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).

Known For

Doctor Who

as D'Argenson

Billy Liar

as Youth (uncredited)

Prick Up Your Ears

as Police Inspector

Wish You Were Here

as Cinema Manager

Gumshoe

as Arthur

The Comic Strip Presents...

as Manager

BBC Play of the Month

as Paul McConnon

Bad News

as Manager

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

as D'Argenson

The End of Arthur's Marriage

as He