David Quilter

As actor

David Quilter is an English actor who has made numerous appearances in British television plays and series since the mid-1960s.

He was born in Northwood, London, and attended Bryanston School, Dorset. "My first inkling that it was possible to be a professional actor was when a boy at school got a scholarship to RADA," remembered Quilter. "I never did any acting at school, which I slightly regret, but seeing him actually go off and train to be an actor, it made me realise that it was what I wanted to do."

Quilter trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in South Kensington and then j…