David Fleeshman

David Fleeshman
Born	11 July 1952 Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor/Theatre director
Years active	1973 –present
Spouse(s)	Sue Jenkins
Children	Richard Fleeshman,Emily Fleeshman, Rosie Fleeshman

David Fleeshman (born 11 July 1952) is a British actor, theatre director, broadcaster and drama lecturer with a wealth of experience in television, film, theatre, radio and commercials.

He trained at the Birmingham Theatre School making his stage debut was in 1973 with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, in 1974 he took a position as actor/assistant stage manager at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton,^[1] and has also been an associate director of the Oldham Coliseum Theatre.^[2]

In 1978 he married actress Sue Jenkins, they have three children, all currently working in the acting profession, Richard Fleeshman, Emily Fleeshman and Rosie Fleeshman.^[3]

Fleeshman has appeared in and directed numerous plays around the UK and abroad, including Arthur Miller's The Price (play), for which he won best actor in a supporting role at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards in 2005.^[4]

As a theatre director, he directed the European Premiere of Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues, and the regional premiere of My Night With Reg - which won best production at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards.^[5]

Major television roles include Boys from the Blackstuff, Edge of Darkness, Silent Witness, and Trial and Retribution, comedy classics such as Only Fools and Horses and A Bit of a Do as well as stints in Coronation Street, Brookside, Doctors, Emmerdale, and EastEnders. He has also recorded frequently for BBC Radio.

Filmography includes Pink Floyd – The Wall and Unstoppable.

From 2013 to 2015 he toured extensively with the Royal National Theatre's War Horse, which played to audiences at venues throughout the UK, Dublin and South Africa.^[6][7]

Fleeshman is the founder director of the Actors' Lab, MediaCityUK, Salford.^[8]

Selected television

• 1977 - 2005 Coronation Street (4 Roles) Morris Dancer, Paul Haines, Supt Jevons, Mr Austin
• 1977 Crown Court (TV series)
• 1981 Strangers (TV series)
• 1981 Boys from the Blackstuff
• 1985 Edge of Darkness (3 episodes)
• 1985 Only Fools and Horses
• 1985 The Practice (1985 TV series) (4 episodes)
• 1986 - 1997 Brookside (3 roles) Model Agent, Dr Burton, David Hurst
• 1988 Jim Henson's The Storyteller (TV series)
• 1989 Children's Ward - George's father ^[9]
• 1989 A Bit of a Do
• 1989 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
• 1990 - 2005 Emmerdale (3 roles) Charlie Aindow, John Widnes, DI Drake
• 1992 Medics (UK TV series)
• 1993 - 2009 Heartbeat (UK TV series) (3 roles) Laski, Captain Jorgan, Frank Carter
• 1995 The Bill
• 1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
• 1997 - 2002 Trial and Retribution
• 1997 Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
• 2001 The Six Wives of Henry VIII (documentary) - Role, Thomas Cromwell
• 2002 The Falklands Play - Role, Denis Healey
• 2003 The Royal
• 2003 - 2008 Doctors (TV series) (3 roles) Jon MacFarlane, Supt Dennis Rugg, Mike Dayman
• 2004 Bad Girls (TV series)
• 2004 North & South (TV serial)'
• 2004 Northern Lights (TV series)
• 2005 Where the Heart Is (UK TV series)
• 2005 Spooks
• 2006 The Kindness of Strangers
• 2006 Grownups (2006 TV series)
• 2009 All the Small Things (TV series)
• 2010 Accused (TV series)
• 2011 KJB: The Book That Changed the World
• 2012 The Mill (TV series)
• 2014 Silent Witness
• 2016 National Treasure ^[10]

David Fleeshman television credits; BFI:^[11] IMDb:^[12] TV.Com:^[13] Actorole.com ^[14]

