry the Sixth

7.3

TV Movie

Mayor's OfficerWatchman of Rouen

1983

 

Shelley (1979)

Shelley

7.5

TV Series

Ned

1980

1 episode

 

Poldark (1975)

Poldark

8.3

TV Series

Jacques Clisson

1977

1 episode

 

Out of Bounds (1977)

Out of Bounds

7.7

TV Series

Mr. Jenkins

1977

2 episodes

 

Wings (1977)

Wings

7.8

TV Series

Cpl. JonesCorporal Jones

1977

2 episodes

 

Richard Warwick in Brensham People (1976)

Brensham People

5.8

TV Series

Nym

1976

1 episode

 

The Government Inspector

TV Series

Owen Bowen

1976

3 episodes

 

Naughty Girls on the Loose (1976)

Naughty Girls on the Loose

4.4

Henry

1976

 

A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971)

A Ghost Story for Christmas

7.7

TV Series

JohnPorterHerdsman

1971–1975

3 episodes

 

BBC Play of the Month (1965)

BBC Play of the Month

7.0

TV Series

Lewis

1975

1 episode

 

John Clive and Jenny Hanley in Roberts Robots (1973)

Roberts Robots

6.8

TV Series

Plummer

1974

7 episodes

 

Ian Richardson, Tom Bell, Donald Churchill, Michael Coles, David Hemmings, Patrick Mower, Prunella Ransome, John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, and Edward Woodward in Armchair Cinema (1974)

Armchair Cinema

7.9

TV Series

Reporter

1974

1 episode

 

The Concert (1974)

The Concert

6.6

Short

Lollipop Man

1974

 

Robin Chadwick, Richard Easton, and Patrick O'Connell in The Brothers (1972)

The Brothers

7.5

TV Series

Motor Cyclist

1974

1 episode

 

Perils of Pendragon

6.6

TV Series

Willy Nantanna

1974

1 episode

 

Sex Thief (1973)

Sex Thief

4.5

2nd Reporter

1973

 

Armchair Theatre (1956)

Armchair Theatre

7.7

TV Series

Parsons

1973

1 episode

 

Judi Bowker in The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972)

The Adventures of Black Beauty

6.6

TV Series

Bill

1973

1 episode

 

Gene Barry, Barry Morse, and Catherine Schell in The Adventurer (1972)

The Adventurer

6.3

TV Series

Milkman

1973

1 episode

 

The Love Pill (1972)

The Love Pill

3.7

Arnold

1972

 

Pathfinders (1972)

Pathfinders

7.7

TV Series

Sgt. Taffy Hughes

1972

1 episode

 

Rupert Davies in The Man Outside (1972)

The Man Outside

5.5

TV Series

Willy

1972

1 episode

 

Burke & Hare (1972)

Burke & Hare

5.2

Daft Jamie

1972

 

Bachelor Father (1970)

Bachelor Father

6.4

TV Series

Window Cleaner

1971

1 episode

 

Rosamund Greenwood in Loving Memory (1970)

Loving Memory

6.2

Young Man

1970

 

Elizabeth Bell in Special Project Air (1969)

Special Project Air

TV Series

AC Evans

1969

2 episodes

 

Alan Dobie in Resurrection (1968)

Resurrection

6.7

TV Mini Series

2nd Convict

1968

1 episode