Richard Davies
Birthday
1926/01/25
Day of death
2015/10/08 (89 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Dowlais, Wales, UK
Also know as
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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 ...Read more
Acting
(1956) The Long Arm
as Detective (uncredited)
(1951) The Lavender Hill Mob
as Police Driver
(1973) Steptoe & Son Ride Again
as Butcher
(1961) A Fever in the Blood
as Bates
(1955) The Night My Number Came Up
as Wireless Operator
(1966) Sky West and Crooked
as Rick
(1968) Twisted Nerve
as 'Taffy' Evans
(1988) Queen Sacrifice
as Wil Bevan
(1978) Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
as Young Thomas
(1949) A Run for Your Money
as Rugby Fan (uncredited)
(1968) The Fiction Makers
as Reporter
(1974) Blue Blood
as Jones
(1966) Where the Buffalo Roam
as ---
(1962) Some People
as Harper
(1965) The Midas Plague
as First Rebel
(1969) Oh! What a Lovely War
as Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
(1964) Zulu
as Private 593 Jones
(1980) "If Only..."
as Brian's Father
(1987) Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
as Burton
(1972) Under Milk Wood
as Mr Pritchard
(1974) The Mutations
as Doctor
(1971) Please Sir!
as Mr. Price
(1992) Rebecca's Daughters
as Lewis
(1976) City of Fear!
as Dennis
(1975) The Sweeney
as Doctor
(1988) Wyatt's Watchdogs
as Irate Car Owner
(1984) The Bill
as ---
(1966) Softly, Softly
as ---
(1963) Doctor Who
as Burton
(1962) Z-Cars
as ---
(1965) Gideon's Way
as The Postman
(1975) Fawlty Towers
as Mr. White
(1990) One Foot in the Grave
as Billy
(1980) Yes Minister
as ---
(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Haines
(1968) The First Lady
as ---
(1968) Please Sir!
as Mr. Price
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as ---
(1972) Van der Valk
as Lloyd
(1975) Angels
as ---
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1983) The Citadel
as ---
(1974) Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
as Clive
(1995) Oliver's Travels
as Signwriter
(1973) Roberts Robots
as ---
(1993) The Boot Street Band
as ---
(1958) Behind Closed Doors
as Werner
(2010) Offspring
as Jimmy Proudman
(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Milkman
(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Det. Chief Insp. Pearce
(1991) 2Point4 Children
as Gareth
(1991) 2Point4 Children
as Jack
(1993) Frank Stubbs Promotes
as Huw
(1965) Gideon's Way
as Forensics Man
(1965) Gideon's Way
as The Taxi Driver
(1962) The Saint
as Reporter
(1984) Big Deal
as Dai Phillips
(1997) Dad
as ---
(1969) In Loving Memory
as Ivor Davies
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Mr. Black
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Harry Jenkins
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Registrar
(1960) Coronation Street
as Idris Hopkins
(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Second sentry
(1963) Moonstrike
as Raymonde
(1968) The Man in the Iron Mask
as Landlord
(1963) Crane
as Willie Jones
(1963) Festival
as Lord Cut-Glass - Mog Edwards
(1976) The Government Inspector
as Owen Owen
(1982) Whoops Apocalypse
as Chancellor of the Exchequer
(1984) Bottle Boys
as Stan Evans
(1966) The Informer
as 'Greasy' Jenkins