Film and Television
Played Count Saknussem in the 1959 release of A Journey to the Center of the Earth. From 1966 to 1971, David portrayed various characters on ABC's daytime phenomenon Dark Shadows. His roles on Dark Shadows were Matthew Morgan, Ben Stokes, Professor T. Elliot Stokes, Sandor Rakoski, Count Petofi, Timothy Stokes PT, Mordecai Grimes, and Ben Stokes PT. He also played Reverend Silas Pendrake in Little Big Man (1970), the arsonist in Save the Tiger (1973), the afflicted spymaster Dragon in The Eiger Sanction (1975) with Clint Eastwood, and fight promoter Miles Jurgens in "Rocky" (1976). He played numerous characters on different TV series including The Wild Wild West, The Rockford Files, Columbo, Ellery Queen, Kojak, Petrocelli, Charlie's Angels and Hawaii Five-O. David did several pilot films which included a villainous role in The Amazing Spider-Man (1977).
In 1977, Thayer David played the title role in Nero Wolfe, Paramount Television's made-for-TV movie based on the Rex Stout novel The Doorbell Rang. David portrayed the corpulent detective Nero Wolfe, who took on clients grudgingly and solved mysteries dazzlingly. Intended to be the pilot for a series, the film was shelved by ABC. It eventually aired December 18, 1979, 17 months after David's death.
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