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Neville Smith
Born 1940-01-01Liverpool, 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).
Screen work
Movies & roles
Completely Bad NewsManagerWish You Were HereCinema ManagerPrick Up Your EarsPolice InspectorCoast to CoastWedding GuestBad NewsManagerLong Distance InformationChristian HarveyAfternoon OffCyrilMe! I'm Afraid of Virginia WoolfHopkinsLong ShotNevilleBag of YeastTony ScannellMatch of the DayChanceGumshoeArthurThe Rank and FileJerryPraise Marx and Pass the AmmunitionLiverpool DelegateThere Is Also TomorrowIzzySling Your HookSpiderThe Big FlameStrike CommitteeThe Golden VisionVincent CoyneIn Two MindsMan at PubThe LumpEddieThe End of Arthur's MarriageHeWear a Very Big HatJohnny JohnsonDoctor Who: The Reign of TerrorD'ArgensonBilly LiarYouth (uncredited)