Alan David (actor)
Alan Davies, known professionally as Alan David, is a Welsh actor, best known for his stage and television roles.
Life and career
David was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan.After working in repertory at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, and the Victoria Theatre, Stoke, David was a regular performer with the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1970 and 2003, most notably as Touchstone in As You Like It, various rôles in the 1986 revival of Nicholas Nickleby and Polonius in Hamlet . His regular London appearances include parts at the National Theatre, the Almeida Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre.
He has had many television credits ranging from Coronation Street in 1973 and The Sweeney, Making Out through to Virtual Murder, Honey for Tea and "The Unquiet Dead", an episode of Doctor Who in 2005. He also appeared as Llewellyn, the 'rival' of Boycie, in The Green Green Grass. In 2007 he played Griff in the BBC series Gavin & Stacey.