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David Muir Langton (born Basil Muir Langton-Dodds; 16 April 1912 – 25 April 1994) was a British actor who is best remembered for playing Richard Bellamy in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.
David Langton. Actor: The Avengers. His father, a wine importer loved the theatre and encouraged his acting ambitions and got him his first job at 16 touring with a Shakespearean company painting scenery and doing walk on parts.
Apr 30, 1994 · The actor David Langton, who is best remembered for his role as Lord Bellamy in the acclaimed British television series "Upstairs, Downstairs," died at Stratford-on-Avon on Monday. He was 82.
David Langton. Actor: The Avengers. His father, a wine importer loved the theatre and encouraged his acting ambitions and got him his first job at 16 touring with a Shakespearean company painting scenery and doing walk on parts.
With Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley. The lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.
As the ambitious politician Richard Bellamy, the master of the house in Upstairs, Downstairs, the actor David Langton achieved his ambition of reaching an American television audience.
David Langton played Richard Bellamy, master of 165 Eaton Place, from the first episode to the last. Langton (real name Basil Muir Langton-Dodds) had been working in theatre since he was 16, but his role as Richard, which made him a household face, came later, when he was aged 58.
