
Richard Davies
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
Zulu
Private 593 Jones
The Lavender Hill Mob
Police Driver
Twisted Nerve
'Taffy' Evans
Oh! What a Lovely War
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Butcher
The Night My Number Came Up
Wireless Operator
Offspring
Jimmy Proudman
The Long Arm
Detective (uncredited)
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Filmography
Acting (68)
Movies (24)
Rebecca's Daughters
1992as Lewis
Queen Sacrifice
1988as Wil Bevan
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
1987as Burton
"If Only..."
1980as Brian's Father
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
1978as Young Thomas
City of Fear!
1976as Dennis
Blue Blood
1974as Jones
The Mutations
1974as Doctor
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973as Butcher
Under Milk Wood
1972as Mr Pritchard
Please Sir!
1971as Mr. Price
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969as Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Twisted Nerve
1968as 'Taffy' Evans
The Fiction Makers
1968as Reporter
Sky West and Crooked
1966as Rick
Where the Buffalo Roam
1966
The Midas Plague
1965as First Rebel
Zulu
1964as Private 593 Jones
Some People
1962as Harper
A Fever in the Blood
1961as Bates
The Long Arm
1956as Detective (uncredited)
The Night My Number Came Up
1955as Wireless Operator
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951as Police Driver
A Run for Your Money
1949as Rugby Fan (uncredited)
Television (44)
Offspring
2010as Jimmy Proudman
Dad
1997
Oliver's Travels
1995as Signwriter
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993as Huw
The Boot Street Band
1993
If You See God, Tell Him
1993as Vet
2Point4 Children
1991as Gareth
One Foot in the Grave
1990as Billy
Wyatt's Watchdogs
1988as Irate Car Owner
The New Statesman
1985as Steffan Caradoc
The Bill
1984
Big Deal
1984as Dai Phillips
Bottle Boys
1984as Stan Evans
The Citadel
1983
Whoops Apocalypse
1982as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Yes Minister
1980The Government Inspector
1976as Owen Owen
Fawlty Towers
1975as Mr. White
The Sweeney
1975as Doctor
Angels
1975
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
1974as Clive
Centre Play
1973as Dennis
Roberts Robots
1973
Van der Valk
1972as Lloyd
In Loving Memory
1969as Ivor Davies
Please Sir!
1968as Mr. Price
The First Lady
1968
The Man in the Iron Mask
1968as Landlord
The Informer
1966as 'Greasy' Jenkins
Softly, Softly
1966
Gideon's Way
1965as The Postman
The Wednesday Play
1964as Mr. Black
Doctor Who
1963as Burton
Festival
1963as Lord Cut-Glass - Mog Edwards
Crane
1963as Willie Jones
Moonstrike
1963as Raymonde
The Saint
1962as Reporter
Z-Cars
1962
Coronation Street
1960as Idris Hopkins
No Hiding Place
1959
Behind Closed Doors
1958as Werner
Armchair Theatre
1956as Freddie
Dixon of Dock Green
1955as Haines
Sunday Night Theatre
1950as Second sentry
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