David Yelland

David Yelland is an English film, stage and television actor.

Life and career After reading English at Cambridge, he began his career as an actor with three years at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre.

He performed in the lead role of the BBC Television serial David Copperfield (1974), and is known for his portrayal of Nicholas Rumpole in the Thames Television series Rumpole of the Bailey, as the father of the main character in the London Weekend Television serial A Little Princess (1986), and for his role as a regular in ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot as Poirot's valet, George. At the end of 2007 he played Ralph Nickleby in a revival of the play The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, alongside his daughter, Hannah.

In 2016, Yelland played the role of Martin Bell in the BBC television film Reg.

Selected filmography