# David Brierly

David Alfred Brierly (January 1935 – 10 June 2008), also known as David Brierley, was an English actor.
Born in Yorkshire, he appeared in various television programmes but is most notable for being the voice of the robot dog K-9 during the 1979–1980 season of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. He succeeded John Leeson, who was K-9's original voice (Leeson subsequently returned to the role the next season). He also appeared as one of Ken Barlow's university lodgers Milo, in a very early episode of Coronation Street, later returning to play "Harold" a carpet layer who put in some carpets for Hilda Ogden, and Jimmy Kemp's father in the acclaimed nuclear war drama Threads. Brierly died of cancer on 10 June 2008.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1963 | Calculated Risk | Ron | |
| 1974 | On the Game | Prince of Wales | |
| 1974 | Escort Girls | James | |
| 1976 | Adventures of a Taxi Driver | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1984 | Threads | Bill Kemp | |
| 2000 | K9 Unleashed | Himself | Direct to video |
| 2001 | Myth Makers: David Brierley | Himself | Direct to video |
| 2017 | Shada | K9 | Direct to video, voice, posthumous release |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1957 | Noddy in Toyland | Jinky | |
| 1958 | Saturday Playhouse | Jimmy | Episode: "My Flesh, My Blood" |
| 1958 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre | | Episode: "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" |
| 1959, 1960, 1961 | ITV Play of the Week | | 5 episodes |
| 1960 | The Voodoo Factor | Smith | Episode: "The Elixir" |
| 1960 | Somerset Maugham Hour | | Episode: "The Alien Corn" |
| 1960 | Emergency Ward 10 | Ted Carr | 2 episodes |
| 1960, 1961 | Armchair Theatre | | 2 episodes |
| 1961 | Harpers West One | George Barton | Episode: #1.7 |
| 1961, 1972, 1983 | Coronation Street | Milo/Arthur Sugden/Harold | 3 episodes |
| 1962 | Z Cars | 2nd Docker | Episode: "Big Catch" |
| 1962 | The Big Pull | Lieutenant Mackie | Episode: #1.6 |
| 1962 | Probation Officer | Brian Walker | Episode: #4.12 |
| 1963 | Moonstrike | James Miller | Episode: "A Safe House" |
| 1964 | The Valiant Varneys | | Episode: "The Incredible Adventures of Sherlock Varney" |
| 1965 | The Flying Swan | Geoff Fenn | Episode: "In Quarantine" |
| 1966 | Walter and Connie Reporting | Bill | 3 episodes |
| 1973 | Arthur of the Britons | Hurn | Episode: "Six Measures of Silver" |
| 1976 | Scene | TV News Crewmember | "Newsworthy: The Girl Who Saw a Tiger" |
| 1979 | Blue Peter | Voice of K9 | |
| 1979–1980 | Doctor Who | Voice of K9 | Serials: The Creature from the Pit, Nightmare of Eden and The Horns of Nimon, plus the unfinished and untransmitted Shada |
| 1980 | Nationwide | Voice of K9 | |
| 1981 | Frankie Howerd Strikes Again | | |
| 1983 | Juliet Bravo | Car Driver | Episode: "Guilt" |
| 1984 | Words and Pictures | Mr. Brierley | Episode: "Slippery Snow" |
| 1985 | One By One | Angry Man | Episode: "It's All Done With Mirrors" |
| 1985 | Cover Her Face | John | Episode: #1.2 |
| 1985 | The Tripods | Judge | Episode: "Help From Friends" |
| 1986 | Howards' Way | Brian | Episode: #2.6 |
| 1988 | Blind Justice | Conrad | Episode: "The One About The Irishman" |
| 1992 | Doctor Who: Shada | Voice of K9/Computer Voice | 6 episodes. Direct to video. |
| 1999 | BBC Choice Backstage | Himself | |