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David Buck

David Buck

David Buck (October 17, 1936—January 27, 1989) was an English actor. His most famous role was in the 1978 animated The Lord of the Rings movie, for which he provided the voice of Gimli. However, he had a memorable role as Royal Air Force Squadron Leader David "Scotty" Scott in the 1969 film Mosquito Squadron opposite David McCallum when his character was shot down during a low-level bombing raid over northern France in 1944 and assumed killed.

Buck died of cancer in 1989. At the time of his death, he was married to the actress Madeline Smith of Up Pompeii and James Bond fame.

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Movies Starring David Buck (21)

The Dark Crystal (1982)

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil. ...

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The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and th ...

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Cry Freedom (1981)

Balogun's most political film is a confrontation with the African wars of liberation. Based on Carcase for Hounds, Meja Mwangi's novel about the Mau-Mau uprising, it is set in an unnamed country and thus offers the vision of a pan-African struggle for free ...

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Chance of a Lifetime (1980)

Play by Robert Holman, about two brothers at a rural comprehensive in Teeside. The older brother, Gordon, joins the army and is killed by the IRA in Northern Ireland. The younger blames his father for letting Gordon join the army. ...

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Henry V (1979)

Insulted by the Dauphin, the newly-crowned King Henry V gathers his troops for war. But Henry must convince his men that he has left his wild days behind, and prove himself as a leader. ...

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Henry IV Part 2 (1979)

The death of King Henry the Fourth and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth. ...

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Henry IV Part 1 (1979)

Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking ...

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The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices. But it won't be an easy journey for the ...

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The Portable Phonograph (1977)

An adaptation of the short story of the same title by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, in which four men who have survived a catastrophic war share memories of their past lives and a civilization which no longer exists. Here, a vintage recording of Debussy's Noct ...

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Taste of Excitement (1969)

A man has been killed on the Dover/Boulogne car ferry. What is the connection between him and the attempts being made to kill Jane Kerrell, a young girl in her early twenties? As she speeds through the French countryside to the South of France, several att ...

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Mosquito Squadron (1969)

England, World War II. Quint Munroe, RAF officer and new leader of a Mosquito squadron, is tasked with destroying a secret Nazi base in France while trying to overcome the disappearance of a brother-in-arms. ...

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Deadfall (1968)

Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas. ...

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The Mummy's Shroud (1967)

Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited in a museum. By disturbing the sarcophagus they unleash the forces of darkness. The Mummy has returned to discharge a violent retribution on the defilers as ...

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The Sandwich Man (1966)

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters. ...

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The Open Door (1966)

Colonel Mortimer returns to his family after a long spell in India to find his young son in bed ill, and tormented by a wailing voice... but is it in the boy's imagination or not? ...

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The Fall of the House of Usher (1966)

A young man seeks the woman he has fallen in love with at an isolated old house, and comes into conflict with her neurotic brother. ...

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The World of George Orwell: 1984 (1965)

Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series. ...

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Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)

English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen. ...

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As You Like It (1963)

One of the earliest hits for the newly established RSC, Michael Elliott's sparkling version of Shakespeare's comedy is still remembered with joy by a generation of theatre-goers. The design was dominated by a huge oak tree, but the production is most memo ...

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The Cherry Orchard (1962)

Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and ...

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Bachelor of Hearts (1958)

A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge. ...

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