
Richard Davies
Acting
🎂 1926-01-25
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. Davies had a recurring role as Jim Sloan in Z-Cars between 1962 and 1965, returning to the series playing different characters in 1968 and in its spin-off Softly, Softly. He also appeared in Dixon of Dock Green, The Sweeney and Van der Valk. He impersonated Clive Jenkins in a spoof edition of Question Time in a sketch on Not the Nine O'Clock News. He appeared in the Please Sir! spin-off series The Fenn Street Gang. In 1951, he made an uncredited appearance in the Ealing Studios comedy The Lavender Hill Mob. He had appeared in films such as Zulu (1964), the film adaptation of Please Sir! (1971), and Under Milk Wood (1972). In 1988, he played the schoolteacher in Queen Sacrifice. He died on 8 October 2015 at the age of 89, survived by his wife and two children, and a son from his first marriage after a battle against Alzheimer's disease.
Cast credits(70)

Idris Hopkins
1960

Burton
1963

1962

1959

Jimmy Proudman
2010

1964

Mr. Black
1964

Harry Jenkins
1964

Registrar
1964

Reporter
1962

1966

Lloyd
1972

Haines
1955

Milkman
1955

Det. Chief Insp. Pearce
1955

1975
1968

Mr. Price
1968

Billy
1990

Clive
1974

Doctor
1975

Second sentry
1950

Minister
1980

Mr. White
1975

The Postman
1965

Forensics Man
1965

The Taxi Driver
1965

Gareth
1991

Jack
1991

Ivor Davies
1969

Werner
1958

1984
1993

1980

Dai Phillips
1984

1973

1997

Willie Jones
1963

1982
1984

Signwriter
1995
Raymonde
1963

1983
Huw
1993

Private 593 Jones
1964

Police Driver
1951

'Taffy' Evans
1968

Irate Car Owner
1988

Wireless Operator
1955

Detective (uncredited)
1956

Rugby Fan (uncredited)
1949

Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
1969

Jones
1974

Lewis
1992

Doctor
1974

Mr Pritchard
1972

Reporter
1968

Butcher
1973

Bates
1961

Harper
1962

Rick
1966

Mr. Price
1971

Brian's Father
1980

Young Thomas
1978

Landlord
1968
First Rebel
1965

Burton
1987

Wil Bevan
1988
1966

Dennis
1976