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Biography
David Kenneth Cook was a British author, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for the screen adaptation of his 1978 novel Walter, and was the first presenter of the UK TV programme Rainbow. He was born in Preston, Lancashire. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, from 1959 to 1961. His first role was in the 1962 film adaptation of A Kind of Loving. Thereafter, he worked on both stage and television. He began to write novels and also for television in the early 1970s.
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Awards & recognition
- Hawthornden Prize · 1978
- E. M. Forster Award · 1977
Filmography6 titles

All Creatures Great & Small
1978as Mr. Hopps
1978as Mr. Hopps

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1995Creator, Writer
1995Creator, Writer

A Kind of Loving
1962as Draughtsman (uncredited)
1962as Draughtsman (uncredited)

Second Best
1994Novel, Screenplay
1994Novel, Screenplay

The Agatha Christie Hour
1982as Captain Mountjoy
1982as Captain Mountjoy

Brief Encounter
1976as Schoolmaster
1976as Schoolmaster