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After graduating from the Yale School of Drama in 1967, where he performed in the new works written by Lillian Hellman. He went on to work in many West End theatre productions and collaborated with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Waldhorn began appearing on TV in TheSeventies, going on to make small appearances in ''Series/TheBill'', ''Series/BridesheadRevisited'', ''Series/{{Gallowglass}}'', ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'', ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', ''Series/{{Minder}}'', ''Series/TheNewAvengers'', ''Series/TheProfessionals'', ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'', ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', ''Softly, Softly'', ''Series/Space1999'', and ''Series/TheSweeney''.

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After graduating from the Yale School of Drama in 1967, where he performed in the new works written by Lillian Hellman. He went on to work in many West End theatre productions and collaborated with the Royal Shakespeare Company.Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany.

Waldhorn began appearing on TV in TheSeventies, The70s, going on to make small appearances in ''Series/TheBill'', ''Series/BridesheadRevisited'', ''Series/{{Gallowglass}}'', ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'', ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', ''Series/{{Minder}}'', ''Series/TheNewAvengers'', ''Series/TheProfessionals'', ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'', ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', ''Softly, Softly'', ''Series/Space1999'', and ''Series/TheSweeney''.
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* ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', 20 episodes (1994-2004) -- Councillor David Horton

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* ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', 20 episodes (1994-2004) (1994-2007) -- Councillor David Horton
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Gary Peter Waldhorn, (3 July 1943 -- 10 January 2022), was a British actor best known for playing David Horton in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''.

After graduating from the Yale School of Drama in 1967, where he performed in the new works written by Lillian Hellman. He went on to work in many West End theatre productions and collaborated with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Waldhorn began appearing on TV in TheSeventies, going on to make small appearances in ''Series/TheBill'', ''Series/BridesheadRevisited'', ''Series/{{Gallowglass}}'', ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'', ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', ''Series/{{Minder}}'', ''Series/TheNewAvengers'', ''Series/TheProfessionals'', ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'', ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', ''Softly, Softly'', ''Series/Space1999'', and ''Series/TheSweeney''.

He also played Lionel Bainbridge in ''Brush Strokes'' for the first three series. When Waldhorn left the series, [[ActorLeavesCharacterDies Lionel was killed off]]. In 1994, he was cast in the role he was best known for - the snobbish [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold David Horton]] in ''The Vicar of Dibley'' - and appeared in every episode.

He died at the age of 78.

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!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
[[AC:Films]]
* ''Film/{{Zeppelin}}'' (1971) -- Harlich
* ''Film/EscapeToVictory'' (1981) -- Mueller
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* ''[[Series/DoctorInTheHouse Doctor on the Go]]'', episode "It's Just the Job" (1975) -- Mike Sherman
* ''[[Series/WhodunnitUK Whodunnit?]]'', episode "Final Drive" (1975) -- Sergeant Channing
* ''Series/TheSweeney'', episode "Hit and Run" (1975) -- Alan Fowler
* ''Series/Space1999'', episode "The Infernal Machine" (1976) -- Winters
* ''Series/TheNewAvengers'', episode "The Tale of the Big Why" (1976) -- Roach
* ''Series/EnemyAtTheDoor'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Steel Hand from the Sea", "Post Mortem"[[/labelnote]] (1978-80) -- Teddy Lupus
* ''Series/TheProfessionals'', episode "Everest Was Also Conquered" (1978) -- Turner
* ''Series/ReturnOfTheSaint'', episode "The Poppy Chain" (1978) -- Rickman
* ''Series/HammerHouseOfHorror'', episode "Carpathian Eagle" (1980) -- Bacharach
* ''Series/BridesheadRevisited'', episode "Et in Arcadia Ego" (1981) -- Major Wilson
* ''Series/{{Minder}}'', episode "The Son Also Rises" (1982) -- Alex Rowan
* ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'', episode "The King's Fool" (1984) -- Hubert Walter
* ''Series/ScreenTwo'', 2 episodes:
** "Shergar" (1986) -- Deferre
** "After Pilkington" (1987) -- Boris
* ''{{Series/ScreenPlay|BBC}}'', episode "Chinese Whispers" (1989) -- Dr. Buckman
* ''Series/TheChief'', 4 episodes (1991) -- Councillor Alec Radcliffe
* ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'', episode "Rumpole and the Quacks" (1991) -- Dr. Cogger
* ''Series/{{Gallowglass}}'', 3 episodes (1993) -- Ralph Apsoland
* ''Series/{{Lovejoy}}'', 3 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Three Men and a Brittle Lady", "Swings and Roundabouts", "Breaking the Broker"[[/labelnote]] (1993-94) -- Detective Sergeant Bob Pulver
* ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', 20 episodes (1994-2004) -- Councillor David Horton
* ''Series/FrenchAndSaunders'', 2 episodes:
** "The Quick and the Dead" (1996) -- Gary
** "The Making of Titanic" (1998) -- Bruce Ismay
* ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'', episode "A Long Shot" (1996) -- Joss Harrop
* ''Series/TheBill'', episode "Hard Cash" (1998) -- Kenny Roberts
* ''Series/{{Longitude}}'', 2 episodes (2000) -- Commodore Forrest
* ''Series/HotelBabylon'', 1 episode (2008) -- Donald Stern
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