Richard Davies

Richard Davies

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1926-01-25
Deathday: 2015-10-08 (89 years old)

Biography

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.

Filmography

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TV Shows 39

Movies 25

Writer 1

Jimmy Proudman
Offspring

Offspring (2010)

TV
Dai Phillips
Big Deal

Big Deal (1984)

TV
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

Movie
Mr. Pritchard
Robert

Robert (1967)

Movie
The Postman / Forensics Man / The Taxi Driver
Gideon's Way

Gideon's Way (1965)

TV
Registrar / Mr. Black / Harry Jenkins
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play (1964)

TV
Private 593 Jones
Zulu

Zulu (1964)

Movie
3.75
Detective (uncredited)
The Long Arm

The Long Arm (1956)

Movie
Milkman / Haines / Det. Chief Insp. Pearce
Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green (1955)

TV
Rugby Fan (uncredited)
A Run for Your Money

A Run for Your Money (1949)

Movie

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1926-01-25

Deathday
2015-10-08 (89 years old)

Birth Place
Dowlais, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, Wales

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