David Nunn
Acting
1962-08-04 · Hackney, London, England, UK
David Nunn was a British actor perhaps best known for playing the Messenger in The Black Adder in 1983. Nunn attended Clissold Park School in Hackney. His television appearances included Gang Member in Shades of Greene (1975), himself in Fun Food Factory (1976), Mark Valenta in A Place to Hide (1976), Headmaster (1977), Sid in Television Club (1978), Graham's Gang (1977–79), Charlie in Maggie and Her (1979), Tim in Metal Mickey (1981), Brookdale Boy in Grange Hill (1981), Kid in Educating Marmalade (1982), Messenger in The Black Adder (1983), Joe in The Pickwick Papers (1985), Apprentice in Mister Corbett's Ghost (1987), Enormous Orphan in Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) and Starting Out (1989). When his acting career dried up he began to train as a taxi-driver in London before becoming a van driver in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. After a period as a driving instructor from 2004, Nunn was an ambulance transport driver from 2006/7[5] until his death in 2012 of a heart attack aged 49 at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.
Filmography(15)
movieBlackadder's Christmas Carol
as Enormous Orphan · 1988 · 7.5
movieMr. Corbett's Ghost
as Apprentice · 1987 · 6.3
movieMallet!
as Hog · 1987 · 0.0
movieLove Me Gangster
as Fatso (uncredited) · 1987 · 0.0
tvThe Pickwick Papers
as Joe · 1985 · 7.3
tvBig Deal
as Stallholder · 1984 · 7.3
tvBlackadder
as Messenger · 1983 · 8.0
tvEducating Marmalade
as School Kid · 1982 · 7.5
tvL For Lester
as Lad · 1982 · 7.5
tvMurphy's Mob
as Jumbo · 1982 · 7.0
tvMetal Mickey
as Tim · 1980 · 5.2
tvGrange Hill
as Brookdale Boy · 1978 · 6.7
tvGraham's Gang
as Arthur · 1977 · 10.0
tvHeadmaster
as Simon · 1977 · 9.0
tvMaggie and Her
as Charlie · 1976 · 7.5