David John Pinner (6 October 1940 – 22 December 2025) was a British actor and novelist. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has appeared on stage and television in many roles.
As an actor, he was 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.
Pinner died from pancreatic cancer on 22 December 2025, at the age of 85.
