Background
He was born in the Nightingale Maternity Home, Derby, near his father"s shop in London Road and brought up there before the family moved to Normanton in 1959.
He was born in the Nightingale Maternity Home, Derby, near his father"s shop in London Road and brought up there before the family moved to Normanton in 1959.
Dixon"s most notable role was in the 1981 British Broadcasting Corporation television series The Hitchhiker"s Guide to the Galaxy in which he starred as Ford Prefect. He also received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Ariel in the 1980 British Broadcasting Corporation version of "The Tempest". He would later rejoin the Hitchhiker"s Guide by lending his voice to the "Ecological Manitoba" and the "Zirzla Leader" in Fit the Twentieth of the Radio Series, while Geoffrey McGivern, who had originally played the character on radio, returned to the role of Ford.
Despite a relatively sparse television and Film career, David Dixon has over the years acquired a loyal fan following online who call themselves "Dixonites".