Z-Cars been running for seven years but which some considered 'cosy'. The one character present throughout the entire run (though not in every episode) was Bert Lynch, played by James Ellis (though John Phillips as Det. Chief Supt. Robins would reappear sporadically during the show's run – by the end of the series he had become Chief Constable). Other characters in the early days were Stratford Johns (Inspector Barlow), Frank Windsor (Det. Sgt Watt), Robert Keegan (Sgt Blackitt), Joseph Brady (PC "Jock" Weir) and Brian Blessed ("Fancy" Smith). Also in 1960s episodes as David Graham was Colin Welland, later a screenwriter.
Timothy John Smith (actor) Timothy John Smith (actor) Timothy John Smith is a stage and screen actor. He has appeared in the films "Central Intelligence", "The Equalizer" and "The Judge". He has done extensive stage work in Boston and New York. In 2014, "The New York Times" praised him for his "intelligent, sensitive performance" in the off-broadway play "On a Stool at the End of the Bar." A 2001 graduate of the Trinity Rep Conservatory, Smith has appeared in dozens of regional productions in New England and across the country. His turn as Bill Sykes in Trinity Rep's 2014 Production of "Oliver!" drew rave