Neville Smith

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).

  • Title: Neville Smith
  • Popularity: 3.559
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1940-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK
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Neville Smith Movies

  • 1971
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    The Rank and File

    The Rank and File

    5 1971 HD

    Wilkinsons glass-works dominates a Staffordshire town. After a small walkout over pay discrepancies, the workers of the factory vote to go on strike,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Peter Kerrigan

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  • 1987
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    Wish You Were Here

    Wish You Were Here

    6.5 1987 HD

    In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Emily Lloyd

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  • 1978
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    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    1 1978 HD

    A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Neville Smith

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  • 1979
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    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

    1 1979 HD

    Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Henry Man

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  • 1970
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    Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition

    Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition

    1 1970 HD

    A Marxist-Leninist expelled from the British Communist Party joins the Revolutionary Party of the Third World, sleeps around, and attempts to rethink...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Thaw

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  • 1965
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    The End of Arthur's Marriage

    The End of Arthur's Marriage

    4.3 1965 HD

    In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Ken Jones

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  • 1968
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    The Golden Vision

    The Golden Vision

    5 1968 HD

    The obsessive supporters of Everton FC forsake wives, families and God to follow their beloved team. Meanwhile, the club and its players try to live...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bill Dean

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  • 1971
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    Gumshoe

    Gumshoe

    6.4 1971 HD

    A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Albert Finney

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  • 1969
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    The Big Flame

    The Big Flame

    5 1969 HD

    After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Norman Rossington

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  • 1979
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    Long Distance Information

    Long Distance Information

    1 1979 HD

    Play For Today written by and starring Neville Smith. Christian Harvey , a local radio DJ and ageing rocker, is an obsessive fan of Elvis and the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Neville Smith

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  • 1987
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    Prick Up Your Ears

    Prick Up Your Ears

    6.627 1987 HD

    When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gary Oldman

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  • 1978
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    Long Shot

    Long Shot

    1 1978 HD

    Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance as they hunt for cash, cast and...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Charles Gormley

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  • 1967
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    In Two Minds

    In Two Minds

    6.3 1967 HD

    Kate, a young girl under psychiatric examination, suffers from a lack of confidence, self-esteem and self-control – telling of the “bad...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Anna Cropper

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  • 1976
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    Bag of Yeast

    Bag of Yeast

    1 1976 HD

    When teacher Tony Scannell decides he wants to be ordained as a Catholic Priest his decision has wide ranging effects on his family and loved ones.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Neville Smith

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  • 1971
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    After a Lifetime

    After a Lifetime

    1 1971 HD

    Ken Loach's first production for ITV, shown under the 'Sunday Night Theatre' strand (originally broadcast 18th July 1971). After a Lifetime is...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Neville Smith

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  • 1983
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    Bad News

    Bad News

    8.7 1983 HD

    A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up a schoolgirl groupie, and meet up with rock...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Adrian Edmondson

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  • 1967
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    The Lump

    The Lump

    1 1967 HD

    The Lump is an uncompromising exploration of exploitation and resistance within the building trade.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Leslie Sands

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  • 2019
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    Completely Bad News

    Completely Bad News

    1 2019 HD

    A double offering of heavy metal madness from The Comic Strip and Bad News.

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    Cast: Rik Mayall

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  • 1963
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    Billy Liar

    Billy Liar

    6.906 1963 HD

    A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tom Courtenay

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  • 1969
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    There Is Also Tomorrow

    There Is Also Tomorrow

    1 1969 HD

    The commanding officer of a regiment handling nuclear missiles is shocked to see his daughter Sally on television taking part in a student...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Glyn Houston

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  • 1964
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    Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

    Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

    6.6 1964 HD

    The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 — one of the bloodiest years following the French Revolution of 1789. The travellers become...

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: William Hartnell

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  • 1987
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    Coast to Coast

    Coast to Coast

    6 1987 HD

    Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Lenny Henry

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  • 1974
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    Match of the Day

    Match of the Day

    1 1974 HD

    Chance has missed the match, but the girls at his sister's wedding might make up for it

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    Cast: Neville Smith

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  • 1969
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    Sling Your Hook

    Sling Your Hook

    1 1969 HD

    A group of coal miners from Nottingham go on their annual trip to Blackpool.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Michael Bates

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  • 1965
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    Wear a Very Big Hat

    Wear a Very Big Hat

    1 1965 HD

    A young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Neville Smith

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  • 1971
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    Gumshoe

    Gumshoe

    6.4 1971 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Albert Finney

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  • 1971
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    After a Lifetime

    After a Lifetime

    1 1971 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Neville Smith

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  • 1982
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    The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

    The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

    7 1982 HD

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    Cast: Dennis Waterman

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  • 1979
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    Long Distance Information

    Long Distance Information

    1 1979 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Neville Smith

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  • 1976
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    Bag of Yeast

    Bag of Yeast

    1 1976 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Neville Smith

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  • 1968
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    The Golden Vision

    The Golden Vision

    5 1968 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bill Dean

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  • 1977
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    Apaches

    Apaches

    6.308 1977 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Louise O'Hara

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  • 1974
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    Match of the Day

    Match of the Day

    1 1974 HD

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    Cast: Neville Smith

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  • 1969
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    Some of My Best Friends...

    Some of My Best Friends...

    1 1969 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Freddie Earlle

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  • 1970
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    The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

    4.5 1970 HD

    The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: George Webb

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  • 1973
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    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    3.8 1973 HD

    Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 2016
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    The Comic Strip Presents...

    The Comic Strip Presents...

    7.357 2016 HD

    The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Rik Mayall

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