Richard Davies

Actor Jan 25 (died age 89) Dowlais, Wales, UK 1949–2010 (61 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Zulu

Private 593 Jones

Film

The Lavender Hill Mob

Police Driver

Film

Twisted Nerve

'Taffy' Evans

Film

Oh! What a Lovely War

Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)

Film

The Night My Number Came Up

Wireless Operator

Film

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

Butcher

Film

Offspring

Jimmy Proudman

Film

The Long Arm

Detective (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (71)

Movies (24)

Rebecca's Daughters

as Lewis

Queen Sacrifice

as Wil Bevan

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

1987

as Burton

6.0

"If Only..."

1980

as Brian's Father

Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet

1978

as Young Thomas

6.0

City of Fear!

1976

as Dennis

Blue Blood

as Jones

The Mutations

as Doctor

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

as Butcher

Under Milk Wood

as Mr Pritchard

Please Sir!

as Mr. Price

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

as Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)

Twisted Nerve

as 'Taffy' Evans

The Fiction Makers

as Reporter

Sky West and Crooked

as Rick

Where the Buffalo Roam

1966

The Midas Plague

1965

as First Rebel

Zulu

as Private 593 Jones

Some People

as Harper

A Fever in the Blood

as Bates

The Long Arm

as Detective (uncredited)

6.9

The Night My Number Came Up

1955

as Wireless Operator

6.9

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

as Police Driver

7.2

A Run for Your Money

1949

as Rugby Fan (uncredited)

6.2

Television (47)

Offspring

as Jimmy Proudman

Dad

Oliver's Travels

as Signwriter

Frank Stubbs Promotes

as Huw

The Boot Street Band

If You See God, Tell Him

as Vet

2Point4 Children

as Gareth

One Foot in the Grave

as Billy

Wyatt's Watchdogs

as Irate Car Owner

The New Statesman

as Steffan Caradoc

The Bill

Big Deal

as Dai Phillips

Me & My Girl

as Mervyn Drover

Bottle Boys

as Stan Evans

The Citadel

Whoops Apocalypse

as Chancellor of the Exchequer

6.9

Yes Minister

1980

8.3

The Government Inspector

1976

as Owen Owen

The Sweeney

as Doctor

Angels

Fawlty Towers

as Mr. White

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

as Clive

Centre Play

as Dennis

Roberts Robots

Van der Valk

as Lloyd

Suspicion

as Simpson

In Loving Memory

as Ivor Davies

Please Sir!

as Mr. Price

The First Lady

The Man in the Iron Mask

1968

as Landlord

Half Hour Story

as Mr. Pritchard

Softly, Softly

The Informer

as 'Greasy' Jenkins

Gideon's Way

as The Postman

The Wednesday Play

as Mr. Black

Doctor Who

as Burton

Festival

as Lord Cut-Glass - Mog Edwards

Crane

as Willie Jones

Moonstrike

as Raymonde

The Saint

as Reporter

Z-Cars

Coronation Street

as Idris Hopkins

No Hiding Place

Behind Closed Doors

as Werner

Armchair Theatre

as Freddie

Dixon of Dock Green

as Haines

Sunday Night Theatre

as Second sentry