David Markham

David Markham (3 April 1913 – 15 December 1983) was an English stage and film actor for over forty years.[1][2]

For the Canon of Windsor, see David Frederick Markham. For the educator and historian, see J. David Markham.

David Markham
Born
Peter Basil Harrison

(1913-04-03)3 April 1913
Wick, Worcestershire, England
Died15 December 1983(1983-12-15) (aged 70)
Hartfield, East Sussex, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1938–1983
Spouse(s)
Olive Dehn
​
(
m. 1937; died 1983)
Children4, including Kika and Petra Markham
RelativesRoger Lloyd-Pack (son-in-law)

Markham was born Peter Basil Harrison in Wick, Worcestershire and died in Hartfield, East Sussex.

In 1937 he married Olive Dehn (1914–2007), a BBC Radio dramatist.[3] They had four daughters: Sonia, an illustrator; Kika (b. 1940), an actress, widow of actor Corin Redgrave; Petra (b. 1944), an actress; and Jehane, a poet and dramatist, widow of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack.[4]

In World War II, he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector, before being allowed to do forestry work.[5]

Markham appeared occasionally in cinema and often on television.[6] He appeared in Carol Reed's film The Stars Look Down (1939) and in François Truffaut's films Two English Girls (1972), in which he plays a fortuneteller with his daughter Kika, and Day for Night (1973).[7] He played the father of Robin Phillips in two films, Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969) and Tales From The Crypt (1972).[2]

Selected filmography
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gollark: Well, various possibilities exist:- add "exist again" after "exit the zzcxz" - this could take you to a new area with more doors or something- somehow add a mysterious button on the wall of one of the halls which switches the door to osmarks.net mode (somehow²)- "go in an anomalous direction" (or somehow "go up"/"go down") in the initial room- in the bee room, one series of choices could allow access to it- the "sandy ground" area after going backward
gollark: Yes, that is what I was wondering.
gollark: Hmm, where would it actually go? I guess I could repurpose one of the doors.
gollark: Other osmarks.net server room™ possibilities: loud VRRRRRRRRR noises (unless it's liquid-cooled); blinky lights; maintenance robots; tunnels running to other places (with network cables).

References
  1. "David Markham - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  2. "David Markham".
  3. Karpf, Anne (31 March 2007). "Obituary: Olive Dehn". The Guardian.
  4. Nicholas Tucker, "Obituary. Olive Dehn: Poet and children's writer", The Independent, 7 April 2007
  5. Jonathan Croall: Don't You Know There's a War On?, 1988
  6. "David Markham". www.aveleyman.com.
  7. "David Markham - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
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