David Chambler (TV Series)

This article is about the TV Series character. You may be looking for his Novel Series counterpart. For other pages with the same name, see: David

David Chambler
Actor	Danny Vinson
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Brown (Graying)
Age	Early to Mid 60s
Occupation	Pre-Apocalypse Army Veteran Former Truck Driver for Gorbelli Foods Company
Family	Lilly Chambler † - Daughter Tara Chambler † - Daughter Meghan Chambler † - Granddaughter (Unnamed) - Ex-Son-In-Law
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
Status	Dead
Only Appearance	"Live Bait" (Flashback)
Fate
Death Episode	"Live Bait" (Alive and Zombified, Flashback)

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When my girls were born, that's when I finally figured out what it was to be a man... you know a real man. You protect them, you keep them safe. You just try to make them stronger until they can look out for themselves. But this here, I... I never counted on this. ―David to Philip Blake regarding fatherhood and cancer.

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David Chambler is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He is the father of Lilly and Tara Chambler and the grandfather of Meghan.

Overview

David is a caring and selfless man who does what he can to protect his family. In the early stages of the outbreak, he had saved his daughters and granddaughter and protected them as long as he could before his lung cancer got the better of him. Even when sick, he still puts his family before himself, always trying to cheer them up. Eventually, he dies from his illness and is put down by Philip Blake.

Pre-Apocalypse

Georgia, United States

Little is known about David's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he has two daughters, Tara and Lilly, and a young granddaughter, Meghan. David once served in a war and worked as a Gorbelli's food truck driver. At some point before the outbreak, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. When he first heard about the outbreak, he was working and managed to pick up Meghan, Lilly, and Tara before barricading them inside an apartment building in a small town.

Post-Apocalypse

Season 4

"Live Bait"

Lilly mentioned to the Governor, at this time known as the pseudonym Brian Heriot, that, when the outbreak first began, David drove his food truck to pick up his daughters and granddaughter from their work and school, and the family was able to survive off the non-perishable foods that were in David's truck at the time.

Following the apocalypse, David lived with his daughters, Tara and Lilly, and his granddaughter, Meghan. He had lung cancer and was not expected to live as long as he had. He died in bed at home. Due to their seclusion and consequent inexperience with walkers, his daughters were not aware that everyone turns regardless of the cause of death, so he turned and attacked Tara. The Governor put him down. After that, they buried his body and left the apartment.

Death

Killed By

• Lung Cancer (Alive)

David dies from his lung cancer.

• Philip Blake (Zombified)

After he reanimates, he tries to attack Tara, but the Governor smashes his head in using one of his oxygen tanks.

Killed Victims

This list shows the victims David has killed:

• Possibly a few zombies

Relationships

For a more in-depth look at David Chambler (TV Series)/Relationships

Allies

• Lilly Chambler † - Daughter
• Tara Chambler † - Daughter
• Meghan Chambler † - Granddaughter
• Miss Wilhelm - Neighbor
• Bill Jenkins † - Neighbor
• Philip Blake †

Appearances

TV Series

Season 4

• "Live Bait" ^(Flashback)

Trivia

• The casting call for this character used the name Don.
  • David was described as "A sometimes grumpy man between the ages of 50 and 70 years old who has a granddaughter."
• He is one of the few people to have died of natural causes.
• It is possible that David served in the military alongside Bill Jenkins, as he refers to him as his "war buddy," and a photo of them can be seen in uniform in Bill's apartment.
• He is the only person the Governor shows remorse for after killing.
• David is one of five known cancer patients in the TV Series, with Michael Coleman, Molly, Lucille Smith, and Ezekiel Sutton being the other four.
• A Gorbelli store is seen in The Walking Dead: Onslaught, which is the company that David worked for.
• David is one of the two most used names in the TV Series, with it being used four times, tied with Michael. This character is the second character introduced to be named David.

International Dubbers

Language	Dubber	Other Characters Voiced
Czech	Zdeněk Maryška	Earl Sutton Daniel Salazar
French	José Luccioni	El Matarife
German	Friedrich Georg Beckhaus	N/A
Hungarian	N/A	N/A
Italian	Ambrogio Colombo	El Matarife Logan
Japanese	Katsumi Chō	N/A
Spanish (Latin America)	Gustavo Bonfigli	Dale Horvath Merle Dixon (3) Eastman Gregory
Spanish (Spain)	Txema Moscoso	Tony Reg Monroe Donnie Ezekiel Sutton