Neville Smith

Biography

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).

Known For

Doctor Who

D'Argenson

The Comic Strip Presents...

Manager

The Wednesday Play

Prick Up Your Ears

Police Inspector

Wish You Were Here

Cinema Manager

Gumshoe

Arthur

Billy Liar

Youth (uncredited)

Afternoon Off

Cyril

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2019	Completely Bad News	Manager
1987	Wish You Were Here	Cinema Manager
1987	Prick Up Your Ears	Police Inspector
1987	Coast to Coast	Wedding Guest
1983	Bad News	Manager
1979	Afternoon Off	Cyril
1979	Long Distance Information	Christian Harvey
1978	Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf	Hopkins
1978	Long Shot	Neville
1976	Bag of Yeast	Tony Scannell
1974	Match of the Day	Chance
1971	The Rank and File	Jerry
1971	Gumshoe	Arthur
1971	After a Lifetime	Young Billy
1970	Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition	Liverpool Delegate
1969	Sling Your Hook	Spider
1969	The Big Flame	Strike Committee
1969	There Is Also Tomorrow	Izzy
1968	The Golden Vision	Vincent Coyne
1967	In Two Minds	Man at Pub
1967	The Lump	Eddie
1965	Wear a Very Big Hat	Johnny Johnson
1965	The End of Arthur's Marriage	He
1964	Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror	D'Argenson
1963	Billy Liar	Youth (uncredited)

Year	TV Show	Role
1982	The Comic Strip Presents...	Manager
1964	The Wednesday Play
1963	Doctor Who	D'Argenson