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Cast & creator
David Ashton
Best known for EastEnders, Doctor Who, Waking the Dead
Movies
18
film credits
Series
18
television credits
Career
31
1963–2026 · acting roles
Credit score
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (36)
Showing 36 of 36 credits
Series
★ 4.3
EastEnders
Writer
1985
Series
★ 7.9
Doctor Who
Kendron
1963
Series
★ 7.2
Waking the Dead
Father Cameron
2001
Series
★ 6.4
Dalziel and Pascoe
Writer
1996
Series
★ 7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
Ewan Ross
1978
Series
★ 7.7
Hamish Macbeth
Major Roddy Maclean
1995
Series
★ 7.3
Monarch of the Glen
Harold Xavier
2000
Series
★ 3.3
Comics
DI MacLaren
1993
Movie
★ 6.4
Tomorrow Never Dies
First Sea Lord
1997
Movie
★ 7.4
The Last King of Scotland
Dr. Garrigan - Senior
2006
Series
★ 6.1
Brass
Dr McDuff
1983Series
★ 6.1
Brass
Inspector Hamish McDuff
1983
Movie
★ 6.7
Eye of the Needle
Oban Radio Operator
1981
Series
★ 10.0
Six Days of Justice
P.C. Thomson
1972
Series
★ 6.0
Thomas & Sarah
Captain Derwent
1979
Series
Life Support
Michael Calder
1999
Series
★ 8.0
House on the Hill
Oliver Maitland
1981
Series
★ 4.2
Vital Signs
Professor McManus
2006
Series
★ 5.0
Judge Dee
Kuan Lai
1969
Movie
★ 6.2
Glenrothan
Dougie
2026Movie
★ 6.2
Glenrothan
Writer
2026
Movie
★ 5.2
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Additional voices (voice)
1992Movie
★ 5.2
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Writer
1992
Movie
★ 6.2
The House of Mirth
Lawyer
2000
Movie
★ 5.5
Alive and Kicking
Paris Mourner
1996
Series
★ 6.7
The Voyage of Charles Darwin
John Clements Wickham
1978
Movie
★ 9.0
The Negotiator
Deputy Chief Constable Bryden
1994
Movie
★ 6.3
Carry On Cowboy
Rider (uncredited)
1965
Movie
★ 5.6
Stiff Upper Lips
Dr. Henry
1998T
Series
The New Road
Aeneas Macmaster
1973
Movie
★ 6.0
The Heart Surgeon
Phil Mycroft
1997
Movie
★ 7.0
God on the Rocks
Script
1992
Movie
★ 7.1
Sharpe's Eagle
Major Lennox
1993
Movie
★ 3.5
Doctor Who: Timelash
Kendron
1985
Movie
★ 10.0
Tis' the Season to be Jolly
Prison Governor
1993T
Movie
The Savage Canvas
Derrick Widdecome
2010