Acting
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.
Filmography
Offspring
Series · 2010
Dad
Series · 1997
Oliver's Travels
Series · 1995
The Boot Street Band
Series · 1993
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Series · 1993
If You See God, Tell Him
Series · 1993
Rebecca's Daughters
Film · 1992
2Point4 Children
Series · 1991
2Point4 Children
Series · 1991
One Foot in the Grave
Series · 1990
Queen Sacrifice
Film · 1988
Wyatt's Watchdogs
Series · 1988
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
Film · 1987
The Bill
Series · 1984
Big Deal
Series · 1984
Bottle Boys
Series · 1984
Me & My Girl
Series · 1984
The Citadel
Series · 1983
Whoops Apocalypse
Series · 1982
Taff Acre
Series · 1981
"If Only..."
Film · 1980
Yes Minister
Series · 1980
Time of My Life
Series · 1980
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
Film · 1978
City of Fear!
Film · 1976
The Government Inspector
Series · 1976
The Sweeney
Series · 1975
Fawlty Towers
Series · 1975
Angels
Series · 1975
Blue Blood
Film · 1974
The Mutations
Film · 1974
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Series · 1974
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Film · 1973
Roberts Robots
Series · 1973
Centre Play
Series · 1973
Under Milk Wood
Film · 1972
Van der Valk
Series · 1972
New Scotland Yard
Series · 1972
Please Sir!
Film · 1971
Suspicion
Series · 1971
Oh! What a Lovely War
Film · 1969
In Loving Memory
Series · 1969
Twisted Nerve
Film · 1968
The Fiction Makers
Film · 1968
The First Lady
Series · 1968
Please Sir!
Series · 1968
The Man in the Iron Mask
Series · 1968
Half Hour Story
Series · 1967
Half Hour Story
Series · 1967
Sky West and Crooked
Film · 1966
Where the Buffalo Roam
Film · 1966
Softly, Softly
Series · 1966
The Informer
Series · 1966
The Midas Plague
Film · 1965
Gideon's Way
Series · 1965
Gideon's Way
Series · 1965
Gideon's Way
Series · 1965
Zulu
Film · 1964
The Wednesday Play
Series · 1964
The Wednesday Play
Series · 1964
The Wednesday Play
Series · 1964
The Wednesday Play
Series · 1964
Doctor Who
Series · 1963
Moonstrike
Series · 1963
Crane
Series · 1963
Festival
Series · 1963
Some People
Film · 1962
Z-Cars
Series · 1962
The Saint
Series · 1962
A Fever in the Blood
Film · 1961
Coronation Street
Series · 1960
No Hiding Place
Series · 1959
Behind Closed Doors
Series · 1958
The Long Arm
Film · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
The Night My Number Came Up
Film · 1955
Dixon of Dock Green
Series · 1955
Dixon of Dock Green
Series · 1955
Dixon of Dock Green
Series · 1955
The Lavender Hill Mob
Film · 1951
Sunday Night Theatre
Series · 1950
A Run for Your Money
Film · 1949