Neville Smith
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).
Match of the Day
(Chance)
Sling Your Hook
(Spider)
Wear a Very Big Hat
(Johnny Johnson)
Wish You Were Here
(Cinema Manager)
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
(Hopkins)
Afternoon Off
(Cyril)
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
(Liverpool Delegate)
The End of Arthur's Marriage
(He)
The Rank and File
(Jerry)
The Golden Vision
(Vincent Coyne)
The Big Flame
(Strike Committee)
Gumshoe
(Arthur)
Long Distance Information
(Christian Harvey)
Prick Up Your Ears
(Police Inspector)
Long Shot
(Neville)
In Two Minds
(Man at Pub)
Bag of Yeast
(Tony Scannell)
After a Lifetime
(Young Billy)
The Lump
(Eddie)
Bad News
(Manager)
Completely Bad News
(Manager)
Billy Liar
(Youth (uncredited))
There Is Also Tomorrow
(Izzy)
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
(D'Argenson)
Coast to Coast
(Wedding Guest)
The Wednesday Play
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Manager)
