David Bailie

David Bailie
Born(1937-12-04)4 December 1937[1]
Springs, South Africa
Died5 March 2021(2021-03-05) (aged 83)
Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England[2]
Occupation(s)Actor, photographer, videographer, computer programmer, furniture maker/designer
Years active1961–2020
Spouse
Egidija Bailie
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(m. 2002⁠–⁠2021)​
Websitehttp://davidbailie.co.uk/

David Bailie (4 December 1937 – 5 March 2021) was a South African actor known for his performances on stage, television, and film.[3] In the 1960s and 1970s, he worked for both the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he was an associate artist.[4] He played "Dask" in the 1977 Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death and also appeared in Blake's 7.[5][6]

Bailie portrayed "Skewer" in Cutthroat Island (1995), an English Judge in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), and also "The Engineer" in Gladiator (2000).[3] David Bailie is perhaps best known for having played the mute pirate Cotton in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.[7] Bailie was also a professional photographer, specialising in portrait photography. He had a studio in West Kensington, London.[8]

  1. ^ "Bailie, David 1937–". World Cat. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ^ GRO Index, 1984-2021
  3. ^ a b "David Bailie". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018.
  4. ^ "David Bailie | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  5. ^ "BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - The Robots of Death - Details". www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Project Avalon (1978)". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Pirates of the Caribbean parrot attacks police officer". The Telegraph. United Kingdom. 11 September 2009.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference photographer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).