Talk:David Walliams/Archive 1

Is he Eurasian?
Something about his eyes, which look oriental - hiss father shares this trait, so I wondered if he had maybe one Chinese grandparent. DavidFarmbrough 22:06, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd just like to poin out how hilarious that would be considering he called Chinaman 'ching-chong Chinaman', God is just one may say.

I agree, he looks Eurasian
DavidFarmbrough, completely I agree with you.

To me, I think David Walliams is undoubtedly part Asian. Having an oriental grandparent or even great-grandparent would be a possibility. I doubt one of his immediate parents are full-blooded Asians, but he does take after his father, as DavidFarmbrough said.

Unfortunately, this is unofficial. I have no proof that he is, only judging by looks alone.

Honestly people, I urge anyone who is cynical to watch an episode of Little Britain or one of his other TV shows, and you'll see.

Plz take a look at him while he's on this cooking show:

Cooking Show on Youtube

"Walliams"
He changed his name for Equity purposes. Why? What were the issues involved? What does the sentence even mean?
 * It means when he first tried to register with Equity, the actors' union, there was already a David Williams. Equity doesn't allow two members with the same name, so it is customary to change your name if a member already has yours. So David Walliams changed his name. David Jason did the same thing, as have a lot of actors. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 21:47, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Height
Surely Walliams is 6 feet 5 or 6 feet 6 tall, when he stands next to a door he is almost as tall as it, the average door is 6 feet and 6 inches tall, can we confirm this and add him to the Famous Tall Men page.


 * Walliams is 6 feet 2 inches tall so he doesn't really qualify to be included in the Famous Tall Men list. He also mentioned in Little Britain's Big Swim that in his youth, he was slightly overweight. Can we put his height and his left-handedness fact (currently stated under Biography which is inappropriate) under Trivia? The article about him seems unorganised and we should get a photo of him as himself, not as Sebastian Love or Lou Todd from Little Britain. I'll write to the David Walliams' fan website to see if we can get their help in editing this wiki article.60.50.60.191 13:54, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Spaced appearance
He appeared as Vulva in Spaced in 2000. I have changed the article as it suggested he appeared in 2003. Series one of Spaced was 2000, series two was 2001. Also I don't recall him saying he was an impressionist artist - he mocked Brian for still doing abstract expressionism but his own work was a surreal performance art. 62.164.245.231 09:21, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Incredible Games
I distinctly remember the voice of the "Incredible Games" lift to be that of Gary Parker, American-accented presenter of Professor Bubble, to which my brother was hooked as a youngster, and never that of David Walliams. I could be wrong, though. Bobo192 22:35, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

David Walliams did the first series. Gary Parker took over for series 2 when a few subtle changes were made to the show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.56.107.68 (talk) 22:08, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Change the image?
Perhaps an image with only him in it, to make it more clear?

Change picture again?
I know finding a good picture can be difficult but does anyone have a better one than the one that is currently in the infobox? Perhaps one with him facing more towards the camera? yettie0711 (talk) 17:51, 13 July 2008 (UTC) 😑

Image
I'm pretty certain that this photo is not one of David Walliams. Guille (talk) 18:39, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Certainly not a great photo but he was in attendance at the premiere of Prince Caspian. I agree the photo could be better. -- Horkana (talk) 02:08, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation of name
Living as I do in a remote European outpost, I have never heard his name pronounced; as it was indeed invented by him, the article should say: like Wall or Wallace? Rothorpe (talk) 19:38, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Wailiams? Wahliams? Wagliams without the g? Rothorpe (talk) 02:02, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Walrus? Walton? Rothorpe (talk) 23:28, 21 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, we get the point. Rothorpe (talk) 23:29, 21 December 2009 (UTC)


 * - "Wagliams without the g". Lfh (talk) 16:07, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Indeed? Thanks! Rothorpe (talk) 17:35, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Edward or Christopher?
I found different middle names for Walliams. Is there a source wo can reference to the real one. In the english wikipedia Edward is written, in the german, it's Christopher. --62.180.118.126 (talk) 11:13, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!!
Drmies and Nettrom thanks for your replies!! Hope you'll see this!! I can't find out how to talk or add sources properly. Thanks for both your help!!! The first version I did about the cycle was true though :-) He said it in interviews with The Times and Heat, but they don't have links online :-( ... He also wrote and starred in a series called Asylum :-) XX —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dandy12 (talk • contribs) 17:26, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Link to official website
I tried to correct the link to his official website david-walliams but could not since the correct link is on a "blacklist" ? The current link points to david.walliams which leads somewhere else... — Preceding unsigned comment added by PaulGermany (talk • contribs) 13:26, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Font inconsisteny
some serif fonts are used — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.149.9.197 (talk) 03:54, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

