Richard Davies

Acting

Народився 25 січня 1926, Dowlais, Wales, UK

Dennis Wilfred Davies, known professionally as Richard Davies (25 January 1926 – 8 October 2015), was a Welsh actor.He was probably best known for his performance as the exasperated schoolmaster Mr. Price in the popular LWT situation comedy Please Sir! He used a broad Welsh accent for much of his work, but had used other accents to play a wide range of characters, in addition to several Welsh stereotypes Davies was born in Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, the son of a railway guard. He played Idris Hopkins in Coronation Street between 1974 and 1975, and appeared in several science-fiction series, among them Robert's Robots, Out of the Unknown, and a well-received performance as Burton in the 1987 Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen. He played Mr. White in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Kipper and the Corpse" and also appeared in Yes Minister, Wyatt's Watchdogs, May to December, Whoops Apocalypse, 2point4 Children and One Foot in the Grave. In 1970, he appeared in an episode of Two in Clover as Victor Spinetti's character's brother when Spinetti was unavailable. His other main role was in the comedy series Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt where he played Clive. Davies had a recurring role as Jim Sloan in Z-Cars between 1962 and 1965, returning to the series playing different characters in 1968 and in its spin-off Softly, Softly. He also appeared in Dixon of Dock Green, The Sweeney and Van der Valk. He impersonated Clive Jenkins in a spoof edition of Question Time in a sketch on Not the Nine O'Clock News. He appeared in the Please Sir! spin-off series The Fenn Street Gang. In 1951, he made an uncredited appearance in the Ealing Studios comedy The Lavender Hill Mob. He had appeared in films such as Zulu (1964), the film adaptation of Please Sir! (1971), and Under Milk Wood (1972). In 1988, he played the schoolteacher in Queen Sacrifice. He died on 8 October 2015 at the age of 89, survived by his wife and two children, and a son from his first marriage after a battle against Alzheimer's disease.

Фільмографія

• Offspring — Jimmy Proudman
• Dad
• Oliver's Travels — Signwriter
• Frank Stubbs Promotes — Huw
• If You See God, Tell Him — Vet
• The Boot Street Band — Dai Cramp
• 1992Rebecca's Daughters — Lewis
• 2Point4 Children — Gareth, Jack
• One Foot in the Grave — Billy
• 1988Queen Sacrifice — Wil Bevan
• Wyatt's Watchdogs — Irate Car Owner
• 1987Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen — Burton
• Big Deal — Dai Phillips
• Bottle Boys — Stan Evans
• Me & My Girl — Mervyn Drover
• The Bill
• The Citadel
• Whoops Apocalypse — Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Taff Acre — Max Johnson
• 1980"If Only..." — Brian's Father
• Time of My Life — Police Sergeant
• Yes Minister
• 1978Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet — Young Thomas
• 1976City of Fear! — Dennis
• The Government Inspector — Owen Owen
• Angels
• The Sweeney — Doctor
• Готель "Башти Фолті" — Mr. White
• 1974Blue Blood — Jones
• Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! — Clive
• 1974The Mutations — Doctor
• Centre Play — Dennis
• Roberts Robots
• 1973Steptoe & Son Ride Again — Butcher
• New Scotland Yard — Mr Roper
• 1972Under Milk Wood — Mr Pritchard
• Van der Valk — Lloyd
• 1971Please Sir! — Mr. Price
• Suspicion — Simpson
• In Loving Memory — Ivor Davies
• 1969Oh! What a Lovely War — Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
• Please Sir! — Mr. Price
• 1968The Fiction Makers — Reporter
• The First Lady
• The Man in the Iron Mask — Landlord
• 1968Twisted Nerve — 'Taffy' Evans
• Half Hour Story — Mr. Pritchard, Willis
• 1966Sky West and Crooked — Rick
• Softly, Softly
• The Informer — 'Greasy' Jenkins
• 1966Where the Buffalo Roam
• Gideon's Way — The Postman, Forensics Man, The Taxi Driver
• 1965The Midas Plague — First Rebel
• The Wednesday Play — Mr. Black, Harry Jenkins, Registrar
• 1964Zulu — Private 593 Jones
• Crane — Willie Jones
• Festival — Lord Cut-Glass - Mog Edwards
• Moonstrike — Raymonde
• Доктор Хто — Burton
• 1962Some People — Harper
• The Saint — Reporter
• Z-Cars
• 1961A Fever in the Blood — Bates
• Вулиця коронації — Idris Hopkins
• No Hiding Place
• Behind Closed Doors — Werner
• Armchair Theatre — Freddie
• 1956The Long Arm — Detective (uncredited)
• Dixon of Dock Green — Haines, Milkman, Det. Chief Insp. Pearce
• 1955The Night My Number Came Up — Wireless Operator
• 1951The Lavender Hill Mob — Police Driver
• Sunday Night Theatre — Second sentry
• 1949A Run for Your Money — Rugby Fan (uncredited)