David Gooderson

Biography

David Richard Gooderson (born 24 February 1941) is an Indian-born British actor and writer who has appeared in several television roles. As well as portraying Davros in the Doctor Who serial Destiny of the Daleks, he appeared in episodes of Lovejoy, Mapp & Lucia and A Touch of Frost. Gooderson was also featured on many radio programmes for the BBC, including The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately with Bill Wallis, David Jason, Denise Coffey and Jonathan Cecil and Huddwinks with Roy Hudd and others. He wrote several plays for stage and radio broadcast, and published several books about Kenneth Grahame. Gooderson was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, and featured in the cast of the 1964 Footlights revue, Stuff What Dreams Are Made Of.

Most Known For

Doctor Who

as Davros

Bergerac

as Sidney Le Blanc

A Touch of Frost

as Derek Simpkins

A Touch of Frost

as Pathologist

Lovejoy

as Cyril Catchpole

Footballers' Wives

as Minister

The Paradise Club

as Jack Pringle

Tenko

as Major Sims

Hazell

as Shop Assistant

Mapp & Lucia

as Mr Woolgar

Johnny and the Dead

as Councillor

The Adventures of Don Quick

as Bank Clerk

Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks

as Davros

Fairies

as First Reporter

Davros Connections

Return to Skaro

Claws

as Lecturer

Doctor Who: Risen

as Davros (voice)

The Doctors: Villains!