David Pinner

David John Pinner (6 October 1940 – 22 December 2025) was a British actor and novelist. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has appeared on stage and television in many roles.

As an actor, he was known for Emergency Ward 10 (1962), Z Cars (1967), The Growing Pains of PC Penrose (1975), (1985), Henry V (1979), The Prince Regent (1979) and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced.

His 1967 novel Ritual was a major inspiration for Anthony Shaffer's film The Wicker Man (1973).

Novels Ritual (1967) Hutchinson/Arrow With My Body (1969) Weidenfeld & Nicolson/Corgi There'll Always Be An England (1985) Anthony Blond Ritual (2011) Finderskeepers Ritual (2014) ebook Endeavour Press The Wicca Woman (2014) ebook Endeavour Press

Stage plays performed Dickon (1966) Queens's Theatre, Hornchurch Fanghorn (1967) Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Fanghorn (1968) Fortune Theatre, London with Glenda Jackson The Drums of Snow (1969) Stanford Repertory Theatre, California Lightning at a Funeral (1970) Stanford Repertory Theatre Marriages (1972) L.A.M.DA, London Cartoon (1973)Soho Poly, London Hereward the Wake (1974) Key Theatre, Peterborough Richelieu (1976) BBC Lucifer's Fair (1976) Arts Theatre, London Shakebag (1976) Soho Poly, London Talleyrand, Prince of Traitors (1978) BBC An Evening with the G.L.C (1979) Soho Poly, London The Potsdam Quartet (1980) Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith + BBC Screwball (1982) Theatre Royal, Plymouth The Potsdam Quartet (1982) Lion Theatre, New York Revelations (1986) Grinnell, Iowa, USA The Teddy Bears' Picnic (1988)Gateway Theatre, Chester Skin Deep (1989) Gateway Theatre, Chester The Last Englishman (1990) Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond The Sins of the Mother (1996) Grace Theatre, London Lenin in Love (2000) New End Theatre, Hampstead, London All Hallows' Eve (2002) Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts Midsummer (2003) Brehmer Theatre, Hamilton, New York Oh, To Be in England (2011) Finborough Theatre, London The Potsdam Quartet (2013) Jermyn Street Theatre, London Edred, the Vampyre (2019) The Old Red Lion, London

Stage plays published Fanghorn (1966) Penguin Modern Playwrights 2 Dickon (1967) Penguin Plays, New English Dramatists 10 Drums of Snow (1968) Penguin Plays, New English Dramatists 13 Drums of Snow (1972) Plays of the Year, Paul Elek Books Ltd The Potsdam Quartet (1980) Terra Nova Editions The Potsdam Quartet (1982) Samuel French Lenin in Love (2000) Oberon Books Two Plays; The Teddy Bears' Picnic/The Potsdam Quartet (2002) Oberon Modern Playwrights Midsummer/All Hallows' Eve (2002) Oberon Modern Plays Newton's Hooke (2003) Imperial College Press The Stalin Trilogy; Lenin in Love/The Teddy Bears' Picnic/The Potsdam Quartet (2003) Oberon Modern Playwrights Lady Day/Revelations (2003) Oberon Modern Plays Three Power Plays; The Drums of Snow/Richelieu/Prince of Traitors (2006) Oberon Modern Playwrights Oh, To Be in England (2011) Oberon Modern Playwrights The Vampire Trilogy; Fanghorn/Edred, the Vampyre/Lucifer's Fair (2011) Oberon Modern Playwrights The Joy of Misery; four one-act plays; Cartoon/An Evening with the G.L.C/Shakebag/Succubus (2012) Oberon Modern Playwrights