Jeff David

Jeff David (September 16, 1940 – March 25, 2008) was an American stage, television and voice actor.[1]

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] David began his career in New York, where he performed on stage.[1] While David performed on stage, he starred in the play The Lost Colony, where he played the lead role.[2] The play was shown at the Waterside Theatre in Manteo, North Carolina.[2] According to the Battle Creek Enquirer, it stated that David was the only white person to perform in a stage production at the Negro Ensemble Company.[3] He also performed at the McCarter Theatre and Vivian Beaumont Theater, in which David then left performing there for which he had health problems, turning down given offers from appearing in stage productions.[4] David became a stage director, where he directed for stage productions including the Pittsburgh Playhouse.[4]

David began his television and voice acting career in 1971, where David appeared in his only film credit called Some of My Best Friends Are...,[3] playing the role of "Leo". In his career, his agent gave him a suggestion to voice for television advertisements.[3] He guest-starred in television programs, including, The Six Million Dollar Man, Switch, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Hawaii Five-O and The Rockford Files.[1] David provided additional voices for the animated television series Jana of the Jungle, with also doing the same of the television program Spider-Man.[1] He also voiced the character "Captain Carl Majors" in Godzilla. David voiced the caustic humour robot character "Crichton" for the second season of the science fiction television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.[1]

David died in March 2008 of a heart attack in New York, at the age of 67.[1]