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  2. David Burke (born 25 May 1934) is an English actor, known for playing Dr. John Watson in the initial series of Granada Television's 1980s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which starred Jeremy Brett in the title role.

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    The first Doctor Watson of the Granada series, David Burke was born on 25 may 1934 in Liverpool into a modest and deeply Catholic family. His older sister has in fact taken over the orders. As for his mother, she was horrified when he proclaimed his willingness to integrate himself into the world of perdition that is the theatre. But the young man'...

    Graduate of the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, David Burke's first passion is theatre. Classically trained, like Jeremy Brett, he has worked for the National Theatre, the Royal Lyceum Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. He played Othello in the title role, played Hector in Troilus and Cressida (1985), Kent in King Lear (1997) and...

    Yet, like Jeremy Brett, David Burke's fame is essentially not due to the theatre, which only reaches a limited audience, nor to cinema. He certainly played for example in 2004 in the movie Straight Jacket (as Ray) or in 2012 in La Dame en noir (as a Police Constable Collins) and in A Thousand Words (as Gil Reed), but it was his many and diverse rol...

    In 1965, David Burke had already met Sherlock Holmes. He had played in The Beryl Coronet the seductive and cynical Sir George Burnwell with Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Stockas Watson. Michael Cox had worked with David Burke in 1972 on the Holly series. The scriptwriter was Robin Chapman who will adapt, in 1991 The Casebook of Sherlo...

  3. David Burke is an English actor, known for playing Dr. John Watson in the initial series of Granada Television's 1980s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which starred Jeremy Brett in the title role.

  4. Apr 10, 2024 · David Burke (born 25 May 1934) is an English actor, known for playing Dr. John Watson in the initial series of Granada Television's 1980s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which starred Jeremy Brett in the title role.

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    David Burke (British actor) (born 1934), British television actor; David Burke (American actor) (born 1967), American television actor; David Burke (author), language books author; David J. Burke (born 1948), producer, screenwriter and film and television director; David Burke, author of a book on Melita Norwood

  6. Sep 20, 2022 · In this very special episode, we are honored to present our conversation with actor David Burke. Burke portrayed Dr. John Watson in the first thirteen episodes of the Granada series and (together with Jeremy Brett and Michael Cox) helped to reinvent the character for a new generation.

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