David Nunn

Biography

David Nunn was a British actor perhaps best known for playing the Messenger in The Black Adder in 1983.

Nunn attended Clissold Park School in Hackney. His television appearances included Gang Member in Shades of Greene (1975), himself in Fun Food Factory (1976), Mark Valenta in A Place to Hide (1976), Headmaster (1977), Sid in Television Club (1978), Graham's Gang (1977–79), Charlie in Maggie and Her (1979), Tim in Metal Mickey (1981), Brookdale Boy in Grange Hill (1981), Kid in Educating Marmalade (1982), Messenger in The Black Adder (1983), Joe in The Pickwick Papers (1985), Apprentice in Mister Corbett's Ghost (1987), Enormous Orphan in Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) and Starting Out (1989).

When his acting career dried up he began to train as a taxi-driver in London before becoming a van driver in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. After a period as a driving instructor from 2004, Nunn was an ambulance transport driver from 2006/7[5] until his death in 2012 of a heart attack aged 49 at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.

Known For

Grange Hill

Brookdale Boy

Blackadder

Messenger

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

Apprentice

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Enormous Orphan

Big Deal

Stallholder

The Pickwick Papers

Joe

Metal Mickey

Tim

Educating Marmalade

School Kid

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1988	Blackadder's Christmas Carol	Enormous Orphan
1987	Mr. Corbett's Ghost	Apprentice
1987	Mallet!	Hog

Year	TV Show	Role
1985	The Pickwick Papers	Joe
1984	Big Deal	Stallholder
1983	Blackadder	Messenger
1982	Murphy's Mob	Jumbo
1982	Educating Marmalade	School Kid
1982	L For Lester	Lad
1980	Metal Mickey	Tim
1978	Grange Hill	Brookdale Boy
1977	Headmaster	Simon
1977	Graham's Gang	Arthur
1976	Maggie and Her	Charlie