Selected theatre

• 1982 Taking Steps, Leeds Playhouse ^[15]
• 1986 Hedda Gabler, Clwyd Theatr Cymru ^[16]
• 1991 Biloxi Blues Manchester Library Theatre - Director ^[17]
• 1992 Assassins, Manchester Library Theatre ^[18]
• 1993 A Midsummer Nights Dream, Manchester Library Theatre ^[19]
• 2004 The Wizard of Oz, The Lowry, Salford Quays - Director^[20]
• 2005 The Price, Manchester Library Theatre, with Sue Jenkins ^[21]
• 2006 Night of the Stars II Palace Theatre, Manchester ^[22]
• 2007 Death of a Salesman, Octagon Theatre, Bolton ^[23]
• 2009 Alladin, Civic Theatre Darlington - Director ^[24]
• 2010 Glengarry Glen Ross, Manchester Library Theatre ^[25]
• 2010 Peter Pan The Lowry, Salford Quays - Director ^[26]
• 2011 Hard Times, Manchester Library Theatre ^[27]
• 2011 Cinderella, Manchester Opera House as Baron Hardup^[28]
• 2012 Gypsy (musical) Curve (theatre) Leicester^[29]
• 2012 Lighthearted Intercourse, Octagon Theatre, Bolton^[30]
• 2013 I Am Janet, Halle St Peters Manchester - Director ^[31]
• 2013 Of Mice and Men, Octagon Theatre, Bolton^[32]
• 2013 -2015 War Horse, Toured Plymouth, Birmingham, Salford, Edinburgh, Southampton, Dublin, Sunderland, Bradford, Cardiff and South Africa.^[33]
• 2015 JB Shorts 14, Emily, Reallife Theatre Company at Joshau Brooks, Manchester - Director ^[34]
• 2016 Chamaco, HOME (Manchester) ^[35]

Selected film and video

• 1982 Pink Floyd – The Wall ^[36]
• 1988 Nature of the Beast ^[37]
• 2004 Christmas Lights (film) ^[38][39]
• 2004 Unstoppable (2004 film) ^[40]
• 2008 Mother Mine ^[41]
• 2009 Capture Anthologies: Fables & Fairytales (Video) ^[42]
• 2011 KJB: The Book That Changed the World
• 2016 Running on Glass ^[43]

Selected radio

• 1974 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Theatre: A Deadly Wit ^[44]
• 1978 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Theatre: The Last Stand of Sergeant-Major Featherstone
• 1979 BBC Radio 4 The Monday Play: Grass Roots ^[45]
• 1980 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Theatre: Feast of all Fools ^[46]
• 1981 BBC Radio 4 The Monday Play: The Liberation ^[47]
• 1983 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Theatre: Blinded by the Light ^[48]
• 1985 BBC Radio 4 Thirty-Minute Theatre Top Tips ^[49]
• 1988 BBC Radio 4 Saturday-Night Theatre: The Dwelling Place by Catherine Cookson ^[50]
• 1990 BBC Radio 4 A Room in Budapest ^[51]
• 1993 BBC Radio 4 The Naked Nuns ^[52]
• 1994 BBC Radio 4 Hobson's Choice ^[53]
• 1996 BBC Radio 4 Thirty Minute Theatre: The Queen of Revenge^[54]
• 1997 BBC Radio 4 The Monday Play: King Matt ^[55]
• 2000 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play: The Fish ^[56]
• 2002 BBC Radio 4 Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat ^[57]
• 2004 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play: The Kon-Tiki 2 Expedition ^[58]
• 2006 BBC Radio 4 The Archers ^[59]
• 2007 BBC Radio 4 The Saturday Play: Playing with Fire ^[60]
• 2009 BBC Radio 7 Who's Jimmy Dickenson? with Sue Jenkins ^[61]
• 2010 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play: Andy Walker - The Man Who Jumped From Space ^[62]
• 2012 BBC Radio 3 The Wire ^[63]
• 2013 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play: Stone ^[64]
• 2015 BBC Radio 4 Brief Lives ^[65]
• 2016 BBC Radio 4 Blood Sex and Money by Emile Zola with Glenda Jackson ^[66]

David Fleeshman radio credits; BBC Genome <^[67]

Awards

• Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards. Won best actor in a supporting role in Arthur Miller's The Price ^[68]
• Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards. Won best production for My Night With Reg.^[69]

External link

• David Fleeshman at the Internet Movie Database

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