Background
Healy was born in New New York
Healy was born in New New York
His television credits include voices for the Supermarionation series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90 and The Secret Service, as well as parts in unidentified flying object, The Troubleshooters, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Strange Report, Dickens of London, Space Police (a television pilot), Space Precinct and Dallas. He also starred as Doctor Watson opposite Ian Richardson"s Sherlock Holmes in the 1983 television film of The Sign of Four. His big screen credits include The Double Manitoba (1967), Only When I Larf (1968), Assignment K (1968), Isadora (1968), Patton (1970), Lust for a Vampire (1971), Madame Sin (1972), Embassy (1972), Endless Night (1972), Twilight"s Last Gleaming (1977), Winterspelt (1979), Supergirl (1984), and Haunted Honeymoon (1986).
He also gave uncredited performances in the James Bond films You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971).
His performance of "Nicely Nicely Johnson" was praised as "show-stopping" as he sang "Sit Down You"re Rockin" the Boat". He performed a mid-show encore each night.
In 1986 he played the character of Buddy Plumber in a London run of the Stephen Sondheim musical Follies. Healy died following a heart operation on October 25, 1995 in London, England.
David married Peggy Walsh and had two sons, William and Tim.