DavidTelford
- Actor
Immortalised as the big Texan tourist who wanders into a nest of Dunedin hipsters in classic The Clean video ‘Beatnik’, the screen career of character actor David Telford spanned three decades. Along the way the Cantabrian starred as the genial pub proprietor in comedy series Rabbiters Rest, and brought his dramatic and comedic skills to McPhail and Gadsby and classic Otago goldmining tale Illustrious Energy. Telford passed away on 7 September 2010.
Screenography
Cleopatra 2525
2001 As: Sluggo Series
2000 - 2005 As: Chairman Series
The Legend of William Tell
1998 As: Zadrim Television
Coal Face
1997 As: Actor Television
1995 As: Prime Minister Television
“... he's a rabbi, and he's a guru, and he's a beatnik!”
— The Clean, on David Telford's big Texan coffee bar interloper in Beatnik