Neville Smith
Actor
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).
As Director
Filmography
Billy Liar
as Youth (uncredited) 1963
Prick Up Your Ears
as Police Inspector 1987
Wish You Were Here
as Cinema Manager 1987
Gumshoe
as Arthur 1971
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
as D'Argenson 1964
The End of Arthur's Marriage
as He 1965
Bad News
as Manager 1983
The Golden Vision
as Vincent Coyne 1968
In Two Minds
as Man at Pub 1967
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
as Liverpool Delegate 1970
The Rank and File
as Jerry 1971
The Big Flame
as Strike Committee 1969
Coast to Coast
as Wedding Guest 1987
Match of the Day
as Chance 1974
Sling Your Hook
as Spider 1969
Wear a Very Big Hat
as Johnny Johnson 1965
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Hopkins 1978