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David Bailie

1937 - 2021

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David Bailie (4 December 1937 – 5 March 2021) was a South African actor known for his performances on stage, television, and film. In the 1960s and 1970s, he worked for both the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he was an associate artist. He played "Dask" in the 1977 Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death and also appeared in Blake's 7. Bailie portrayed "Skewer" in Cutthroat Island (1995), an English Judge in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), and also "The Engineer" in Gladiator (2000). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Bailie is the 4,534th most popular actor (down from 4,319th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 104th in 2019) and the 10th most popular South African Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, David Bailie ranks 4,534 out of 13,578. Before him are Thure Lindhardt, Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Kelsey Chow, Colleen Camp, Anton Lesser, and Meg Tilly. After him are Keith Ferguson, Anna Paquin, Fritz Rasp, Miles Teller, Bitsie Tulloch, and Hans Moser.

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Among people born in 1937, David Bailie ranks 363. Before him are Guido Vildoso, Delia Derbyshire, David Acevedo, Regimantas Adomaitis, John Devitt, and Antonio Betancort. After him are Nélida Piñon, Göran Tunström, Gary Lockwood, Manfred Krug, Pino Puglisi, and Barbro Lindgren. Among people deceased in 2021, David Bailie ranks 391. Before him are Sophie, Leslie Laing, John Polkinghorne, Milan Bandić, Tarcísio Meira, and Vera Nikolić. After him are Juan Masnik, Håkon Brusveen, Helen Murray Free, Jüri Tamm, Justin Lekhanya, and Rildo da Costa Menezes.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, David Bailie ranks 115 out of 454. Before him are Alan Paton (1903), John Kani (1943), Helen Suzman (1917), Tosca Musk (1974), Wilfrid Napier (1941), and Bevil Rudd (1894). After him are Margaret Gardiner (1959), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Gary Player (1935), Stanley Mandelstam (1928), Sharlto Copley (1973), and Phillip V. Tobias (1925).

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Among ACTORS In South Africa

Among actors born in South Africa, David Bailie ranks 10. Before him are Basil Rathbone (1892), Arnold Vosloo (1962), Cyril Cusack (1910), Alice Krige (1954), Janet Suzman (1939), and John Kani (1943). After him are Sharlto Copley (1973), Cecil Kellaway (1890), Glynis Barber (1955), Johnny Flynn (1983), Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981), and Cariba Heine (1988).

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