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  2. David Bernard Swift (3 April 1931 – 8 April 2016) was an English actor known for his role as Henry Davenport in the topical comedy Drop the Dead Donkey.

  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0842581David Swift - IMDb

    David Swift (1931-2016) was a British actor who appeared in The Day of the Jackal, Vanity Fair and Casanova. He also starred in TV shows such as Drop the Dead Donkey, Poirot and Jack & Sarah.

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    • Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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  4. David Swift was a British actor who appeared in The Day of the Jackal, Vanity Fair and Casanova. He died in 2016 from Alzheimer's disease and was the brother of Clive Swift and the father of Julia Swift.

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    • April 8, 2016
  5. Apr 20, 2016 · Aged 85. David Swift found wide-spread fame in the Ninties when Channel 4 transmitted Drop the Dead Donkey, their behind the scenes sitcom set in a television news studio. It captured the...

  6. Apr 28, 2016 · David Swift, who has died aged 85, swapped a lucrative career in business for a £10-a-week job as an actor. His film credits included Travels with My Aunt (1972), The Day of the Jackal (1973)...

  7. www.bafta.org › heritage › in-memory-ofDavid Swift | BAFTA

    A British actor best known for the newsroom satire Drop The Dead Donkey (1990-2008), Swift found fame as the vain news anchor Henry Davenport. He also notably starred in War & Peace (1972), Vanity Fair (1987) and Oscar Charlie (2001-2002), and away from acting ran a number of successful film production and post-production businesses. Read David ...

  8. It took nearly another 30 years as a jobbing actor for Swift to score his best-known role, that of the cantankerous news anchor Henry Davenport in the television news satire Drop the Dead...

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