David Kernan

David Kernan (born 23 June 1938) is an English actor and singer, best known as an interpreter of the songs of Stephen Sondheim. He has appeared in stage musicals and was a soloist in British TV variety shows of the 1960s and 1970s including That Was the Week That Was (1962–3).

Career

Kernan was born in London. He played the role of Count Malcolm in the original London production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music. In 1977 he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his appearance in the original Broadway cast of Side by Side by Sondheim.[1][2] He also made two appearances on BBC TV's long running Edwardian Old Time Music Hall variety show, The Good Old Days, in the 1970s and 80s.

In 1986 he conceived and directed the Broadway production of Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood, a musical revue. He also collaborated with Dick Vosburgh and Robin Ray on a production of Noel/Cole Let's do it, celebrating the work of Noël Coward and Cole Porter. Originally a one-off production at the Barbican in aid of the Terence Higgins Trust, it later opened the 1994 season of the Performing Arts Foundation of Memphis Tennessee and ran for a season at Chichester Festival Theatre before touring.[3]

In the 1970s television period drama Upstairs, Downstairs, he played the role of Captain Charles Hammond, the young lover of Lady Marjorie Bellamy, in the episode "Magic Casements".

Kernan also had small roles in several films, including Gaolbreak (1962), Mix Me a Person (1962), Farewell Performance (1963), Zulu (1964), Otley (1968), Up the Chastity Belt (1971) and Carry On Abroad (1972).[4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1962GaolbreakLen Rogerson
1962Mix Me a PersonSocko
1963Farewell PerformanceRay Baron
1964ZuluPrivate Frederick Hitch
1968OtleyGround steward
1969Der Porno-Graf von SchwedenFreddie Horne
1971Up the Chastity BeltTroubadour
1972Carry On AbroadNicholas
1973The Day of the JackalPer LundquistUncredited
1974The Education of Sonny CarsonJudge

References
  1. "qsulis.demon.co.uk". Qsulis.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. Denny Martin Flinn, Little Musicals for Little Theatres (Limelight Editions, 2006), p. 271. Accessed 14 Nov 2014
  3. "Cole Porter / Let's Do It". Sondheimguide.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. "David Kernan filmography". Fandango.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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