
David Hemmings
Acting
- Born:
- 1941-11-18
- Died:
- 2003-12-03
- Place of birth:
- Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
David Edward Leslie Hemmings (November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003) was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer. He is noted for his role as the photographer in the drama mystery-thriller film Blowup (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Early in his career, Hemmings was a boy soprano appearing in operatic roles. In his later acting career, he was known for his distinctive eyebrows and gravelly voice.
Known For
Filmography

To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism

Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Romantic

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

Blessed

Britten's Children

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

The Night We Called It a Day

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Gangs of New York

Equilibrium

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

Lenny Blue

Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice

Mean Machine

Spy Game

Last Orders

Waking the Dead

Murder in Mind

Gladiator

The Real Oliver Reed

The Vanishing Man

A Mind to Murder

Dear Antonioni

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Northern Exposure

Nightmare Classics

The Turn of the Screw

Tales from the Crypt

The Rainbow
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder

3 On a Match

Harry's Hong Kong

L.A. Law

Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues

The Key to Rebecca

The Snow Queen

Marlene

Murder, She Wrote

Airwolf: The Movie

Thumbelina

Calamity Jane

Airwolf

Masquerade

Man, Woman and Child

Faerie Tale Theatre

Magnum, P.I.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Harlequin

Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Charlie Muffin

Thirst

Murder by Decree

Just a Gigolo

Power Play
Clouds of Glory

Blood Relatives

The Disappearance

The Swindle

The Heroin Busters

The Prince and the Pauper

The Squeeze

Islands in the Stream

The Christmas Messenger

The Old Curiosity Shop
A Dream of Living
Private Affairs

Deep Red

Horse Latitudes

Juggernaut

It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game

Voices

The Big Screen
Film '72

The Love Machine

Unman, Wittering and Zigo

Fragment of Fear

Simon Simon

The Walking Stick

Alfred the Great

The Best House in London

Barbarella

The Long Day's Dying

Only When I Larf

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Camelot

Blow-Up
Africa Shakes

Eye of the Devil

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

The Counterfeit Man

Out of the Unknown

Auto Stop

Be My Guest

The Wednesday Play

The System
Live It Up!

West 11

Two Left Feet

Play It Cool

Out of This World

Some People

The Painted Smile
Drama 61-67

The Wind of Change

Sink the Bismarck!

No Trees in the Street
King's Rhapsody

The Heart Within

Five Clues to Fortune

Saint Joan