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coalville , leicestershire david brett
 david brett
david brett

`` for the former english footballer , see david brett '' .
david brett is an english actor , singer and arranger .
he was one of the original members of the flying pickets , and arranged a number of the group 's songs , including the number one hit `` only you '' .
his work as an actor , mainly on stage , has included `` lark rise to candleford '' at the finborough theatre , london , but he has also participated in a number of tv productions and played dedalus diggle in `` harry potter and the philosopher 's stone '' .
in 1976 brett worked for the mikron theatre company and was one of the writers of the play `` puddle it ! ''
, the story of the people who built the canals 1761 -- 1827 .
he also collaborated in writing some of the music and lyrics for the show , along with antony burton , john saxon , mark steeves and ruth tansey .
in the same year , the mikron theatre company also took the play `` up the cut '' on the national waterways tour , in which he also performed .
in 1980 he appeared in the stage production of `` the hitchhiker 's guide to the galaxy '' at the rainbow theatre as ford prefect ; although not critically acclaimed , this show was well received by hhgttg aficionados .
brett is the first of two actors from the mikron theatre company to appear in a `` harry potter '' film , the other being mark williams who appears as arthur weasley .
