Richard Davies (actor) Unknown", and a well-received performance as Burton in the 1987 "Doctor Who" story "Delta and the Bannermen". He played Mr. White in the "Fawlty Towers" episode "The Kipper and the Corpse" and also appeared in "Yes Minister", "Wyatt's Watchdogs", "May to December", "Whoops Apocalypse", "2point4 Children" and "One Foot in the Grave". In 1970, he appeared in an episode of "Two in Clover" as Victor Spinetti's character's brother when Spinetti was unavailable. His other main role was in the comedy series 'Oh no it's Selwyn Froggitt' where he played Clive. Davies had a recurring role as Jim Sloan in "Z-Cars"
Kipper ethnographer Walter William Skeat derives the word from the Old English "kippian", to spawn. The word has various possible parallels, such as Icelandic "kippa" which means "to pull, snatch" and the Germanic word "kippen" which means "to tilt, to incline". Similarly, the Middle English "kipe" denotes a basket used to catch fish. Another theory traces the word kipper to the "kip", or small beak, that male salmon develop during the breeding season. As a verb, "kippering" ("to kipper") means to preserve by rubbing with salt or other spices before drying in the open air or in smoke. Originally applied to