Background
He was born in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California.
He was born in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California.
David graduated from Terra Linda High School, San Rafael, California, in June 1966. He attended the College of Marin before transferring to Carnegie Mellon University.
He was also a Past Master Councilor of the Mill Valley Chapter, Order of DeMolay International Haskell is best remembered for his dual performance in the 1970s in the New York City, New York, Office-Broadway musical-theatre production Godspell and its subsequent film adaptation Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew (1973) appearing as both John the Baptist and Judas Iscariot. He also appeared as Claudio in the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival off-Broadway theatre production (1976), at the Delacorte Theater, of the play Measure for Measure (circa 1603 or 1604) by William Shakespeare.
He played recurring character Nick Hartley on the soap opera Santa Barbara from 1985-1986, the love interest of the character Kelly played by Robin Wright-Pennsylvania
He can also be seen as the doctor who saves the life of the dog at the end of the 1989 movie K-9. Haskell also made various guest appearances on several television series from the 1970s to the 1990s.
He died of brain cancer, aged 52, in Woodland Hills, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. He was surrounded by family and friends, including original cast members from Godspell.