David Nunn

Born: 1962-08-04

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.


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Blackadder's Christmas Carol

as Enormous Orphan
Released: 1988-12-23

After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous...

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Mr. Corbett's Ghost

as Apprentice
Released: 1987-12-31

Mr Corbett is a cruel employer to Ben Partridge. One night on New Years Eve Ben is sent out to...

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Grange Hill

as Brookdale Boy
First aired: 1978-02-08

Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill...

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Blackadder

as Messenger
First aired: 1983-06-15

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders...

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Big Deal

as Stallholder
First aired: 1984-10-14

The ups and downs of small time London gambler Robby Box, and the effect that his poker...

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Educating Marmalade

as School Kid
First aired: 1982-10-25

Marmalade Atkins is the naughtiest girl in the world. In fact, she's so wicked that her parents...

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The Pickwick Papers

as Joe
First aired: 1985-01-06

Mr Pickwick, Tupman, Winkle, Snodgrass and Sam Weller begin their travels through the England of...

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Maggie and Her

as Charlie
First aired: 1976-08-13

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Graham's Gang

as Arthur
First aired: 1977-11-21

Graham's Gang is a British children's comedy first broadcast by the BBC in 1977 and 1979. The...

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Metal Mickey

as Tim
First aired: 1980-09-06

Scientific whizkid Ken Wilberforce thought a robot would be a help around the house, so he built...

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Murphy's Mob

as Jumbo
First aired: 1982-03-01

Mac Murphy takes charge as manager of a struggling fictional Third Division football club,...

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Headmaster

as Simon
First aired: 1977-02-07

Drama series about the efforts of a traditional British school headmaster to adapt to the...

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L For Lester

as Lad
First aired: 1982-10-08

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