
David McGillivray has contributed to radio, TV, films and theatre, began as a film journalist and bit player. His stints as a contributor to the magazine "Films and Filming" and assistant editor of the British Film Institute's "Monthly Film Bulletin" resulted first in him writing screenplays for director Pete Walker and later writing the book "Doing Rude Things". The films were not commercially successful and McGillivray's scripts attracted mostly hostile reviews. He moved to theatre, co-writing lowbrow farces for his own company. During this period he met Julian Clary, who was starting out as a stand-up comic. McGillivray has continued to this day to write for Clary.

Scala!!!
2024 · as Self

Carry On Girls
1973 · as Man at Beauty Contest (uncredited)

House of Whipcord
1974 · as Caven (uncredited)

The Perfect Scary Movie
2005 · as Self

Satan's Slave
1976 · as Priest

Tales of the Uncanny
2020 · as Self

Abracadaver!
2008 · as Audience Member (uncredited)

Frightmare
1974 · as Doctor (uncredited)

From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
2012 · as Himself

I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
1976 · as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Estrogen Gospel
2024 · as The Beast (voice)

Worst Fears
2016 · as Undertaker (segment 1 "Tincture of Vervain")

The Wicker Man at 50
2023 · as Himself

Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant
2023 · as Self

Children of the Wicker Man
2024 · as Self

Contact
2002 · as Headwaiter

Horror Icon
2016 · as himself

Doing Rude Things
1995 · as Self