David James (actor, born 1972) third year of working with the students, who presented a remake of a scene from "The Godfather". David James (actor, born 1972) David James (born 28 October 1972) is a South African film, theatre, and television actor known mainly for playing the villainous Koobus Venter in the 2009 Oscar-nominated science fiction film "". He is also known to South African audiences for his 2004-2006 appearance as "Mad Dog" on the long-running soap opera "Isidingo", for his portrayal as Joel Joffe in the large-scale and well-received 2010 and 2011 stage productions of "Rivonia Trial", and for his current role as radio
Sid James in the "Citizen James" (1960–1962) series. Sid James was now consistently taking the lead role in his television work. "Taxi!" (1963–64) was his next series. A comedy-drama rather than a sitcom, it was created by Ted Willis, but although it ran to two series, the programme was not particularly successful. James became a leading member of the "Carry On" films team, originally to replace Ted Ray, who had appeared in "Carry On Teacher" (1959). It had been intended that Ray would become a recurring presence in the "Carry On" series, but he was dropped after just one film because of