David Firth (actor)

David Firth (born 15 March 1945) is an English actor, writer and singer for stage, film and television.[1][2] Firth was a member of the original cast of Phantom of the Opera with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman.[3]

Early life

David Firth (born David Coleman) was born in Bedford on 15 March 1945.[1] He was educated at Bedford Modern School, the University of Sussex and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[1]

Career

Firth was with the Royal Shakespeare Company (1967–70), the Royal National Theatre (1973) and part of the original cast of the Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty's Theatre, 1986).[1]

During his stage career, Firth was in the cast of King Lear (Old Vic, 1988), The Hunting of the Snark (1991), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Barbican Theatre, 1992), Jubilee (Barbican Theatre, 1992), Assassins (Donmar 1992), Knickerbocker Holiday (Barbican, 1993), Follies (Brighton, 1993), Forty Years On (West Yorkshire Playhouse, 1994), Love Life (Barbican Theatre, 1995), Passion (Queens, 1996), The Fix (Donmar 1997), Die Fledermaus (Arts, 1998), On A Clear Day (Barbican Theatre, 1998), Good Grief (Yvonne Arnaud, 1998), HMS Pinafore (Royal Festival Hall, 1999), Susanna's Secret (Drill Hall, 1999), Jubilee (Her Majesty's and BBC Radio 3, 1999), Der Kuhandel (Barbican and BBC Radio 3, 2000), Journey's End (Drill Hall, 2000), Cenerentola (Music Theatre London, 2001), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Lyric, 2001), Relatively Speaking (Secombe Theatre Sutton, 2002), Our Song (tour, 2003), Coward and Others (2004), The Man Who... (Orange Tree Richmond, 2005), The Shell Seekers (tour, 2006), Yellow Lines (Oval House, 2007), Park Avenue (Lilian Bayliss Theatre, 2008), Dirty Dancing (Aldwych Theatre, 2008), and Phantom of the Opera (Royal Albert Hall, 2011).[1]

Alongside his stage career, Firth has performed in a number of films and television series, and is credited as a writer on The Return of Shelley, Home James! and Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself.[2]

Filmography

Actor
  • Yes Minister (TV Series) (1982)[2]
  • The New Adventures of Lucky Jim (TV Series) (1982)[2]
  • Troilus & Cressida (TV Movie) (1981)[2]
  • Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself (TV Series) (1981)[2]
  • Love for Lydia (TV Series) (1977)[2]
  • Jubilee (TV Series) (1977)[2]
  • Raffles (TV Series) (1977)[2]
  • Wings (TV Series) (1977)[2]
  • Village Hall (TV Series) (1974)[2]
  • Armchair Theatre (TV Series) (1972)[2]
  • Jason King (TV Series) (1972)[2]
  • Spyder's Web (TV Series) (1972)[2]
  • Love Story (TV Series) (1972)[2]
  • The Search for the Nile (TV Mini-Series) (1971)[2]
  • Eyeless in Gaza (TV Series) (1971)[2]

Writer

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "David Firth, Esq Authorised Biography - Debrett's People of Today". debretts.com. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "David Firth". IMDb. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 "David Firth". The Phantom of the Opera. Retrieved 30 June 2015.


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