David Andrews obituary
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My father, David Andrews, who has died aged 90, was an actor and director whose career in theatre, film and television spanned six decades.
As an actor he performed multiple roles in the BBC’s landmark 1958 television series An Age of Kings, and he originated the role of Private Whittaker in The Long and the Short and the Tall at the Royal Court theatre in 1959, alongside Peter O’Toole. His film work included Some People (1962), with Kenneth More, and A Place to Go (1963), with Rita Tushingham.
David’s directing work included Bubble Boy (1983) and Stookie (1985) for Scottish Television (STV), both recognised with silver medals at the New York International Film and Television festival, and after moving from STV in 1989 he continued directing on a freelance basis, acquiring credits that included Grange Hill, EastEnders, Jupiter Moon, The Biz and Strathblair. From 1996 he spent nearly a decade at Mersey Television directing Hollyoaks and Brookside.
Born in Sanderstead, Surrey, David was the son of Reginald, an accountant, and his wife, Freda (nee Stewart). He was educated in Croydon at Whitgift school, which was evacuated to Devon during the second world war. After national service with the RAF as a radio operator in Merseyside he decided to pursue a career in acting, training at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, where one of his contemporaries was Judi Dench. He graduated in 1955 with the school’s gold medal.
Eventually drawn to the technical side of production, David retrained on the BBC directors’ course in 1965 and went on to work for the Central Office of Information, directing recruitment films for the armed forces.
Having spent a period of his early childhood in Pitlochry in Perthshire, he had a lifelong affection for Scotland that led him, in 1979, to take up a senior directing role at STV, settling in Fairlie, Ayrshire, for most of the rest of his life. He was at STV until 1989 before working as a freelance and then moving on to Mersey Television, where he directed more than 100 episodes of Hollyoaks.
In retirement from 2005 David took on cameo roles on television, as well as occasional voice parts. Otherwise he was a regular cinema goer and formed a folk band, Hazy Days (and Nights!), which mostly performed in pubs in Glasgow.
David was married and divorced twice – first to Tamara Hinchco and then to Anne Vels. He is survived by two children from his first marriage, Bronwen and Rowan, three from his second, James, Katherine and me, and 11 grandchildren.
Director
Grange Hill (1978)
Grange Hill
7.2
TV Series
Director
1991–2004
Hollyoaks (1995)
Hollyoaks
4.6
TV Series
Director
1996–1997
The Biz (1995)
The Biz
7.6
TV Series
Director
1995
Ian Carmichael, Kika Mirylees, and David Robb in Strathblair (1992)
Strathblair
7.5
TV Series
Director
1993
Families (1990)
Families
8.2
TV Series
Director
1992
EastEnders (1985)
EastEnders
4.8
TV Series
Director
1991
Jupiter Moon (1990)
Jupiter Moon
6.7
TV Series
Director
1990
Take the High Road (1980)
Take the High Road
7.0
TV Series
directed by
1980–1990
Patricia Hodge, Lesley Joseph, and Maureen Lipman in First Sight (1987)
First Sight
TV Series
Director
1987
Dramarama (1983)
Dramarama
6.8
TV Series
Director
1986
Stookie (1985)
Stookie
7.5
TV Mini Series
Director
1985
The Spaver Connection
TV Movie
Director
1984
Iain Cuthbertson in Charles Endell, Esq (1979)
Charles Endell, Esq
7.0
TV Series
Director
1979
The Sea Children (1973)
The Sea Children
6.2
Short
Director
1973
