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"
Comedy Playhouse (series 1) Comedy Playhouse (series 1) The first series of Comedy Playhouse, that continued to be a long-running BBC series, broadcast from 15 December 1961 to 16 February 1962. All the episodes were written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The first series, which was in black and white, consisted of ten episodes, each of which had a different cast and storyline. Only the fourth episode, "The Offer", made it to its own series becoming "Steptoe and Son"; all other episodes of this series of "Comedy Playhouse" are lost. The episodes were broadcast on Friday at 8:45pm, except for "The Status Symbol",