Biography
Dennis Wilfred Davies, known professionally as Richard Davies (25 January 1926 β 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. He had Alzheimer's disease.
Filmography
all 55
TV Shows 34
Movies 21
Writer 1
![Offspring](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/129714-offspring.jpg)
Offspring (2010)
![Oliver's Travels](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/91645-oliver-s-travels.jpg)
Oliver's Travels (1995)
![The Boot Street Band](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Boot Street Band (1993)
![2Point4 Children](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/22055-2point4-children.jpg)
2Point4 Children (1991)
![Queen Sacrifice](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/687717-queen-sacrifice.jpg)
Queen Sacrifice (1988)
![Whoops Apocalypse](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/70102-whoops-apocalypse.jpg)
Whoops Apocalypse (1982)
![Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/927537-dylan-the-life-and-death-of-a-poet.jpg)
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet (1978)
![Fawlty Towers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/22053-fawlty-towers.jpg)
Fawlty Towers (1975)
![The Sweeney](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/113523-the-sweeney.jpg)
The Sweeney (1975)
![My Name Is Harry Worth](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
My Name Is Harry Worth (1974)
![Under Milk Wood](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/65265-under-milk-wood.jpg)
Under Milk Wood (1972)
![Please Sir!](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/26758-please-sir.jpg)
Please Sir! (1971)
![Oh! What a Lovely War](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/38826-oh-what-a-lovely-war.jpg)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
![Two in Clover](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/108422-two-in-clover.jpg)
Two in Clover (1969)
![Twisted Nerve](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/15695-twisted-nerve.jpg)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
![The Fiction Makers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/32458-the-fiction-makers.jpg)
The Fiction Makers (1968)
![Please Sir!](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/142212-please-sir.jpg)
Please Sir! (1968)
![Half Hour Story](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/508356-half-hour-story.jpg)
Half Hour Story (1967)
![Gideon's Way](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/331787-gideon-s-way.jpg)
Gideon's Way (1965)
![Zulu](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6317-zulu.jpg)
Zulu (1964)
![Doctor Who](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/9072-doctor-who.jpg)
Doctor Who (1963)
![The Saint](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/21713-the-saint.jpg)
The Saint (1962)
![Some People](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/80650-some-people.jpg)
Some People (1962)
![The Long Arm](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/93808-the-long-arm.jpg)
The Long Arm (1956)
![Dixon of Dock Green](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/138538-dixon-of-dock-green.jpg)
Dixon of Dock Green (1955)
![The Night My Number Came Up](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/95305-the-night-my-number-came-up.jpg)
The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
![The Lavender Hill Mob](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/90701-the-lavender-hill-mob.jpg)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
![A Run for Your Money](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/90728-a-run-for-your-money.jpg)
A Run for Your Money (1949)
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GenderMale
Birthday1926-01-25
Deathday2015-10-08 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceDowlais, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Wales, United Kingdom
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