David Alexander McPhail ONZM QSM (11 April 1945 – 14 May 2021) was a New Zealand comedic actor and writer whose television career spanned four decades.

McPhail first won fame on sketch comedy show A Week of It, partly thanks to his impressions of New Zealand prime minister Robert Muldoon.

[4] McPhail joined the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation as a journalist in 1967 and worked on both radio and television news stories.

[6] One of the earliest New Zealand comedy shows, both to satirise politicians and win a wide audience, the series mixed sketches lampooning politics, sport, and television.

In the 2008 New Year Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to television and the theatre.