Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Buck (October 17, 1936—January 27, 1989) was an English actor. His most famous role was in the 1978 animated The Lord of the Rings movie, for which he provided the voice of Gimli. However, he had a memorable role as Royal Air Force Squadron Leader David "Scotty" Scott in the 1969 film Mosquito Squadron opposite David McCallum when his character was shot down during a low-level bombing raid over northern France in 1944 and assumed killed. Buck died o...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Dark Crystal
1982
as Slave Master (voice)
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, be...
Cry Freedom
1981
Balogun's most political film is a confrontation with the African wars of liberation. Based on Carcase for Hounds, Meja Mwangi's novel about the Mau-M...
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
1980
as Richard Hoggart
A docudramatisation of the 1960 obscenity trial in the United Kingdom of Penguin Books for publishing D.H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover.
Chance of a Lifetime
1980
as Major Ian Anderson
Play by Robert Holman, about two brothers at a rural comprehensive in Teeside. The older brother, Gordon, joins the army and is killed by the IRA in N...
Henry V
1979
as Earl of Westmoreland
The life of King Henry the Fifth.
Henry IV Part 2
1979
as Earl of Westmoreland
The death of King Henry the Fourth and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth.
Henry IV Part 1
1979
as Earl of Westmoreland
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed '...
The Lord of the Rings
1978
as Gimli (voice)
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
The Portable Phonograph
1977
as The Musician
An adaptation of the short story of the same title by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, in which four men who have survived a catastrophic war share memories ...
1939
1973
as Wilson
Wilson pays a visit to his friend Werner, in Berlin, in 1939. Elsewhere, a troubled young man seeks psychoanalysis from Sigmund Freud in London, but F...
Taste of Excitement
1969
as Paul Hedley
A man has been killed on the Dover/Boulogne car ferry. What is the connection between him and the attempts being made to kill Jane Kerrell, a young gi...
Mosquito Squadron
1969
as Sqn. Ldr. David Scott (Scotty)
England, World War II. Quint Munroe, RAF officer and new leader of a Mosquito squadron, is tasked with destroying a secret Nazi base in France while t...
Deadfall
1968
as Salinas
Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas.
The Mummy's Shroud
1967
as Paul Preston
Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited in a museum. By disturbing the sarcophagus they un...
The Sandwich Man
1966
as Steven
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
The Fall of the House of Usher
1966
as Richard Beckett
A young man seeks the woman he has fallen in love with at an isolated old house, and comes into conflict with her neurotic brother.
The World of George Orwell: 1984
1965
as Winston Smith
Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
as Harry Banks
English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.
As You Like It
1963
as Oliver
One of the earliest hits for the newly established RSC, Michael Elliott’s sparkling version of Shakespeare's comedy is still remembered with joy by a ...
The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Yasha
Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pa...