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Richard Davies
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Richard Davies
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1926-01-25,Dowlais, Wales, UK
Gender
Male
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

6.935

The Long Arm
1956-06-01

The Lavender Hill Mob

7.209

The Lavender Hill Mob
1951-06-28

The Night My Number Came Up

6.939

The Night My Number Came Up
1955-03-22

A Fever in the Blood

6.6

A Fever in the Blood
1961-01-28

Sky West and Crooked

5.625

Sky West and Crooked
1966-01-14

6.787

Twisted Nerve
1968-12-20

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

6.758

Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973-05-01

Queen Sacrifice

7

Queen Sacrifice
1988-07-04

Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet

6

Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
1978-11-09

A Run for Your Money

6.184

A Run for Your Money
1949-11-23

The Fiction Makers

7.2

The Fiction Makers
1968-12-08

4.308

Blue Blood
1974-11-01

Where the Buffalo Roam

8

Where the Buffalo Roam
1966-11-02

7.5

Some People
1962-05-31

The Midas Plague

7

The Midas Plague
1965-12-20

Oh! What a Lovely War

6.73

Oh! What a Lovely War
1969-03-10

7.4

Zulu
1964-01-22

0

"If Only..."
1980-03-20

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

6.2

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
1987-11-16

Under Milk Wood

6.1

Under Milk Wood
1972-01-27

4.92

The Mutations
1974-05-22

5.673

Please Sir!
1971-05-01

Rebecca's Daughters

6.5

Rebecca's Daughters
1992-03-05

0

City of Fear!
1976-09-17

8

The Sweeney
1975-01-02

Wyatt's Watchdogs

6

Wyatt's Watchdogs
1988-10-17

7.5

Softly, Softly
1966-01-05

6.75

The Bill
1984-10-16

7.902

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

7.286

Z-Cars
1962-01-02

7

Gideon's Way
1965-03-18

8.286

Fawlty Towers
1975-09-19

One Foot in the Grave

7.7

One Foot in the Grave
1990-01-04

8.3

Yes Minister
1980-02-25

Dixon of Dock Green

6

Dixon of Dock Green
1955-07-09

10

The First Lady
1968-04-07

7

Please Sir!
1968-11-08

The Wednesday Play

5.2

The Wednesday Play
1964-09-30

6.2

Van der Valk
1972-09-13

4.5

Angels
1975-09-01

No Hiding Place

4.75

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

7.75

The Citadel
1983-01-20

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

6.5

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
1974-09-30

Oliver's Travels

6

Oliver's Travels
1995-06-11

5

Roberts Robots
1973-11-12

The Boot Street Band

6.5

The Boot Street Band
1993-11-11

Behind Closed Doors

8

Behind Closed Doors
1958-10-02

6.9

Offspring
2010-08-22

Dixon of Dock Green

6

Dixon of Dock Green
1955-07-09

Dixon of Dock Green

6

Dixon of Dock Green
1955-07-09

2Point4 Children

7.275

2Point4 Children
1991-09-03

2Point4 Children

7.275

2Point4 Children
1991-09-03

Frank Stubbs Promotes

7.5

Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993-07-12

7

Gideon's Way
1965-03-18

7

Gideon's Way
1965-03-18

7.366

The Saint
1962-10-04

7.25

Big Deal
1984-10-14

7

Dad
1997-09-25

In Loving Memory

6.833

In Loving Memory
1969-11-04

The Wednesday Play

5.2

The Wednesday Play
1964-09-30

The Wednesday Play

5.2

The Wednesday Play
1964-09-30

The Wednesday Play

5.2

The Wednesday Play
1964-09-30

Coronation Street

5.4

Coronation Street
1960-12-09

Sunday Night Theatre

3.5

Sunday Night Theatre
1950-01-01

7

Moonstrike
1963-02-21

The Man in the Iron Mask

8

The Man in the Iron Mask
1968-07-28

10

Crane
1963-04-02

8

Festival
1963-10-09

The Government Inspector

0

The Government Inspector
1976-11-02

Whoops Apocalypse

6.9

Whoops Apocalypse
1982-03-14

7.6

Bottle Boys
1984-09-01

0

The Informer
1966-08-03

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

7

Centre Play
1973-07-19

If You See God, Tell Him

7.5

If You See God, Tell Him
1993-11-11

New Scotland Yard

6.3

New Scotland Yard
1972-04-22

Half Hour Story

7.5

Half Hour Story
1967-05-16

Half Hour Story

7.5

Half Hour Story
1967-05-16

5.7

Me & My Girl
1984-08-31

0

Suspicion
1971-11-23