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Neville Smith

Neville Smith

Known for: Acting

Born 01/01/1940
Place of birth Liverpool, England, UK

Born in Liverpool in 1940, Neville Smith, a one time collaborator of director Ken Loach, is one of a number of working-class actors and writers to have transformed the subject-matter and tone of television drama in the 1960s and 1970s. He was responsible for two of Loach's finest television films - 'The Golden Vision' (The Wednesday Play, BBC, tx. 17/4/1968) and After a Lifetime (ITV, tx. 18/7/1971) - but also developed a partnership with the director Stephen Frears, for whom he wrote the cult British detective film, Gumshoe (UK/US, 1971).

Filmography

Doctor Who Series ★ 7,9

Doctor Who

D'Argenson

1963

The Wednesday Play Series ★ 5,2

The Wednesday Play

Johnny Johnson

1964

The Wednesday Play Series ★ 5,2

The Wednesday Play

Vince Coyne

1964

The Wednesday Play Series ★ 5,2

The Wednesday Play

Izzy

1964

BBC Play of the Month Series ★ 5,3

BBC Play of the Month

Paul McConnon

1965

Series ★ 4,7

Film '72

Self - Host

1971

The Comic Strip Presents... Series ★ 7,4

The Comic Strip Presents...

Manager

1982

Series

Second City Firsts

Chance

1973

Red Letter Day Series ★ 6,0

Red Letter Day

Tony

1976

Billy Liar Film ★ 6,8

Billy Liar

Youth (uncredited)

1963

Prick Up Your Ears Film ★ 6,7

Prick Up Your Ears

Police Inspector

1987

Wish You Were Here Film ★ 6,5

Wish You Were Here

Cinema Manager

1987

Gumshoe Film ★ 6,2

Gumshoe

Arthur

1971

Bad News Film ★ 8,7

Bad News

Manager

1983

The Big Flame Film ★ 6,7

The Big Flame

Strike Committee

1969

Afternoon Off Film

Afternoon Off

Cyril

1979

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf Film ★ 10,0

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Hopkins

1978

Coast to Coast Film ★ 7,0

Coast to Coast

Wedding Guest

1987

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror Film ★ 6,3

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

D'Argenson

1964

There Is Also Tomorrow Film ★ 7,0

There Is Also Tomorrow

Izzy

1969

Long Distance Information Film ★ 10,0

Long Distance Information

Christian Harvey

1979

Long Shot Film ★ 9,0

Long Shot

Neville

1978

The Lump Film

The Lump

Eddie

1967

Completely Bad News Film

Completely Bad News

Manager

2019

Sling Your Hook Film ★ 8,0

Sling Your Hook

Spider

1969

In Two Minds Film ★ 7,3

In Two Minds

Man at Pub

1967

The Rank and File Film ★ 6,7

The Rank and File

Jerry

1971

The End of Arthur's Marriage Film ★ 5,6

The End of Arthur's Marriage

He

1965

The Golden Vision Film ★ 6,3

The Golden Vision

Vincent Coyne

1968

Film

Wear a Very Big Hat

Johnny Johnson

1965

Match of the Day Film

Match of the Day

Chance

1974

Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition Film ★ 3,0

Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition

Liverpool Delegate

1970

Bag of Yeast Film

Bag of Yeast

Tony Scannell

1976