David John Pinner (born 6 October 1940) is a British actor and novelist. He was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He has appeared on stage and television in many roles.
As an actor, he is known for Emergency Ward 10 (1962), Z Cars (1967), The Growing Pains of PC Penrose (1975), (1985), Henry V (1979), The Prince Regent (1979) and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced.
His 1967 novel Ritual was a major inspiration for Anthony Shaffer's film The Wicker Man (1973). In 2014 he published The Wicca Woman, a sequel to Ritual.
Novels
Ritual (1967) Hutchinson/Arrow
With My Body (1969) Weidenfeld & Nicolson/Corgi
There'll Always Be An England (1985) Anthony Blond
Ritual (2011) Finderskeepers
Ritual (2014) ebook Endeavour Press
The Wicca Woman (2014) ebook Endeavour Press
Stage Plays Performed
Dickon (1966)Queens's Theatre, Hornchuch
Fanghorn (1967) Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Fanghorn (1968) Fortune Theatre, London with Glenda Jackson
The Drums of Snow (1969) Stanford Repertory Theatre, California
Lightning At A Funeral (1970) Stanford Repertory Theatre
Marriages (1972) L.A.M.DA, London
Cartoon (1973)Soho Poly, London
Hereward the Wake (1974) Key Theatre, Peterborough
Richelieu (1976) BBC
Lucifer's Fair (1976) Arts Theatre, London
Shakebag (1976) Soho Poly, London
Talleyrand, Prince of Traitors (1978) BBC
An Evening With The G.L.C (1979) Soho Poly, London
The Potsdam Quartet (1980) Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith + BBC
Screwball (1982) Theatre Royal, Plymouth
The Potsdam Quartet (1982) Lion Theatre, New York
Revelations (1986) Grinnell, Iowa, USA
The Teddy Bears' Picnic (1988)Gateway Theatre, Chester
Skin Deep (1989) Gateway Theatre, Chester
The Last Englishman (1990) Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
The Sins of the Mother (1996) Grace Theatre, London
Lenin in Love (2000) New End Theatre, Hampstead, London
All Hallows' Eve (2002) Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
Midsummer (2003) Brehmer Theatre, Hamilton, New York
Oh, To Be In England (2011) Finborough Theatre, London
The Potsdam Quartet (2013) Jermyn Street Theatre, London
Edred, the Vampyre (2019) The Old Red Lion, London
Stage Plays Published
Fanghorn (1966) Penguin Modern Playwrights 2
Dickon (1967) Penguin Plays, New English Dramatists 10
Drums of Snow (1968) Penguin Plays, New English Dramatists 13
Drums of Snow (1972) Plays of the Year, Paul Elek Books Ltd
The Potsdam Quartet (1980) Terra Nova Editions
The Potsdam Quartet (1982) Samuel French
Lenin In Love (2000) Oberon Books
Two Plays; The Teddy Bears' Picnic/The Potsdam Quartet (2002) Oberon Modern Playwrights Midsummer/All Hallows' Eve (2002) Oberon Modern Plays Newton's Hooke (2003) Imperial College Press The Stalin Trilogy; Lenin In Love/The Teddy Bears' Picnic/The Potsdam Quartet (2003) Oberon Modern Playwrights Lady Day/Revelations (2003) Oberon Modern Plays Three Power Plays; The Drums of Snow/Richelieu/Prince of Traitors (2006) Oberon Modern Playwrights Oh, To Be In England (2011) Oberon Modern Playwrights The Vampire Trilogy; Fanghorn/Edred, the Vampyre/Lucifer's Fair (2011) Oberon Modern Playwrights The Joy of Misery; four one-act plays; Cartoon/An Evening With The G.L.C/Shakebag/Succubus (2012) Oberon Modern Playwrights