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David Simeon

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Four friends in a premature midlife crisis struggle to reassess their position on love, the developing world, parenthood, Italian coffee, dirty dishes, sex, real- estate, job interviews, multi-cultural London and gardening.
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Almost (2004)
David Simeon was born on 17 May 1943 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for A Fish Called Wanda (1988), An Independent Man (1995) and Coronation Street (1960). He was previously married to Elizabeth Counsell.
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    • Known for

    John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
    A Fish Called Wanda
    7.5
    • Clerk of Court (Old Bailey)
    • 1988
    George Cole in An Independent Man (1995)
    An Independent Man
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Mayor Norton
    • Mayor Alex Norton
    Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)
    Coronation Street
    5.6
    TV Series
    • Bobby Simpson
    • Dr. Gareth Bird
    Hunters Walk (1973)
    Hunters Walk
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Det. Con. Mickey Finn

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    Actor

    • Rebecca Ritz in Magdalena: Released from Shame (2007)
      Magdalena: Released from Shame
      6.9
      • Medium Man 3 (voice)
      • 2007
    • Doctors (2000)
      Doctors
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Gerald Taft
      • 2005
    • EastEnders (1985)
      EastEnders
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Dougie Collins
      • 2005
    • Eat Yourself Slim
      Short
      • Herbert
      • 2005
    • Down to Earth (2000)
      Down to Earth
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Defra Official
      • 2005
    • Almost (2004)
      Almost
      7.5
      Short
      • Rick
      • 2004
    • Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, and Mark Wingett in The Bill (1984)
      The Bill
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Jack Gaunt
      • D.I. Graveson
      • 1993–2004
    • Casualty (1986)
      Casualty
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Bob Bates
      • Prison Officer Nichols
      • 1986–2004
    • Keeley Hawes and Rachael Stirling in Tipping the Velvet (2002)
      Tipping the Velvet
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Middle-Aged Gent
      • 2002
    • Sam Loggin in Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married (1999)
      Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Ken Kennedy
      • 1999–2000
    • Amanda Burton, Emilia Fox, Sam Barnard, David Caves, and Genesis Lynea in Silent Witness (1996)
      Silent Witness
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Priestley
      • 2000
    • Berkeley Square (1998)
      Berkeley Square
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Magistrate
      • 1998
    • Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)
      Coronation Street
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Bobby Simpson
      • Dr. Gareth Bird
      • 1981–1998
    • Michelle Holmes, Dervla Kirwan, and Nicholas Lyndhurst in Goodnight Sweetheart (1993)
      Goodnight Sweetheart
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Nightclub Owner
      • 1998
    • Roger Roger (1998)
      Roger Roger
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Coroner's officer
      • 1998

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    Almost
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    Almost

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    • Born
      • May 17, 1943
      • Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Elizabeth Counsell1978 - 1997 (divorced, 1 child)
    • Other works
      He played Father Christmas in a Focus on the Family Radio Theatre presentation of C.S. Lewis's "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe".

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