# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-collings
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:10:52.723Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-collings"
name: "David Collings"
slug: "david-collings"
description: "David Collings was an English actor. In an extensive career he appeared in many roles on stage, television, film and radio, as well as various audio books, voiceovers, concert readings and other work. He garnered a following through his numerous appearances in cult sci-fi series such as Doctor Who, Sapphire & Steel and Blake's 7, as well as dubbing the titular character in the series Monkey and Legolas in the classic BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings."
tagline: "British actor (1940-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Collings_2004.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1940-06-04"
deathDate: "2020-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.13
  momentum:             1.800887761572606
  historical:           8.200329333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172059/"
    handle:    "nm0172059"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/441866"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%B2"
    title: "ديفيد كولينغز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B2"
    title: "ديفيد كولينجز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B2"
    title: "دیوید کالینقز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Collings"
    title: "David Collings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "دیوید کالینگز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Collings"
    title: "David Collings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Collings"
    title: "David Collings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1b87fecb-18a8-4aef-b8a3-262d94eb29a6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017697"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227492"
    title: "David Collings"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump