David Cosman Nettheim, billed as David Netheim, was an Australian character actor and theatre writer, he acted in radio, theatre and film, but was best known for his roles in numerous television series, both locally and in the United Kingdom.
12 Facts About David Nettheim
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David Nettheim was educated at Sydney Grammar School and joined 2GB as an office boy in 1941.
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David Nettheim took on occasional writing and announcing roles and was involved in production of John Dease's Quiz Kids.
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David Nettheim helped Sir Charles Mackerras prepare classical music programmes for radio.
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David Nettheim adapted Xavier Herbert's Capricornia as a radio serial.
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David Nettheim was involved with the Metropolitan Theatre, Mercury Theatre and Phillip Street Theatre, where he both wrote for and acted in their famous revues.
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David Nettheim worked with Michael Bentine and John Bluthal in the Goon Show-like radio programme Three's a Crowd for radio 2UE, which ran for 34 weekly half-hour episodes.
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David Nettheim next worked in Britain with Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine in the 1957 television comedy skit show Yes, It's the Cathode-Ray Tube Show.
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David Nettheim appeared in stage and television productions, and took on the positions of federal treasurer for Actors Equity.
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David Nettheim was involved in the doomed campaign to save the Regent Theatre in Sydney from demolition and helped manage the Actors' Benevolent Fund.
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David Nettheim died 11 March 2008 in Sydney aged 82.
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David Nettheim never married and was survived by two brothers and two sisters.