Neville Smith

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Neville Smith

Acting 86 January 1, 1940

Liverpool, England, UK

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-mat…

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

5.2 1965 TV Show
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

5.2 1964 TV Show
ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

7.0 1969 TV Show
The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip Presents...

7.4 1982 TV Show
Billy Liar

Billy Liar

6.8 1963 Movie
Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears

6.7 1987 Movie
Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here

6.4 1987 Movie
Gumshoe

Gumshoe

6.2 1971 Movie
Bad News

Bad News

8.7 1983 Movie
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

6.7 1964 Movie

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    Completely Bad News

    Movie Manager

  2. 1987
    Wish You Were Here

    Movie Cinema Manager

  3. 1987
    Prick Up Your Ears

    Movie Police Inspector

  4. 1987
    Coast to Coast

    Movie Wedding Guest

  5. 1983
    Bad News

    Movie Manager

  6. 1982
    The Comic Strip Presents...

    TV show Manager

  7. 1982
    The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

    Movie Writer

  8. 1979
    Long Distance Information

    Movie Christian Harvey

  9. 1979
    Afternoon Off

    Movie Cyril

  10. 1978
    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Movie Hopkins

  11. 1978
    Long Shot

    Movie Neville

  12. 1976
    Bag of Yeast

    Movie Tony Scannell

  13. 1976
    Red Letter Day

    TV show Tony

  14. 1974
    Match of the Day

    Movie Chance

  15. 1973
    Second City Firsts

    TV show Chance

  16. 1971
    Gumshoe

    Movie Arthur

More credits
  1. 1971
    Film '72

    TV show Self - Host

  2. 1971
    The Rank and File

    Movie Jerry

  3. 1970
    Play for Today

    TV show Writer

  4. 1970
    Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition

    Movie Liverpool Delegate

  5. 1969
    There Is Also Tomorrow

    Movie Izzy

  6. 1969
    Sling Your Hook

    Movie Spider

  7. 1969
    The Big Flame

    Movie Strike Committee

  8. 1969
    ITV Saturday Night Theatre

    TV show Writer

  9. 1969
    Some of My Best Friends...

    Movie Director

  10. 1968
    The Golden Vision

    Movie Vincent Coyne

  11. 1967
    In Two Minds

    Movie Man at Pub

  12. 1967
    The Lump

    Movie Eddie

  13. 1965
    The End of Arthur's Marriage

    Movie He

  14. 1965
    BBC Play of the Month

    TV show Paul McConnon

  15. 1965
    Wear a Very Big Hat

    Movie Johnny Johnson

  16. 1964
    The Wednesday Play

    TV show Johnny Johnson

  17. 1964
    Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

    Movie D'Argenson

  18. 1963
    Doctor Who

    TV show D'Argenson

  19. 1963
    Billy Liar

    Movie Youth (uncredited)