Neville Smith

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1940-01-01 (84 years old)

Place of Birth Liverpool, England, UK

Neville Smith

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).

Known For

Actor

2019
1987
Wish You Were Here

as Cinema Manager

1987
Prick Up Your Ears

as Police Inspector

1987
Coast to Coast

as Wedding Guest

1983
Bad News

as Manager

1979
Long Distance Information

as Christian Harvey

1979
Afternoon Off

as Cyril

1978
Long Shot

as Neville

1976
Bag of Yeast

as Tony Scannell

1974
1971
Gumshoe

as Arthur

1971
After a Lifetime

as Young Billy

1971
1970
1969
Sling Your Hook

as Spider

1969
The Big Flame

as Strike Committee

1968
The Golden Vision

as Vincent Coyne

1967
In Two Minds

as Man at Pub

1967
The Lump

as Eddie

1965
Wear a Very Big Hat

as Johnny Johnson

1963
Billy Liar

as Youth (uncredited)

Writer

1977
Apaches

as Screenplay

1976
Bag of Yeast

as Writer

1974
1971
Gumshoe

as Writer

1971
1968

Director