Richard Davies
Actor
Born January 25, 1926 in Dowlais, Wales, UK
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.
Filmography
Offspring
Jimmy Proudman
Dad
Oliver's Travels
Signwriter
If You See God, Tell Him
Vet
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Huw
Rebecca's Daughters
Lewis
2Point4 Children
Gareth
One Foot in the Grave
Billy
Wyatt's Watchdogs
Irate Car Owner
Queen Sacrifice
Wil Bevan
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
Burton
The Bill
Big Deal
Dai Phillips
Bottle Boys
Stan Evans
Me & My Girl
Mervyn Drover
The Citadel
Whoops Apocalypse
Chancellor of the Exchequer
"If Only..."
Brian's Father
Yes Minister
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
Young Thomas
City of Fear!
Dennis
Fawlty Towers
Mr. White
Angels
The Sweeney
Doctor
Blue Blood
Jones
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Clive
The Mutations
Doctor
Roberts Robots
Centre Play
Dennis
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Butcher
Van der Valk
Lloyd
New Scotland Yard
Mr Roper
Under Milk Wood
Mr Pritchard
Please Sir!
Mr. Price
In Loving Memory
Ivor Davies
Oh! What a Lovely War
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Twisted Nerve
'Taffy' Evans
The Fiction Makers
Reporter
Please Sir!
Mr. Price
The Man in the Iron Mask
Landlord
The First Lady
Half Hour Story
Mr. Pritchard
The Informer
'Greasy' Jenkins
Sky West and Crooked
Rick
Softly, Softly
The Midas Plague
First Rebel
Gideon's Way
The Postman
The Wednesday Play
Zulu
Private 593 Jones
Doctor Who
Burton
The Saint
Reporter
Some People
Harper
Z-Cars
A Fever in the Blood
Bates
Coronation Street
Idris Hopkins
No Hiding Place
Behind Closed Doors
Werner
Armchair Theatre
Freddie
The Long Arm
Detective (uncredited)
Dixon of Dock Green
Haines
The Night My Number Came Up
Wireless Operator
The Lavender Hill Mob
Police Driver
Sunday Night Theatre
Second sentry
A Run for Your Money
Rugby Fan (uncredited)