Keith Smith (actor) explained

Keith Smith
Birth Date:24 February 1926
Birth Place:Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Death Place:London, England
Yearsactive:1957–2008

Keith Wilfred Smith (24 February 1926  - 30 March 2008) was an English actor who is known for his roles in The Army Game and The Beiderbecke Trilogy.[1] [2] Smith also appeared in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin as a manager of a Grot shop.[3]

Smith also appeared in George and Mildred in the episode My Husband Next Door, on 1 November 1976 as the TV repair man taking away the Roper's TV set, in series 1.[4]

Smith was a regular in the Q... with Spike Milligan.[5]

He died in London on 30 March 2008 at the age of 82 from motor neurone disease.[6]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1955I Am a Camera El Dorado Patron Uncredited
1957The Army Game Private Hatchett TV series
1959Idol on Parade Post Corporal
1959The Ugly Duckling Figures
1959I'm All Right Jack Card Player
1960The Criminal (1960 film) Hanson
1960Not a Hope in Hell Capt. Wotherspoon
1961Nearly a Nasty Accident W.O.'s Orderly Uncredited
1961Dangerous Afternoon Constable Kemp
1962Hair of the Dog Interviewer
1963Ricochet Porter
1963The Small World of Sammy Lee Joans's Client Uncredited
1963Heavens Above! Leslie Hughes Uncredited
1964Ferry Cross the Mersey Dawson's Chauffeur
1964Face of a Stranger Ticket Collector Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1965Strangler's Web Uncredited
1968The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom Shop steward
1968Headline Hunters Fustwick
1971One Brief Summer Gavin
1971The Magnificent Six and ½: That's All We Need
1971The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins R.A.C. Man (segment "Pride")
1974Professor Popper's Problem P.C. Whitby
1978What's Up Nurse! Mr. Newberry
1984Don't Open Till Christmas Experience Santa Uncredited
1985 Anna of the Five Towns Bank clerk 1 episode
1985The Beiderbecke Affair Mr Wheeler 2 episodes
1985Robbery Under Arms Trooper Spring
1987The Beiderbecke Tapes Mr. Wheeler 2 episodes
1988The Beiderbecke Connection 4 episodes
1993Splitting Heirs Photographer
1993Body Snatchers Soldier Gas Station
1993Heaven & Earth G.I. #2
1999Captain Jack 2nd Quaker Man (final film role)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keith Smith. https://web.archive.org/web/20170920000112/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba06cf7b2. dead. September 20, 2017.
  2. Web site: Keith Smith. familiar-unknown.blogspot.co.uk.
  3. Web site: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin[02/11/77] (1977)]. https://web.archive.org/web/20170921201338/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81994767. dead. September 21, 2017.
  4. Web site: My Husband next Door (1976). https://web.archive.org/web/20170921195813/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7c29f87d. dead. September 21, 2017.
  5. Web site: BFI Screenonline: Q5, Q6 etc. / There's a Lot of It About (1969-82) Credits. www.screenonline.org.uk.
  6. Web site: Keith Smith. www.aveleyman.com.