Neville Smith
Actor
- Born
- January 1, 1940 (age 86) · Liverpool, England, UK
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
Billy Liar
August 15, 1963
Prick Up Your Ears
April 17, 1987
Wish You Were Here
July 24, 1987
Gumshoe
December 1, 1971
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
September 12, 1964
The End of Arthur's Marriage
November 17, 1965
Bad News
January 24, 1983
The Golden Vision
April 17, 1968
In Two Minds
March 1, 1967
The Big Flame
February 19, 1969
The Rank and File
May 20, 1971
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
January 1, 1970
Acting24
- 2019Completely Bad News as Manager
- 1987Wish You Were Here as Cinema Manager
- 1987Prick Up Your Ears as Police Inspector
- 1987Coast to Coast as Wedding Guest
- 1983Bad News as Manager
- 1979Long Distance Information as Christian Harvey
- 1979Afternoon Off as Cyril
- 1978Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf as Hopkins
- 1978Long Shot as Neville
- 1976Bag of Yeast