David Daker

David Daker is an English actor.

He is best known for his role as Harry Crawford in the hit series Boon. He also played PC Owen Culshaw in Z-Cars, Jarvis in Porridge and Captain Nathan Spiker in Dick Turpin. He appeared in the Doctor Who serials The Time Warrior and Nightmare of Eden.

Guest roles include: King of the River, Coronation Street, UFO, Dixon of Dock Green, Villains, Hadleigh, Doctor Who, The Carnforth Practice, Hunter's Walk, Thriller, Dial M for Murder, Churchill's People, The Main Chance, Softly, Softly: Taskforce, Warship, Rising Damp, Regan (pilot of The Sweeney), Target, Play for Today, When the Boat Comes In, All Creatures Great and Small, Strangers, Hazell, The Gentle Touch, Only Fools and Horses, Minder, Juliet Bravo, Crown Court, Casualty, Dangerfield, Heartbeat, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, Dalziel and Pascoe, Where the Heart Is, The Last Detective, Powers, Doctors and Holby City.

In film he played young Kevin's father in Time Bandits (1981) and the desk sergeant in I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990).

=Selected filmography=
 * O Lucky Man! (1973)
 * The Optimists of Nine Elms (1973)
 * Doctor Who (The Time Warrior, 1973-1974;Nightmare of Eden, 1979)
 * The Black Windmill (1974)
 * Stardust (1974)
 * Aces High (1976)
 * Voyage of the Damned (1976)
 * That Summer! (1979)
 * Charlie Muffin (1979)
 * Time Bandits (1981)
 * Britannia Hospital (1982)
 * The Woman in Black (1989)
 * I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990)

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