David McAlister

David McAlister (2 April 1951 – 25 June 2015) was an English actor on television, in musicals, on stage and in film, known for his voice-over work.

David McAlister
McAlister in 2013
Born
David Shaun McAlister

(1951-04-02)2 April 1951
Worthing, Sussex, England
Died25 June 2015(2015-06-25) (aged 64)
OccupationActor
Years active1964–2015

Personal life

McAlister was born on 2 April 1951 in Worthing, Sussex and died on 25 June 2015 of cancer. He was married with two children (a girl and a boy) living with his family in Surrey.

Career

McAlister was best known for his portrayal of Daddy Warbucks in the stage production of the American musical Annie. It was in 2006 that he first got the part of Daddy Warbucks in Annie The Musical. He returned to the part in 2009 for its UK Tour, and then again between 2010–2011, and in 2012 went with it to Hong Kong and Singapore. He died in 2015.[1]

Theatres and Musicals

McAlister also starred as Horace Vandergelder in the 2008 stage revival of Hello, Dolly!![2] For 5 years he played Dennis Richardson in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks (British Soap Nomination as Best Villain). He was active in various areas of the entertainment industry such as Opera at Covent Garden (Pazzariello in Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Pagliacci), TV comedy (Harry Enfield & Chums), Radio Drama (The Archers) and classic TV (Brideshead Revisited).

In musical theatre he was the original Harry in the National tour of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, whilst in London’s West End The Sound of Music (Palace Theatre) as 12-year-old Freidrich Von Trapp, Ernest Simpson in Always (Victoria Palace), A Month in the Country (Cambridge), Oh Kay! (Westminster), and Christian Brent in Peg (Phoenix) He also played Kurt Weill in Ken Russell’s Weill & Lenya and Noël Coward in Sheridan Morley’s Noel & Gertie. He spent a year as the lead in the West End production of The Mousetrap (St Martins), and starred in the Ivor Novello role in Kings Rhapsody (National tour) and created the role of Alan in the European premiere of the Maltby/Shire musical Baby. In 2005 he was flown to Doha to entertain The Emir Of Qatar as Leading Player in Aspire (a circus-style musical entertainment). He created the role of Sinclair Platt in Dreams from a Summerhouse (written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn) in Scarborough.

Television

Has appeared on television for over 50 years in shows such as:

Films
  • Lighthouse Hill
  • Decline and Fall
  • Fatherland
  • The Last Englishman
  • Brookdale
  • Doomsday Gun
  • A Princess in Love
  • The Music Lovers
  • Waiting for a Killer
  • Walking Shadows
  • Princess Daisy

References
  1. Obituary: The Stage
  2. Hello, Dolly! (31 January 2008). "Black Country - Entertainment - Hello, Dolly!". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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