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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 25, 1926
Died
October 8, 2015
Place of Birth
Dowlais, Wales, UK
Richard Davies
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
Credits
Offspring
as Jimmy Proudman
2010
7.1
Dad
1997
6.0
Oliver's Travels
as Signwriter
1995
6.0
🎬
The Boot Street Band
1993
5.0
🎬
Frank Stubbs Promotes
as Huw
1993
6.0
Rebecca's Daughters
as Lewis
1992
6.0
2Point4 Children
as Gareth
1991
7.2
2Point4 Children
as Jack
1991
7.2
One Foot in the Grave
as Billy
1990
7.6
Wyatt's Watchdogs
as Irate Car Owner
1988
4.5
Queen Sacrifice
as Wil Bevan
1988
5.0
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
as Burton
1987
6.0
The Bill
1984
6.7
Big Deal
as Dai Phillips
1984
6.7
🎬
Bottle Boys
1984
8.0
The Citadel
1983
7.5
Whoops Apocalypse
1982
7.2
To Serve Them All My Days
as Minister
1980
7.7
"If Only..."
as Brian's Father
1980
0.0
Yes Minister
1980
8.3
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
as Young Thomas
1978
6.0
City of Fear!
as Dennis
1976
0.0
Fawlty Towers
as Mr. White
1975
8.3
Angels
1975
3.7
The Sweeney
as Doctor
1975
7.7
Blue Blood
as Jones
1974
4.1
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
as Clive
1974
6.3
The Mutations
as Doctor
1974
4.9
Roberts Robots
1973
5.0
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
as Butcher
1973
6.7
Van der Valk
as Lloyd
1972
5.8
Under Milk Wood
as Mr Pritchard
1972
6.2
Please Sir!
as Mr. Price
1971
5.6
In Loving Memory
as Ivor Davies
1969
6.8
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
1969
6.7
Twisted Nerve
as 'Taffy' Evans
1968
6.8
The Fiction Makers
as Reporter
1968
7.2
Please Sir!
as Mr. Price
1968
6.7
🎬
The First Lady
1968
0.0
🎬
Where the Buffalo Roam
1966
0.0
🎬
King of the River
1966
0.0
Sky West and Crooked
as Rick
1966
5.4
Softly, Softly
1966
5.0
🎬
The Midas Plague
as First Rebel
1965
0.0
Gideon's Way
as The Postman
1965
6.8
Gideon's Way
as Forensics Man
1965
6.8
Gideon's Way
as The Taxi Driver
1965
6.8
The Wednesday Play
1964
4.5
The Wednesday Play
as Mr. Black
1964
4.5
The Wednesday Play
as Harry Jenkins
1964
4.5
The Wednesday Play
as Registrar
1964
4.5
Zulu
as Private 593 Jones
1964
7.4
Doctor Who
as Burton
1963
7.9
The Saint
as Reporter
1962
7.3
Some People
as Harper
1962
7.0
Z-Cars
1962
7.0
A Fever in the Blood
as Bates
1961
6.5
Coronation Street
as Idris Hopkins
1960
5.3
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
Behind Closed Doors
as Werner
1958
0.0
The Long Arm
as Detective (uncredited)
1956
7.0
Dixon of Dock Green
as Haines
1955
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Milkman
1955
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Det. Chief Insp. Pearce
1955
5.3
The Night My Number Came Up
as Wireless Operator
1955
6.8
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Police Driver
1951
7.2
Sunday Night Theatre
as Second sentry
1950
3.5
A Run for Your Money
as Rugby Fan (uncredited)
1949
6.0