See Above?
What is the see above referring to in the Matt and David subsection ″They were also stars of the Paramount Comedy Channel show Mash and Peas, and it was in this guise that they appeared in the Fat Les video (see above)″ --The_Man_Stephentalk 19:23, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

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Infobox
Note, there may be some attention on this article over the next day - please be alert! I've fixed the error mentioned in the tweet but there could be reversions or further vandalism https://twitter.com/domknight/status/966577216875151360 -- Chuq (talk) 08:36, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Just noticed an appearance from August 2000
Just noticed an appearance from Walliams from August 2000. A video game called 'Deep Fighter' for Dreamcast and Windows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Fighter

You can find clips of him in the video sequences in between gameplay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weopI3n5bMo

I've never made an entry on wikipedia so I thought I'd pop it over here. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.98.53.150 (talk) 01:03, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 May 2018
and he is on britains got tallen 86.149.195.232 (talk) 09:08, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Assuming you mean Britain's Got Talent; yes, he is. It's noted prominently throughout the article. If you have an edit request, please format it as "Please change X to Y". Thanks, Nici  Vampire  Heart  12:59, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Please add this tag to the main page
Thanks, 205.189.94.17 (talk) 18:09, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Here it is again:

205.189.94.17 (talk) 17:12, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

National Television Awards
It has just been announced that David has decided to quit as host of the National Television Awards. So, on his television credits, the "2020-" next to "National Television Awards" should be changed to "2020". 79.70.192.197 (talk) 23:52, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2020
In "television" section third para. Britains got talent "Alexa Dixon" (Should be Alesha Dixon

Typo error, correct later on 86.157.166.146 (talk) 11:57, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done! GoingBatty (talk) 13:15, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2020
Is his name Williams or Walliams? Please correct Sportymike (talk) 11:15, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * His name is Walliams. Girth Summit  (blether)  11:16, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Broken link
When I went to the page Demon Dentist, it keeps redirecting me to the page David Walliams. Please create a new page for the page Demon Dentist. 111.88.15.184 (talk) 10:56, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

So many missing pages!
Oh my goodness! So many pages were left out! Please add, The Midnight Gang, Bad Dad, The Ice Monster, Fing, Slime, The World's Worst Children, The World's Worst Children 2, The World's Worst Children 3, The World's Worst Teachers, Inside Little Britain, Camp David, Ratburger (film), Grandpa's Great Escape (film), and Billionaire Boy (musical). 111.88.15.184 (talk) 11:06, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Book Sales - As per link below from David's publishers, book sales now exceed 37 million globally, please do amend from 25 million. thanks!
https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/corporate/press-releases/david-walliams-invites-you-to-journey-to-the-isle-of-mulch-in-slime-harpercollins-childrens-books-presents-the-gooiest-adventure-yet-from-the-uks-biggest-selling-author/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:5050:4300:CC5B:B2A3:1563:C73A (talk) 09:34, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅! GoingBatty (talk) 01:13, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Template change
Please add Slime (2020) to David Walliams as writer. 111.88.15.184 (talk) 11:02, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

David is a very good author and his previous books are grandpas great escape awful auntie and more — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C6:E895:FC01:C86E:2B21:B74B:34AA (talk) 18:47, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 December 2020
Add "Code Name Bananas (2020)" to Novels. 2A02:C7F:567C:C200:E88F:66A3:6AD1:9162 (talk) 21:44, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done --Paul &#10092;talk&#10093; 09:24, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Paul. It also needs to be added in a table earlier in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.251.179.129 (talk) 16:36, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Stage name
Walliams is just a stage name, not his legal name - or am I wrong? GiantSnowman 12:33, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

This explanation was added, but it doesn't make sense: "He changed his stage name to David Walliams when he joined the actors' union Equity, as there was already a member named David Walliams" Jnmwiki (talk) 18:32, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

(Thanks for the clean-up editing clarifying that he was born "Williams", but there was already an actor by the name "David Williams") Jnmwiki (talk) 21:39, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Equity is a trade union for creative workers such as comedians, and in order to be a member you can't share a name with any existing member, leading a lot of members to have changed their names. Bluegadget04 (talk) 15:26, 4 October 2021 (UTC)