David Dixon

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David Dixon as Ford Prefect in Episode One of the TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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David Dixon as Ford Prefect in Episode One of the TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

David Dixon is an English actor and screenwriter. He was born on October 28, 1947 in Derby, Derbyshire, and brought up there before the family moved to Nottingham in 1959. His most notable role was in the 1981 BBC TV series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy where he starred as Ford Prefect. He would later rejoin the Hitchhiker's Guide by lending his voice to the "Ecological Man" and the "Zirzla Leader" in Fit the Twentieth of the Radio Series.

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  • Original Sin (1996) (TV) - Dr Wardle
  • Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret (1995) (TV)- DI Ransome
  • Cold Warrior (1984) (miniseries) (TV)
  • The Missionary (1982) - Young Man
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) (mini) TV Series - Ford Prefect
  • The Tempest (1980) (TV) - Ariel
  • A Family Affair (1979) (mini) TV Series - Clifford
  • A Horseman Riding By (1978) (mini) TV Series - Keith Horsey
  • Lillie (1978) (mini) TV Series - Prince Leopold
  • The Legend of Robin Hood (1975) (mini) TV Series - Prince John
  • Escort Girls (1974) - Hugh Lloyd
  • A Family at War (1970) TV Series - Robert Ashton

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