Personal Info
Birth date
1941-09-16 (83 Years)
Day of death
2020-11-16
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Also known as
-David Hemblen
Biography
David Hemblen was an English actor who frequently worked in Canadian film, television and theatre. He was born in London, England, on September 16, 1941. He grew up in Toronto, Ontario, where he pursued a classical education before turning to theatre. He received an M.A. in English and was working towards a Ph.D. in medieval studies when he was spotted during a rehearsal of a university production by Clifford Williams of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Hemblen was offered a season at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre. Hemblen's career in theatre included many productions at the Stratford Festival and four seasons at the renowned Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake. He received a Dora Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Dr. Astrov in Toronto's Tarragon Theatre production of Uncle Vanya. He also received a Genie Award nomination as Best Actor in Family Viewing. Hemblen's television career began in the early 1970s, and he appeared in a number of Canadian television series, including The Beachcombers, Night Heat, and Street Legal. He also had recurring roles in the American series T. and T. and The X-Files. Hemblen's most famous role was as Johnathan Doors in the science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict. He played the role from 1994 to 2002, and his performance was critically acclaimed. He also voiced the character of Magneto in the X-Men animated series from 1992 to 1997. Hemblen died on November 16, 2020, in Toronto, Ontario, at the age of 79. He was survived by his wife, actress Kate Nelligan, and their two daughters.
Filmography
The Twilight Zone
7.748
Overview:
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.X-Men
8.177
Overview:
The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government agencies, whilst at the same time protecting mankind from mutant supremacist Magneto who seeks to destroy the human race in return for the atrocities committed against mutant kind.Goosebumps
7.902
Overview:
Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.Yin Yang Yo!
7.6
Overview:
Two 11-year-old rabbit twins named Yin and Yang train under Master Yo, a grumpy old panda. They learn the sacred art of Woo Foo, a special type of martial arts that involves both might and magic. They must work together to save the world from evil villains and forces that want to destroy, corrupt or take it over. However, through all these adventures, Yin and Yang still portray stereotypical siblings; belligerently antagonistic but still ultimately caring about each other and working together if needed.The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.2
Overview:
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.Tales from the Cryptkeeper
7.8
Overview:
Tales from the Cryptkeeper is an animated series aimed at children made by Nelvana Limited, PeaceArch Entertainment, kaBOOM! Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Animation. It was shown on TVO and ABC, and is still shown near Halloween on Teletoon. It was based on the live-action television show, Tales from the Crypt, which aired concurrently on HBO. Being directed at children, Tales From the Cryptkeeper was significantly milder than the live-action HBO version.Earth: Final Conflict
6.761
Overview:
Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister motives.The Outer Limits
7.7
Overview:
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.Silver Surfer
7.2
Overview:
The adventures of the cosmic wanderer as he seeks his lost home after rebelling from his master.La Femme Nikita
7.443
Overview:
La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The series was first telecast in North America on the USA Network cable channel on January 13, 1997, and ran for five television seasons—until March 2001. The series was also aired in Canada on the over-the-air CTV Television Network. La Femme Nikita was the highest-rated drama on American basic cable during its first two seasons. It was also distributed in some other countries, and it continues to have a strong cult following.The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim
6
Overview:
The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim was a children's television serial consisting of ten 15 minute installments which originally aired in 1975 on Canada's TVOntario and was rerun countless times afterward over the next decade on TVO as well as on other Canadian educational channels and PBS. The title character is a shoeshine boy who travels back 100 years in time by means of a magic trunk and meets Zachariah Gibson, a travelling salesman and showman who peddles elixers and tonics. Episodes are based on the pair's travels between the worlds of the 1875 and 1975. Both characters face challenges in their respective times - Timothy is an orphan who squats in an abandoned warehouse and makes a living shining shoes and doing odd jobs at a neighbourhood diner owned by Wilma. Zachariah Gibson is a travelling salesman who sells medicinal cure-all elixirs of dubious quality out of his wagon. The two form an unlikely bond across time that teaches Zachariah the value of friendship.Forever Knight
6.7
Overview:
Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992 and concluded with the third season finale on May 17, 1996.Counterstrike
7
Overview:
Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20, 1991 on TF1 in France. It also aired in the United States on cable channel USA Network, premiering on July 1, 1990. The series ran for three seasons, airing 66 hour-long episodes in total. Counterstrike has since aired in reruns in Canada on Showcase and TVtropolis.Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
7.5
Overview:
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future is a 1987–88 Canadian-American science fiction/action television series, merging live action with animation based on computer-generated images, that ran for 22 episodes in Canadian and American syndication.Witchblade
