Neville Smith
Born January 01, 1940 (Age: 86)
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Liverpool, England, UK
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).
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
Wish You Were Here
1987
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as Cinema Manager
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Age: 47
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
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as Police Inspector
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Age: 47
Coast to Coast
1987
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as Wedding Guest
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Age: 47
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
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as Hopkins
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Age: 38
Long Shot
1978
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as Neville
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Age: 38
Match of the Day
1974
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as Chance
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Age: 34
There Is Also Tomorrow
1969
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as Izzy
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Age: 29
Sling Your Hook
1969
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as Spider
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Age: 29
The Big Flame
1969
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as Strike Committee
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Age: 29
The End of Arthur's Marriage
1965
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as He
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Age: 25
No Image
Wear a Very Big Hat
1965
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as Johnny Johnson
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Age: 25
Billy Liar
1963
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as Youth (uncredited)
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Age: 23