Richard Davies RIP

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• Peter_Gazzard Posts: 759

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  10/10/15 - 08:58 #2

  He was great in Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt

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• Westy2 Posts: 14,515

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  10/10/15 - 09:03 #3

  Thats the third then.
  
  He also did Doctor Who - Delta & The Bannermen as well.
  
  Who is actually left now from those early Lwt sitcoms now?

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• doffer Posts: 2,746

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  12/10/15 - 13:33 #4

  I probably remember him most from the film Zulu

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• Brucie Bonus Posts: 482

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  12/10/15 - 21:41 #5

  Sad news. Good age. I can't find any obituaries and Wikipedia has not been update.

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• Grouty Posts: 34,030

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  12/10/15 - 22:53 #6

  RIP Richard Davies
  
  Condolences to all family and friends.

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• Rich Tea. Posts: 22,048

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  12/10/15 - 23:00 #7

  Brucie Bonus wrote: »

  Sad news. Good age. I can't find any obituaries and Wikipedia has not been update.

  Which is highly unusual. Maybe he hasn't actually passed away?
  
  With respect to the person who tweeted, which is a very unofficial source.

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• Lesley_Ann_McAr Posts: 564

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  12/10/15 - 23:10 #8

  It's mentioned on the Coronation Street blog updates website.

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• Gusto Brunt Posts: 12,351

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  13/10/15 - 10:20 #9

  Rich Tea. wrote: »

  Which is highly unusual. Maybe he hasn't actually passed away?
  
  With respect to the person who tweeted, which is a very unofficial source.

  
  Yeah, no newspaper reports of his 'death' either.
  
  I am also still unsure he is dead.

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• Brummie Girl Posts: 22,684

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  13/10/15 - 13:52 #10

  Brucie Bonus wrote: »

  Sad news. Good age. I can't find any obituaries and Wikipedia has not been update.

  
  If you do a search of the name Richard Davies in Wikipedia, in the list of various people with that name, it does state next to the British Actor 1926-2015 but when you click his biography it doesn't refer to his death at all and just mentions his date of birth
  
  (4th one down on the below list)
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davies

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• DavidT Posts: 20,283

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  13/10/15 - 19:55 #11

  http://tobyhadoke.com/doctor-who/richard-davies-welsh-character-actor-rip-1926-2015/ obit here.

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• DavidT Posts: 20,283

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  16/10/15 - 07:06 #12

  http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/oct/15/richard-davies

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• mourinhosmissus Posts: 5,593

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  16/10/15 - 07:10 #13

  Such a well-known actor, yet I never knew his name - it was only after clicking on the above link and seeing his picture that I realised who he was.
  
  How sad.

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• Eddie Badger Posts: 6,005

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  16/10/15 - 09:32 #14

  I always liked him, mainly because he was the spitting image of my dad.
  
  RIP Private 593 Jones

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• Chris1964 Posts: 19,796

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  24/10/15 - 22:46 #15

  Worth revisiting Richards contribution to this brilliant Not the Nine O'clock News sketch:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnkHyG8u54E
  
  The Please Sir film resonates with a certain generation with a quintessentially early seventies feel -flawed in some ways by todays standards its true but overall always leaves a smile for me.
  
  RIP Richard Davies.

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