6.9
Overview:
Sara "Pez" Pezzini searches for justice which brings her into contact with the Witchblade. An ancient, intelligent, living weapon so powerful it can battle Earth's darkest evil forces. Week in and week out, Pez employs her skills as a police detective to fight crime. Pez finds she must employ the Witchblade to combat a much greater and frighteningly organized conspiracy of evil that threatens the very soul of humanity.Tommy Boy
6.793
Overview:
To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.Exotica
6.6
Overview:
In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.Fly Away Home
6.937
Overview:
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When Winter comes, Amy, and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.Maximum Risk
5.779
Overview:
Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend. Pursued by ruthless Russian mobsters and renegade FBI agents, the duo race against time to solve his brother's murder and expose an international conspiracy.Booty Call
5.2
Overview:
Rushon is sexually pent-up and ready to take thing things to the next level with his girlfriend, Nikki. But when he calls for a date, she asks to make it a double — bringing along her brash friend, Lysterine, whom Rushon sets up with his lewd buddy, Bunz. Things go better than expected. As the evening transitions from the restaurant to the bedroom, the two men go on a madcap search for what will surely make the night complete: condoms.Short Circuit 2
6.2
Overview:
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.Where the Truth Lies
6.2
Overview:
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.Rollerball
3.9
Overview:
In this fast action-packed thriller, Jonathan, Marcus, and Aurora compete in a dangerous, fierce sport called Rollerball. Although, Johnathan and Marcus try to quit, cruel and vindictive promoter Alexi Petrovich encourages them to still participate.The Sweet Hereafter
6.9
Overview:
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.Brainscan
6.2
Overview:
A lonely teenage horror-movie fan discovers a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to custom-tailor the game into the most terrifying experience imaginable. When he emerges from the hypnotic trance he is horrified to find evidence that the brutal murder depicted in the game actually happened -- and he's the killer.M. Butterfly
6.617
Overview:
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.Mesmer
5.972
Overview:
A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."Salem Witch Trials
6.2
Overview:
Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history. For those accused of witchcraft by their neighbors and friends, there was little chance of clearing their names; the mass paranoia that ravaged through the community took the lives of 19 innocent men and women.Acting
2007Come Again in Spring as Death (Voice)
2006Yin Yang Yo! (120 Episodes) as Night Master (voice)
2005Where the Truth Lies as NY Hotel Concierge
2003The Piano Man's Daughter as Dr. Warren
2002Salem Witch Trials as John Proctor
2002Rollerball as Serokin
2001Jane Doe as Phelps
2001Man and Cat as Hunter
2001Witchblade (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000Deliberate Intent as Judge Luttig
2000Redwall: The Movie as Asmodeus (voice)
1999Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story as Judge
1999The Last 100 Days as Unknown
1999Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly as Unknown
1999Sam's Army as Unknown
1998Thunder Point as Sir Francis
1998Silver Surfer (1, 1 Episode) as Husserl (voice), The Supreme Intelligence (voice)
1998The Defenders: Choice of Evils as Unknown
1998Valentine's Day as Jennings
1997Sarabande as Bert
1997Earth: Final Conflict (68 Episodes) as Jonathan Doors
1997The Sweet Hereafter as Abbott Driscoll
1997Booty Call as Unknown
1997Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II as Mr. Ivanov
1997La Femme Nikita (9 Episodes) as George
1996Hollow Point as Oleg Krezinsky
1996Fly Away Home as Dr. Killian
1996Maximum Risk as Dmitri Kirov
1995The Song Spinner as Captain Nizzle
1995Goosebumps (1 Episode) as Major McCall
1995When the Dark Man Calls as Officer Erikson
1995Pocahontas: The Legend as Captain Newport
1995Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull as Macleod
1995Tommy Boy as Archer
1995The Outer Limits (1 Episode) as Commandant
1994Exotica as Inspector
1994Mesmer as Doctor Ingenhousz
1994Brainscan as Dr. Fromberg
1994TekWar: TekLords as Insp. Winterguild
1994TekWar as Insp. Winterguild
1994Replikator as Police Chief Rinehart
1993Model by Day as Captain
1993M. Butterfly as Intelligence Officer #1
1993Tales from the Cryptkeeper (13 Episodes) as The Vaultkeeper (voice)
1993I Love a Man in Uniform as Father
1993Lifeline to Victory as Oldbest
1993Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer as Munro
1993Journey to the Planets as Commander (voice)
1992X-Men (7 Episodes) as Magneto (voice)
1992Forever Knight (1 Episode) as Unknown
1991The Adjuster as Bert, the head censor
1991Captain Power: The Beginning as Lord Dread
1991Firing Squad as Sgt. Mortlake
1990In Defense of a Married Man as Collin Barrie
1990Counterstrike (1 Episode) as Milos Janzan
1990Where the Spirit Lives as Reverend Buckley
1990Speaking Parts as The Producer
1989Straight Line as Detective Hargrove
1989Norman's Awesome Experience as Septimus Fabius
1988Short Circuit 2 as Jones
1987Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (22 Episodes) as Lord Dredd/Dr. Lyman Taggart
1987Family Viewing as Stan
1987Basements as Mr. Hudd (segment "The Room")
1987Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Raid on Volcania - Skill Level 3 as Lord Dread
1987Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Future Force Training - Skill Level 1 as Lord Dread
1987Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Bio Dread Strike Mission - Skill Level 2 as Lord Dread
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Andrew Walker
1985The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim (10 Episodes) as Zachariah Gibson