Neville Smith
Known for Acting · 31 credits
- Born
- 1940-01-01 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Liverpool, England, UK
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
TV Shows (7)
Movies (24)
Wish You Were Here
1987
as Cinema Manager
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
as Police Inspector
Billy Liar
1963
as Youth (uncredited)
Bad News
1983
as Manager
Gumshoe
1971
as Arthur
Long Distance Information
1979
as Christian Harvey
Completely Bad News
2019
as Manager
There Is Also Tomorrow
1969
as Izzy
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
as Hopkins
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
1964
as D'Argenson
Afternoon Off
1979
as Cyril
Coast to Coast
1987
as Wedding Guest
Long Shot
1978
as Neville
In Two Minds
1967
as Man at Pub
Sling Your Hook
1969
as Spider
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
1970
as Liverpool Delegate
Match of the Day
1974
as Chance
The End of Arthur's Marriage
1965
as He
The Big Flame
1969
as Strike Committee
The Rank and File
1971
as Jerry
The Golden Vision
1968
as Vincent Coyne
Wear a Very Big Hat
1965
as Johnny Johnson
The Lump
1967
as Eddie
Bag of Yeast
1976
as Tony Scannell
About Neville Smith
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). With 31 credits spanning from 1963 to 2019, Neville Smith has appeared in 24 films and 7 TV shows.
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Most Popular Neville Smith Movies
- Wish You Were Here (1987) — as Cinema Manager
- Prick Up Your Ears (1987) — as Police Inspector
- Billy Liar (1963) — as Youth (uncredited)
- Bad News (1983) — as Manager
- Gumshoe (1971) — as Arthur
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