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Draft:David Mallinson (actor)

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  • Comment: Best known for his role as O'Donnell[ref] in the groundbreaking BBC TV series This Life (1996 TV series).[ref] The series[ref] became increasingly popular attracting viewing figures approaching 4 million per episode and has regularly been repeated by BBC Television.
    What ground did it break? What do the breaking of ground by This Life, the increasing popularity of This Life, the almost-four-million viewers of This Life, tell us about Mallinson? This is all in the draft's lead, and the lead of an article normally announces what's explained in its body. But in the body of this draft, there's much less about Mallinson-as-O'Donnell than there is about other Mallinsons and Nicholls. Hoary (talk)WWU 👍︎ 08:53, 2 September 2026 (UTC)
  • Comment: Please note: IMDb is not a reliable source for Wikipedia. Paul W (talk) 16:47, 1 September 2026 (UTC)
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David Mallinson
Born (1948-05-17) 17 May 1948 (age 78)
Fulham, England
OccupationActor
Years active1975 - Present
SpouseMartha Flood[1]
Children4

David Mallinson is an English actor. He has worked extensively in theatre[2] and TV.

After leaving school, he became an art student and attended Winchester School of Art where he obtained a 1st Class Dip AD in fine art sculpture. In 1973 he decided on a career as an actor, and gained a place at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Initially he performed in plays such as Poor Tom by David Cregan (1976) at the Contact Theatre Manchester.[3] In TV, his roles [4] went on to include, Midsomer Murders, The Bill, Casualty, Agatha Christie's Poirot [5], Holby City, Scully (TV series), The One Game, Kavanagh QC , In the Red (TV series), Life Force (TV series)[6], New Tricks, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Silent Witness, Sherlock Holmes - The Master Blackmailer,[7] Wallander and Rosemary & Thyme. In theatre he has performed in works by Alan Bleasdale, Tom Stoppard, William Shakespeare [8], Samuel Beckett, John Steinbeck, Oscar Wilde, Oliver Goldsmith, Arthur Miller, Dion Boucicault's The Streets of London directed by Diane Cilentro at the Theatre Royal Stratford East (1980) and Her Majesties Theatre (1981) [9], Crux by April De Angelis with Kathy Burke [10], Michael Frayn's Democracy[11], David Mamet's Squirrels[12] at the Orange Tree Theatre Richmond, Mitch Hooper's The Last Dance[13] with Sally Faulkner[14] at the Frontier Theatre and Alan Bennett's multi award winning National Theatre production of The History Boys[15] at Wyndham's Theatre. He also voiced Brodlik in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story Creatures of Beauty [16]

He is perhaps best known on Television for his role as O'Donnell[17] in the BBC TWO TV series This Life (1996 TV series) [18] with whom Milly, played by Amita Dhiri, has a cross-generational affair. [19][20] Other TV roles include the Doctor who diagnosed Peggy Mitchell's breast cancer in EastEnders, Murderer Alan Pinkney in Midsomer Murders [21] and a recurring role as PCG Chairman Richard Turner in Peak Practice[22].

He is the brother of Classical Record Producer James Mallinson[23] and the grandson of Photographer Horace W Nicholls, whose archive he manages[24], and whose work forms part of the permanent collection at the Imperial War Museum.[25]

