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brighton , england , united kingdom british samuel collings -lrb- son -rrb- 4 june 1940 david collings 2004.jpg david collings
 david collings actor
david collings

david collings -lrb- born 4 june 1940 in brighton , east sussex -rrb- is an english actor .
he has played various roles on television , including the leading dramatic role in fyodor dostoyevsky 's `` crime and punishment '' in 1964 -lrb- with associated-rediffusion television -rrb- .
collings has played historical characters such as percy grainger in ken russell 's `` song of summer '' -lrb- 1968 -rrb- , john ruskin in `` the love school '' -lrb- 1975 -rrb- , a bbc series about the pre-raphaelites , and sir anthony babington in `` elizabeth r '' .
in 1975 he portrayed william wilberforce in the `` the fight against slavery '' , and starred as william pitt in `` prince regent '' in 1979 .
he appeared three in the long-running british science fiction television series `` doctor who '' including vorus in `` revenge of the cybermen '' , poul in `` the robots of death '' and mawdryn in the serial `` mawdryn undead '' .
he has also played an alternate doctor in one of the audio plays by big finish productions in the `` doctor who unbound '' series , `` full fathom five '' .
collings returned to the role of poul , now named paulus , in the episode `` hidden persuaders '' of the audio drama series `` kaldor city '' ; .
on radio he portrayed legolas in the bbc radio 4 adaptation of `` the lord of the rings '' .
he also appeared as deva in the final episode of `` blake 's 7 '' and as the character of ` silver ' in several of the `` sapphire and steel '' adventures .
he also appeared in the tv series `` danger man '' , `` mystery and imagination '' , `` ufo '' and `` gideon 's way '' in which he played an emotionally disturbed man attacking young women in the episode `` the prowler '' .
collings played the character of bob cratchit in the 1970 film musical adaptation of `` scrooge '' .
he did the voice acting for the japanese television series `` journey to the west '' , released in english-speaking countries as `` monkey '' .
in 2006 , collings was the reader of the critically acclaimed recordings of `` the complete ghost stories of m. r. james '' .
he is also noted for his children 's television appearances including the role of julian oakapple in `` midnight is a place '' -lrb- 1977 -rrb- .
in 1989 he played charn -lrb- the villain -rrb- in `` through the dragon 's eye '' and had a recurring role as the headmaster in `` press gang '' from 1989-1993 .
he played the parts of mortimer the elder and matrevis in the summer 2011 production of edward ii at the royal exchange , manchester , which also featured sam collings .
