David Graham (actor)

David Graham (born 11th July 1925 in London as "David Michael Graham") appeared in Coronation Street in February 1971 as Newton & Ridley employee Mr Brown.

He trained as an actor in New York after service in the Royal Air Force as a radar mechanic. As an actor, he is best known for his voice work over the years, primarily as the original voice of the Daleks in Doctor Who (alongside Peter Hawkins) and as Gordon Tracy, Brains and Parker in Thunderbirds, a role he returned to in the 2015 remake. In addition to the latter, he voiced many other Gerry Anderson puppet series such as Four Feather Falls, Supercar, Fireball XL5 and Stingray. His voice credits also encompassed other series such as Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom and Peppa Pig.

He also appeared "in vision" in many other series, such as two further Doctor Who stories and also Armchair Theatre, No Hiding Place, The Avengers, The Protectors, The Man in Room 17, Till Death Us Do Part, Mr Rose, Timeslip, Owen, M.D., When the Boat Comes In, Howard's Way, So Haunt Me, The Bill and Casualty.

His favourite work was on stage at the National Theatre in Laurence Olivier’s company appearing with him in Saturday Sunday Monday and two plays with Leonard Rossiter.

His radio work include Whack-O!, The Divine Sun, Saturday-Night Theatre and The Men from the Ministry.