David Holt (voice actor)


David Holt is an English voice actor and writer. He has contributed his voice to a wide variety of children's cartoons.

Career

Voice acting

Holt is noted for his role as Vervain in Watership Down as well as the voices for the male animals in Percy the Park Keeper, Oakie Doke and other voices in Oakie Doke, Cowboy, Policeman, farm animals, and Robin Hood in A Town Called Panic, Dad in Angry Kid and Pinky in The Pinky and Perky Show. He has also done other voice work in animation, promos, documentaries, films, television, multi-media, computer games, children's toys, exhibition guides, announcements and audio books. He also has voiced commercials for L'Oreal Kids, Guess Who? and Burger King.
He had provided the voice to the UK version of Face from Nick Jr. from 1995 until September 2005, and Moose A. Moose from 2006 to 2010 for Noggin on TMF/VIVA and 2010 to 2013 for Nick Jr.
He played the voice of Jack Frost in the film Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island.

Writing

In his writing career, he has been writing for various radio or television productions like In the Name of the Wee Man, Cold Call, Tales From The Tower, Proof of the Pudding, Medium Rare and Beyond the Gravy.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994Shakespeare: The Animated TalesHymen, SilviusEpisode: "As You Like It"
1995Oakie DokeOakie Doke, Male voicesAll Episodes
1996Testament: The Bible in AnimationCaptainEpisode: "Creation and the Flood"
1996The Adventures of the Garden FairiesAll voices
1996–1999Percy the Park KeeperMale animals
1997Brambly HedgeTeasel Toadflax, Additional voicesEpisode: "Spring Story"
1997Soul MusicMr. Clete, Additional voices
1997Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway TreeAngry Pixie, Additional voices
1998Wyrd SistersAdditional voices
1998-2002Angry KidDad, Lil’ Sis, Speccy
1999Little MonstersFathers, Additional male characters
1999Lavender CastleCaptain Thrice, Sproggle, Additional voices
1999-2000Pablo the Little Red FoxPabloMain role
1999–2001Watership DownVervain, Bluesky, Boxwood, Darkling
2000A Town Called PanicCowboy, Policeman, Farm animals, Robin Hood, Additional voices
2000SheeepHubert, Gotcha, Spike, Captain Bleat, P.C. Butt, Duncan Shears
2000The Magic KeyFloppy
2000Fetch the VetGeorge Moffat, Violet Blush, Lionel Froggatt
2001The Wheels on the BusBeep and male characters
2002–2004Engie BenjyFarmer Fred, Fisherman Finn-
2003The Day Britain StoppedDominic Steel Mockumentary
2005Muffin the MuleMuffin, Willie, MorrisAll episodes
2006Rudi and TrudiRudiEnglish version
2006PullingBingo CallerEpisode #1.1
2006The LikeaballsLaughaball
2006–2007The Magic RoundaboutDougal, BrianMain role
2008–2009The Pinky and Perky ShowPinky, Additional voicesMain role
2010The Jungle BookShere Khan
2010–presentAlphablocksVarious male characters
2011Quiff and BootGene
The Hundred
TV movie
2015Bob the BuilderAlfred, Tread, Young Bob2015 reboot
2016Tree Fu TomZigzoo, Chezz, and MuruSeason 5
2017–presentNumberblocksSeven, Nine, Fourteen, Seventeen, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Six, Thirty-One, Thirty-Five, Thirty-Six, Seventy, Ninety, Nine Hundred, Seven Thousand and Ninety Thousand
2019Yes We CanSam McBratney book - Narrator
2019–2020YooHoo to the RescueLemmeeUK dub
2020The Hundred Decker BusMike Smith book - Narrator