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