David Markham | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Basil Harrison 3 April 1913 Wick, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | 15 December 1983 (aged 70) Hartfield, East Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1938–1983 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4, including Kika and Petra Markham |
| Relatives | Roger Lloyd-Pack (son-in-law) |
David Markham (3 April 1913 – 15 December 1983) was an English stage and film actor for over forty years.[1][2]
Markham was born Peter Basil Harrison in Wick, Worcestershire and died in Hartfield, East Sussex.
In 1937 he married Olive Dehn (1914–2007), a BBC Radio dramatist.[3] They had four daughters: Sonia, an illustrator; Kika (b. 1940), an actress, widow of actor Corin Redgrave; Petra (b. 1944), an actress; and Jehane, a poet and dramatist, widow of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack.[4]
In World War II, he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector, before being allowed to do forestry work.[5]
Markham appeared occasionally in cinema and often on television.[6] He appeared in Carol Reed's film The Stars Look Down (1939) and in François Truffaut's films Two English Girls (1972), in which he plays a fortuneteller with his daughter Kika, and Day for Night (1973).[7] He played the father of Robin Phillips in two films, Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969) and Tales From The Crypt (1972).[2]
Markham portrayed Prime Minister H. H. Asquith (a close look-alike) in the 1981 BBC Wales drama The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, alongside his daughter Kika Markham, who played Lloyd George's secretary, lover and later second wife – Frances Stevenson.