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).
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
Completely Bad News
Character:Manager
Release Date:29/11/2019
Wish You Were Here
Character:Cinema Manager
Release Date:24/07/1987
Prick Up Your Ears
Character:Police Inspector
Release Date:17/04/1987
Coast to Coast
Character:Wedding Guest
Release Date:04/01/1987
Bad News
Character:Manager
Release Date:24/01/1983
Long Distance Information
Character:Christian Harvey
Release Date:11/10/1979
Afternoon Off
Character:Cyril
Release Date:03/02/1979
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Character:Hopkins
Release Date:02/12/1978
Long Shot
Character:Neville
Release Date:17/11/1978
Bag of Yeast
Character:Tony Scannell
Release Date:22/02/1976
Match of the Day
Character:Chance
Release Date:18/03/1974
Gumshoe
Character:Arthur
Release Date:01/12/1971
After a Lifetime
Character:Young Billy
Release Date:18/07/1971
The Rank and File
Character:Jerry
Release Date:20/05/1971
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
Character:Liverpool Delegate
Release Date:01/01/1970
There Is Also Tomorrow
Character:Izzy
Release Date:19/11/1969
Sling Your Hook
Character:Spider
Release Date:02/04/1969
The Big Flame
Character:Strike Committee
Release Date:19/02/1969
The Golden Vision
Character:Vincent Coyne
Release Date:17/04/1968
In Two Minds
Character:Man at Pub
Release Date:01/03/1967
The Lump
Character:Eddie
Release Date:01/02/1967
The End of Arthur's Marriage
Character:He
Release Date:17/11/1965
Wear a Very Big Hat
Character:Johnny Johnson
Release Date:17/02/1965
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Character:D'Argenson
Release Date:12/09/1964
Billy Liar
Character:Youth (uncredited)
Release Date:15/08/1963
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