== TV ==
ProductionYearBroadcaster
The Professionals1978London Weekend Television ITV
Scully1984Granada ITV
Boon1987Central ITV
The One Game1987Central ITV
The Bill1989Thames ITV
Divorce - Who Get's The Children?1990Thames ITV
The Bill1990Thames ITV
Kinsey - Drop Shot1992BBC1
Michael Winner's True Crimes1992London Weekend Television ITV
Sherlock Holmes - The Master Blackmailer1992Granada ITV
Kavanagh QC - The Burning Deck1996Carlton ITV
This Life - Series 11996BBC2
Customs & Excise1997Granada ITV
This Life - Series 21997BBC2
Casualty1997BBC1
The Bill1998Thames ITV
In The Red1998BBC2
Junk1998BBC2
The Alchemists1998Channel 5
Lifeforce1999ITV
Peak Practice2000Central ITV
Poirot - Evil Under The Sun2000Carnival ITV
Holby City2002BBC1
Midsomer Murders - Painted In Blood2003Bentley ITV
Doctors2003BBC1
Silent Witness - Answering Fire2003BBC1
Rosemary & Thyme2003Carnival ITV
Hear The Silence2003Channel 5
Rose and Maloney - Katie Phelan2004All3 Media for ITV
Powers2004BBC Television
New Tricks 22004BBC Television
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries2005BBC Television
Samuel Johnson - The Dictionary Man2006October Films for BBC4
Zeebrugge2006BBC Television
Whistleblowers2007Carnival ITV
Sex In The City2007Blast Films
Casualty2009BBC1
The Little House2010TXTV for ITV
Wallander - Series 32012Left Bank Pictures BBC1
== Film ==
FilmYearProducer
Force 10 From Navarone1978Columbia Pictures
== Theatre ==
PlayYearTheatre
It's A Madhouse1976Contact Theatre Manchester
The Crucible1976Contact Theatre Manchester
Should Auld Aquaintance1976Contact Theatre Manchester
Waiting For Godot1977Contact Theatre Manchester
Absent Friends1977Northern UK Tour
Bedroom Farce1979Vienna English Theatre
The Streets of London1980Theatre Royal Stratford East & Her Majesties London
Joking Apart1981Wolsey Theatre Ipswich
Whose Life Is It Anyway1981UK Tour
Betrayal1982Thorndike Theatre Leatherhead
Bent1983Wolsey Theatre Ipswich
Henry IV Part 11984Oxford Playhouse Company
Caucasian Chalk Circle1985Oxford Playhouse Company
She Stoops To Conquer1985Oxford Playhouse Company
The Importance of Being Ernest1985Oxford Playhouse Company
Travesties1986Oxford Playhouse Company
For King And Country1986Greenwich Theatre London
Tristram Shandy1987Oxford Playhouse Company
In The Paddington Style1988Soho Poly Theatre
Pravda1988Wolsey Theatre Ipswich
Othello1989Greenwich Theatre London
A Midsummer's Night Dream1989Regent's Park Open Air Theatre London
Twelfth Night1989Regent's Park Open Air Theatre London
Crux1989Paines Plough
Time and the Conways1990UK Tour and Old Vic London
Macbeth1991Ludlow Festival - Open Air Theatre
The Three Sisters1991Wolsey Theatre Ipswich
View From A Bridge1992Wolsey Theatre Ipswich
Hamlet1993Crucible Theatre Sheffield
Romeo and Juliet1994Crucible Theatre Sheffield
The Grapes of Wrath1994Crucible Theatre Sheffield
Noises Off1997Liverpool Playhouse Theatre
A Difficult Age1998English Touring Theatre Company
Edward II2001Crucible Theatre Sheffield
The History Boys2007/2008National Theatre, UK Tour and Wyndhams Theatre London
Democracy2012Crucible Theatre Sheffield & Old Vic London
A Winter's Tale2013Crucible Theatre Sheffield
Squirrels2014Orange Tree Theatre Richmond
The Last Dance2016Frontier Theatre

References

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  1. ↑ https://theatricalia.com/person/13n8/marty-flood
  2. ↑ https://theatricalia.com/person/119f/david-mallinson
  3. ↑ Cregan, David; Poor Tom & Tina: Two Plays (1976). Eyre Methuen. p.5.
  4. ↑ "David Mallinson: The Remarkable Journey of a Respected British Character Actor - ukmediazone". August 6, 2026.
  5. ↑ Campbell, Mark; Agatha Christie (2015). Harpenden Pocket Collections Series. p.124.
  6. ↑ McGown, Alistair D; The Hill and Beyond: Children's Television Drama: An Encyclopedia (2003). British Film Institute Collection. p.268.
  7. ↑ Barnes, Alan: Sherlock Holmes On Screen: The Complete Film and TV History (2006). Reynolds & Hearn. p.108.
  8. ↑ Lemmon, David; The Benson and Hedges British Theatre Yearbook (1992). Andre Deutsch. p.332.
  9. ↑ Stewart, John; Broadway Musicals, 1943 - 2004 (2006). McFarland. p.783.
  10. ↑ Seven Plays by Women: Female Voices, Fighting Lives (1991). Aurora Metro. p.48.
  11. ↑ "Review of Democracy". www.cix.co.uk.
  12. ↑ "Ealing's Local Web site". www.ealingtoday.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Review: Spring/The Last Dance (The Theatre Room)". October 21, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Sally Faulkner and David Mallinson Photo (October 19, 2016)". BroadwayWorld.
  15. ↑ Features, Country Life In (February 19, 2008). "In love with The History Boys". Country Life.
  16. ↑ Doctor Who Magazine (1979-10-11). Panini Publishing. p.41.
  17. ↑ "This Life: The Companion Guide". London: Penguin Books / BBC Books. ISBN 0-14-027432-4. p. 115".
  18. ↑ Creeber, Glen; Serial Television: Big Drama On The Small Screen (2004). British Film Institute Collection. p.124.
  19. ↑ Lacey, Stephen; Tony Garnett (2007). Manchester University Press. p.160.
  20. ↑ https://timworthington.org/2019/02/20/that-was-this-life-that-was/
  21. ↑ http://midsomermurders.org/painted.htm
  22. ↑ Evans, Jeff; The Penguin TV Companion (2011). Penguin. p.737.
  23. ↑ "James Mallinson Grammy Awards and Nominations, Song & Bio" (https://www.grammy.com/artists/james-mallinson/12974/)
  24. ↑ https://research.brighton.ac.uk/files/32892743/Harding_thesis.pdf
  25. ↑ Buckland, Gail; Horace Walter Nicholls (1989). The golden summer: the Edwardian photographs of Horace W. Nicholls. Pavilion. p. 114.
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