David Burke
Acting
Biography
David Burke was a British actor, known for playing Dr. John Watson in two series of Granada Television's 1980s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which starred Jeremy Brett in the title role. He also starred as Josef Stalin in the last two episodes of Reilly, Ace of Spies.
As actor 73
Coronation Street
1960
Midsomer Murders
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Play for Today
1970
The Closer
2005
The Avengers
1961
Crown Court
1972
Spooks
2002
Screen Two
1985
Sherlock Holmes
1984
The Bill
1984
The Wednesday Play
1964
Waking the Dead
2001
No Hiding Place
1959
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Performance
1991
Villains
1972
The Champions
1968
The House of Eliott
1991
Space Precinct
1994
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Centre Play
1973
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
The Woman in Black
2012
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
Redcap
1964
Nanny
1981
Manhunt
1970
Sherlock Holmes
1964
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
The Love School
1975
Twelfth Night
1996
The Young Messiah
2016
Holly
1972
The Guardians
1971
Armchair Thriller
1978
The Tragedy of Richard III
1983
Love and Distrust
2010
Inheritance
1967
King Lear
1998
Random Quest
2006
Comedians
1979
A Game of Murder
1966
Spyship
1983
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
1981
Our John Willie
1980
Harry Price: Ghost Hunter
2015
Spaghetti House
1982
Quiet as a Nun
1978
Three Sisters
2003
Saturday Night Out
1964
Rattle of a Simple Man
1964
Michael Regan
1971
Only the Lonely
2018
Henry VI Part 1
1983
Number 13
2006
The Winter's Tale
1981
A Ghost Story for Christmas
2005
Mesmer
1994
Henry VI Part 2
1983
Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective
1995
The Summer House
2010
Run for the Lifeboat
1988
Fair Tradin' on the Dancin' Ground
1976
There Is Also Tomorrow
1969
Return Fare
1978
The Rivals
2004
A Choice of Evils
1977
A View from a Hill
2005