David Fleeshman

David Fleeshman (born 11 July 1952) is a Scottish actor, broadcaster, drama lecturer and theatre director with experience in film, radio, television, theatre and commercials.

Biography Fleeshman was born on 11 July 1952 in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Rosina and William Fleeshman. His family was Jewish. and has also been an associate director of the Oldham Coliseum Theatre.

In 1978 he married actress Sue Jenkins, who played Gloria Todd on Coronation Street, 1985–1988, and Jackie Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap Brookside, 1991–2001. They have three children all currently working in the acting profession: Emily Fleeshman, Richard Fleeshman and Rosie Fleeshman.

Fleeshman has appeared in and directed numerous plays around the UK and abroad, including Arthur Miller's The Price, for which he won best actor in a supporting role at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards in 2005.

As a theatre director, he directed the European premiere of Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues, and the regional premiere of My Night With Reg, which won best production at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards.

Fleeshman's major television roles include Boys from the Blackstuff, Edge of Darkness, Silent Witness, and Trial & Retribution, comedy classics such as Only Fools and Horses and A Bit of a Do, as well as stints in Coronation Street, Brookside, Doctors, Emmerdale, and EastEnders. He has also recorded frequently for BBC Radio.

Filmography includes Pink Floyd – The Wall and Unstoppable.

From 2013 to 2015 he toured extensively with the Royal National Theatre's War Horse, which played to audiences at venues throughout the United Kingdom, Dublin and South Africa. During 2016 Fleeshman portrayed the judge in Channel 4's National Treasure and played the leading role Charlie Resnick in Darkness, Darkness at the Nottingham Playhouse. From 2016 to 2019, he directed the Christmas pantomimes Aladdin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Peter Pan (starring Cannon and Ball and Chico Slimani), performed at Crewe Lyceum Theatre.

In 2018 he was nominated by the Manchester Theatre Awards as best supporting actor for his role as Uncle Vanya.

Credits Radio + Radio credits Year Production Role Notes 1974 Afternoon Theatre: A Deadly Wit – BBC Radio 4 1978 Afternoon Theatre: The Last Stand of Sergeant-Major Featherstone – BBC Radio 4 1979 The Monday Play: Grass Roots – BBC Radio 4 1980 Afternoon Theatre: Feast of all Fools – BBC Radio 4 1981 The Monday Play: The Liberation – BBC Radio 4 1983 Afternoon Theatre: Blinded by the Light – BBC Radio 4 1985 Thirty-Minute Theatre: Top Tips – BBC Radio 4 1988 Saturday-Night Theatre: The Dwelling Place – BBC Radio 4 1990 A Room in Budapest – BBC Radio 4 1993 The Naked Nuns – BBC Radio 4 1994 Hobson's Choice – BBC Radio 4 1996 Thirty Minute Theatre: The Queen of Revenge – BBC Radio 4 1997 The Monday Play: King Matt – BBC Radio 4 2000 Afternoon Play: The Fish – BBC Radio 4 2002 Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat – BBC Radio 4 2004 Afternoon Play: The Kon-Tiki 2 Expedition – BBC Radio 4 2006 The Archers – BBC Radio 4 2007 The Saturday Play: Playing with Fire – BBC Radio 4 2009 Who's Jimmy Dickenson? – BBC

2019 BBC Digital Audio The Silver Sword 2018 BBC Radio 4 The Blood Painting 2017 BBC Radio 4 MetaphorMoses 2017 BBC Radio 4 The Book of Yehudit 2016 BBC Radio 4 Blood Sex and Money by Emile Zola with Glenda Jackson 2015 BBC Radio 4 Brief Lives 2013 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play: Stone 2012 BBC Radio 3 The Wire 2010 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play: Andy Walker – The Man Who Jumped From Space 2009 BBC Radio 7 Who's Jimmy Dickenson? with Sue Jenkins 2007 BBC Radio 4 The Saturday Play: Playing with Fire 2006 BBC Radio 4 The Archers 2004 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play: The Kon-Tiki 2 Expedition 2002 BBC Radio 4 Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat 2000 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play: The Fish 1997 BBC Radio 4 The Monday Play: King Matt 1996 BBC Radio 4 Thirty Minute Theatre: The Queen of Revenge 1994 BBC Radio 4 Hobson's Choice 1993 BBC Radio 4 The Naked Nuns 1990 BBC Radio 4 A Room in Budapest 1988 BBC Radio 4 Saturday-Night Theatre: The Dwelling Place by Catherine Cookson 1985 BBC Radio 4 Thirty-Minute Theatre Top Tips 1983 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Theatre: Blinded by the Light 1981 BBC Radio 4 The Monday Play: The Liberation 1980 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Theatre: Feast of all Fools 1979 BBC Radio 4 The Monday Play: Grass Roots 1978 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Theatre: The Last Stand of Sergeant-Major Featherstone 1974 BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Theatre: A Deadly Wit

