Acting
Richard Davies
- Born
- Jan 25, 1926 · Aged 89
- Died
- Oct 8, 2015
- Place of birth
- Dowlais, Wales, UK
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 24
- TV credits
- 58
Biography
Dennis Wilfred Davies, known professionally as Richard Davies (25 January 1926 – 8 October 2015), was a Welsh 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, near Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, the son of a railway guard. He played Idris Hopkins in Coronation Street between 1974 and 1975, and appeared in several…
