Neville Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1940
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
Completely Bad News 2019
as Manager
Wish You Were Here 1987
as Cinema Manager
Prick Up Your Ears 1987
as Police Inspector
Coast to Coast 1987
as Wedding Guest
Bad News 1983
as Manager
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale 1982
Writer
Long Distance Information 1979
as Christian Harvey, Writer
Afternoon Off 1979
as Cyril
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf 1978
as Hopkins
Long Shot 1978
as Neville
Bag of Yeast 1976
as Tony Scannell, Writer
Match of the Day 1974
as Chance, Writer
Gumshoe 1971
as Arthur, Writer
The Rank and File 1971
as Jerry
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition 1970
as Liverpool Delegate
There Is Also Tomorrow 1969
as Izzy
Sling Your Hook 1969
as Spider
The Big Flame 1969
as Strike Committee
Some of My Best Friends... 1969
Director
The Golden Vision 1968
as Vincent Coyne, Writer
In Two Minds 1967
as Man at Pub
The Lump 1967
as Eddie
The End of Arthur's Marriage 1965
as He
Wear a Very Big Hat 1965
as Johnny Johnson
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror 1964
as D'Argenson
Billy Liar 1963
as Youth (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.