
Neville Smith
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).
30 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 30

Doctor Who
1963

BBC Play of the Month
1965

The Wednesday Play
1964

The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
Film '72
1971

Billy Liar
1963

Prick Up Your Ears
1987

Gumshoe
1971

Wish You Were Here
1987

Bad News
1983

Coast to Coast
1987

The End of Arthur's Marriage
1965

Red Letter Day
1976

Long Shot
1978

Afternoon Off
1979

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
1964

Completely Bad News
2019

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978

Bag of Yeast
1976

The Big Flame
1969

There Is Also Tomorrow
1969

Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
1970

Sling Your Hook
1969

Long Distance Information
1979

The Lump
1967

The Rank and File
1971

Match of the Day
1974
Wear a Very Big Hat
1965

In Two Minds
1967

The Golden Vision
1968