David Fleeshman radio credits; BBC Genome

Television + Television credits Year Title Role Notes 1977 The XYY Man Newscaster Episode: "Now We Are Dead" 1977 Crown Court – Guest appearance 1978 Coronation Street Various roles Multiple appearances across decades 1981 Boys from the Blackstuff D.O.E. Assistant Manager 2 episodes 1982 Brookside Police Officer Early recurring role 1984 Emmerdale PC Wilson Guest appearance 1985 Only Fools and Horses Gas Rigger Special: "To Hull and Back" 1985 The Brothers McGregor Various roles Comedy series 1989 Take Me Home Taxi Driver BBC drama series 1992 Sam Saturday Michael Sterne 5 episodes 1993 Cracker Solicitor Episode: "To Be a Somebody" 1997 Trial & Retribution Willis Fletcher, QC 3 episodes (1997–1999) 1999 Heartbeat Dr. Carr Guest role 2000 A Touch of Frost DI Brooks Guest appearance 2001 The Six Wives of Henry VIII Thomas Cromwell Documentary series 2001 The Innocent Gareth Lloyd 2-part drama 2004 Cutting It Dr. Melvin BBC One drama 2004 North & South Landlord Guest appearance 2008 Cold Blood Barry Crime drama 2009 All the Small Things Gilbert "Jabba" Tonks 6 episodes 2013 Shameless Solicitor Channel 4 series 2015 No Offence Judge Police procedural 2018 The Feed Dr. Michaelson Amazon Prime series 2021 Ridley Road Mr. Levy BBC One drama 2021 It’s a Sin Husband Guest appearance 2022 Dodger Doctor Quink Episode: "Revenge"

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Theatre + Theatre credits Year Production Role / Credit Theatre / Venue Notes 1992 Assassins – Manchester Library Theatre 1993 A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Manchester Library Theatre 2004 The Wizard of Oz Director The Lowry, Salford Quays 2005 The Price Actor / Director Manchester Library Theatre With Sue Jenkins 2006 Night of the Stars II – Palace Theatre, Manchester 2007 Death of a Salesman – Octagon Theatre, Bolton 2009 Aladdin Director Darlington Civic Theatre 2010 Glengarry Glen Ross – Manchester Library Theatre 2010 Peter Pan Director The Lowry, Salford Quays 2011 Hard Times – Manchester Library Theatre Adapted from Charles Dickens 2011 Cinderella Baron Hardup Manchester Opera House 2012 Gypsy – Curve (theatre), Leicester Directed by Paul Kerryson 2012 Lighthearted Intercourse – Octagon Theatre, Bolton 2013 Of Mice and Men – Octagon Theatre, Bolton 2013–2015 War Horse – UK & international tour Plymouth, Birmingham, Salford, Edinburgh, Cardiff, South Africa 2013 I Am Janet Director Halle St Peter's, Manchester 2015 JB Shorts 14: Emily Director Joshua Brooks, Manchester RealLife Theatre Company 2016 Chamaco – HOME 2016 Darkn

Film and video 2017 Disobedience 2016 Running on Glass 2013 The Other Child (2013) 2011 KJB: The Book That Changed the World 2009 Capture Anthologies: Fables & Fairytales (Video) 2008 Mother Mine 2004 Unstoppable 2004 Christmas Lights 1988 Nature of the Beast 1982 Pink Floyd – The Wall

Awards Manchester Theatre Awards. Nominated as best supporting actor for the role of Uncle Vanya. Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards. Won best actor in a supporting role in Arthur Miller's The Price

The Actors' Lab Fleeshman is a co-founder director of The Actors' Lab, MediaCityUK, Salford. and a patron of the 24:7 Theatre Festival.