Dennis Wilfred "Richard" Davies (25 January 1926 â€" 8 October 2015)
was a Welsh character 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, 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. He had Alzheimer's
disease.
was a Welsh character 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, 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. He had Alzheimer's
disease.
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