Richard Davies

Richard Davies

Acting 1926-01-25 Dowlais, Wales, UK

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.

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1988 Irate Car Owner
1984
1984 Dai Phillips
1984 Stan Evans
1982 Chancellor of the Exchequer
1980 Brian's Father
1976 Dennis
1976 Owen Owen
1975 Doctor
1975 Mr. White
1975
1974 Jones
1974 Doctor
1973 Butcher
1972 Mr Pritchard
1972 Lloyd
1971 Mr. Price
1969 Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
1969 Ivor Davies
1968 'Taffy' Evans
1968 Reporter
1968 Mr. Price
1968 Landlord
1966 Rick
1966 'Greasy' Jenkins
1965 First Rebel
1965 The Postman
1965 Forensics Man
1965 The Taxi Driver
1964 Private 593 Jones
1964 Mr. Black
1964 Harry Jenkins
1964 Registrar
1963 Burton
1963 Raymonde
1963 Willie Jones
1963 Lord Cut-Glass - Mog Edwards
1962 Harper
1962
1962 Reporter
1961 Bates
1960 Idris Hopkins
1958 Werner
1956 Detective (uncredited)
1955 Wireless Operator
1955 Haines
1955 Milkman
1955 Det. Chief Insp. Pearce
1951 Police Driver
1950 Second sentry
1949 Rugby Fan (uncredited)