Judi Bowker in The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972)
The Adventures of Black Beauty
6.6
TV Series
directed by
1973
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
7.7
TV Series
Director
1970
Richard Beckinsale, Freddie Fletcher, Bernard Hepton, Arthur Lowe, Jack Rosenthal, and Paula Wilcox in ITV Playhouse (1967)
ITV Playhouse
7.1
TV Series
Director
1969
Gazette (1968)
Gazette
7.7
TV Series
Director
1968
Thora Hird in The First Lady (1968)
The First Lady
6.9
TV Series
Director
1968
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Thirty-Minute Theatre
6.9
TV Series
Director
1967–1968
Claire Nielson and Calum Mill in The Revenue Men (1967)
The Revenue Men
6.3
TV Series
Director
1967
Pauline Boty and Elizabeth MacLennan in Six (1964)
Six
TV Series
Director
1965
Top Deck
6.0
Short
Director
1962
Actor
Judi Bowker in The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972)
The Adventures of Black Beauty
6.6
TV Series
Ted Hewitt
1972
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Dracula A.D. 1972
5.9
Detective Sergeant
1972
Alan Dobie in Biography (1970)
Biography
6.9
TV Series
St. Just
1970
Theatre 625 (1964)
Theatre 625
7.1
TV Series
Student speaker
1967
No Hiding Place (1959)
No Hiding Place
7.5
TV Series
Jack CaulfieldJohnny Phillips
1965
Ray Barrett, Geoffrey Keen, and Philip Latham in Mogul (1965)
Mogul
7.1
TV Series
Willy Murtagh
1965
Legend of Death
TV Series
Theodore
1965
Sherlock Holmes (1964)
Sherlock Holmes
7.5
TV Series
Vincent Spaulding
1965
Alfred Burke in Public Eye (1965)
Public Eye
8.5
TV Series
Jay Walker
1965
Drama 61-67 (1961)
Drama 61-67
7.5
TV Series
Ian BannermanStone
1962–1964
Anthony Bate, Tenniel Evans, Mary Kenton, Hugh Manning, and David Sumner in The Sullavan Brothers (1964)
The Sullavan Brothers
7.4
TV Series
Peter Karsch
1964
ITV Play of the Week (1955)
ITV Play of the Week
6.6
TV Series
Willie DeventerJeremy TarrantSilas
1964
Armchair Theatre (1956)
Armchair Theatre
7.7
TV Series
RoyThe Son
1963–1964
Patrick Allen in Crane (1963)
Crane
7.9
TV Series
Marcel
1964
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
7.7
TV Series
Johnny Robb
1963
Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, James Mellor, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)
BBC Sunday-Night Play
8.5
TV Series
The PassengerClan JohnsonFlight-Lieutenant Westbourne
1961–1963
A Place to Go (1963)
A Place to Go
6.5
Jim
1963
Z Cars (1962)
Z Cars
7.1
TV Series
Dennis GibbsHarry Budd
1962–1963
Top Deck
6.0
Short
Man Getting off Bus (uncredited)
1962
Some People (1962)
Some People
6.2
Bill
1962
Suspense (1962)
Suspense
5.7
TV Series
Joe
1962
Clifford Evans in A Chance of Thunder (1961)
A Chance of Thunder
TV Series
Alan Brewer
1961
The Money
TV Movie
Frank
1961
Storyboard
5.5
TV Series
Sailor
1961
The Avengers (1961)
The Avengers
8.3
TV Series
Nigel
1961
An Age of Kings (1960)
An Age of Kings
8.3
TV Mini Series
Lord HastingsSir John BushyEdmund Mortimer ...
1960
Saturday Playhouse (1958)
Saturday Playhouse
TV Series
Gerry Roberts
1960
ITV Television Playhouse (1955)
ITV Television Playhouse
8.2
TV Series
Sgt. Clarke
1959
Theatre Night (1957)
Theatre Night
8.1
TV Series
632 Private Whitaker, S.
1959
Writer
Gazette (1968)
Gazette
7.7
TV Series
Writer
1968
Pauline Boty and Elizabeth MacLennan in Six (1964)
Six
TV Series
screenplay
1965
Producer
Brookside (1982)
Brookside
6.6
TV Series
producer (1999)
1982–2003
Sound Department
Top Deck
6.0
Short
sound editor
1962
Self
Meeting Point
TV Series
Self - The Prodigal
1963
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