Neville Smith
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1940
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
26 movies · 9 TV shows, newest first
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Completely Bad News
2019
6.4
Wish You Were Here
1987
6.7
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
7.0
Coast to Coast
1987
8.7
Bad News
1983
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.5
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982
10.0
Long Distance Information
1979
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Afternoon Off
1979
10.0
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
9.0
Long Shot
1978
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Bag of Yeast
1976
6.0
Red Letter Day
1976
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Match of the Day
1974NR
Second City Firsts
1973
6.2
Gumshoe
19715.1
Film '72
1971
6.8
The Rank and File
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970
3.0
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
1970
7.0
There Is Also Tomorrow
1969
8.0
Sling Your Hook
1969
6.8
The Big Flame
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
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Some of My Best Friends...
1969
6.4
The Golden Vision
1968
7.0
In Two Minds
1967
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The Lump
1967
5.5
The End of Arthur's Marriage
1965
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965NR
Wear a Very Big Hat
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
6.3
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
1964
7.9
Doctor Who
1963
6.8
Billy Liar
1963