Richard Davies
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.
Fotos
Filmes (24)
As Filhas de Rebecca
1992 · Lewis
Queen Sacrifice
1988 · Wil Bevan
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
1987 · Burton
"If Only..."
1980 · Brian's Father
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
1978 · Young Thomas
City of Fear!
1976 · Dennis
Blue Blood
1974 · Jones
The Mutations
1974 · Doctor
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973 · Butcher
Under Milk Wood
1972 · Mr Pritchard
Please Sir!
1971 · Mr. Price
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 · Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Twisted Nerve
1968 · 'Taffy' Evans
The Fiction Makers
1968 · Reporter
Where the Buffalo Roam
1966
Sky West and Crooked
1966 · Rick
The Midas Plague
1965 · First Rebel
Zulu
1964 · Private 593 Jones
Some People
1962 · Harper
A Fever in the Blood
1961 · Bates
The Long Arm
1956 · Detective (uncredited)
The Night My Number Came Up
1955 · Wireless Operator
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · Police Driver
A Run for Your Money
1949 · Rugby Fan (uncredited)
Séries (49)
Offspring
2010 · Jimmy Proudman
Dad
1997
Oliver's Travels
1995 · Signwriter
The Boot Street Band
1993 · Dai Cramp
If You See God, Tell Him
1993 · Vet
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993 · Huw
2Point4 Children
1991 · Gareth, Jack
One Foot in the Grave
1990 · Billy
Wyatt's Watchdogs
1988 · Irate Car Owner
The Bill
1984
Big Deal
1984 · Dai Phillips
Bottle Boys
1984 · Stan Evans
Me & My Girl
1984 · Mervyn Drover
The Citadel
1983
Whoops Apocalypse
1982 · Chancellor of the Exchequer
Taff Acre
1981 · Max Johnson
Time of My Life
1980 · Police Sergeant
Yes Minister
1980
The Government Inspector
1976 · Owen Owen
Fawlty Towers
1975 · Mr. White
Angels
1975
The Sweeney
1975 · Doctor
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
1974 · Clive
Roberts Robots
1973
Centre Play
1973 · Dennis
Van der Valk
1972 · Lloyd
New Scotland Yard
1972 · Mr Roper
Suspicion
1971 · Simpson
In Loving Memory
1969 · Ivor Davies
Please Sir!
1968 · Mr. Price
The Man in the Iron Mask
1968 · Landlord
The First Lady
1968
Half Hour Story
1967 · Mr. Pritchard, Willis
The Informer
1966 · 'Greasy' Jenkins
Softly, Softly
1966
Gideon's Way
1965 · The Postman, Forensics Man, The Taxi Driver
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Mr. Black, Harry Jenkins, Registrar
Doctor Who
1963 · Burton
Festival
1963 · Lord Cut-Glass - Mog Edwards
Crane
1963 · Willie Jones
Moonstrike
1963 · Raymonde
The Saint
1962 · Reporter
Z-Cars
1962
Coronation Street
1960 · Idris Hopkins
No Hiding Place
1959
Behind Closed Doors
1958 · Werner
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Freddie
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · Haines, Milkman, Det. Chief Insp. Pearce
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Second sentry