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 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…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Fawlty Towers (1975) — Mr. White
2. Doctor Who (1963) — Burton
3. Zulu (1964) — Private 593 Jones
4. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) — Police Driver
5. Yes Minister (1980)
6. The Saint (1962) — Reporter
7. Coronation Street (1960) — Idris Hopkins
8. One Foot in the Grave (1990) — Billy
9. Twisted Nerve (1968) — 'Taffy' Evans
10. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) — Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
11. The Bill (1984)
12. The Mutations (1974) — Doctor
13. Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973) — Butcher
14. The Night My Number Came Up (1955) — Wireless Operator
15. The Sweeney (1975) — Doctor
16. Please Sir! (1971) — Mr. Price
17. Offspring (2010) — Jimmy Proudman
18. The Long Arm (1956) — Detective (uncredited)
19. Under Milk Wood (1972) — Mr Pritchard
20. 2Point4 Children (1991) — Gareth
21. A Run for Your Money (1949) — Rugby Fan (uncredited)
22. Blue Blood (1974) — Jones
23. Sky West and Crooked (1966) — Rick
24. Please Sir! (1968) — Mr. Price
25. The Fiction Makers (1968) — Reporter
26. Whoops Apocalypse (1982) — Chancellor of the Exchequer
27. Van der Valk (1972) — Lloyd
28. Z-Cars (1962)
29. A Fever in the Blood (1961) — Bates
30. Some People (1962) — Harper
31. Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen (1987) — Burton
32. In Loving Memory (1969) — Ivor Davies
33. Bottle Boys (1984) — Stan Evans
34. Armchair Theatre (1956) — Freddie
35. Gideon's Way (1965) — The Postman
36. The Wednesday Play (1964)
37. Me & My Girl (1984) — Mervyn Drover
38. Dixon of Dock Green (1955) — Haines
39. Angels (1975)
40. No Hiding Place (1959)