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).

Movies & TV Shows

1. Doctor Who (1963) — D'Argenson
2. Billy Liar (1963) — Youth (uncredited)
3. Prick Up Your Ears (1987) — Police Inspector
4. Wish You Were Here (1987) — Cinema Manager
5. Gumshoe (1971) — Arthur
6. The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) — Manager
7. Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror (1964) — D'Argenson
8. BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Paul McConnon
9. The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965) — He
10. Bad News (1983) — Manager
11. Film '72 (1971) — Self - Host
12. The Wednesday Play (1964) — Johnny Johnson
13. The Golden Vision (1968) — Vincent Coyne
14. In Two Minds (1967) — Man at Pub
15. Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition (1970) — Liverpool Delegate
16. The Big Flame (1969) — Strike Committee
17. The Rank and File (1971) — Jerry
18. Coast to Coast (1987) — Wedding Guest
19. Red Letter Day (1976) — Tony
20. Sling Your Hook (1969) — Spider
21. Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978) — Hopkins
22. Long Distance Information (1979) — Christian Harvey
23. Long Shot (1978) — Neville
24. There Is Also Tomorrow (1969) — Izzy
25. Match of the Day (1974) — Chance
26. Wear a Very Big Hat (1965) — Johnny Johnson
27. Afternoon Off (1979) — Cyril
28. Bag of Yeast (1976) — Tony Scannell
29. The Lump (1967) — Eddie
30. Completely Bad News (2019) — Manager
31. Second City Firsts (1973) — Chance

Directed

1. Some of My Best Friends... (1969) — Director