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) reviews. He has played major roles in numerous other regional theater musicals including Annie (Oliver Warbucks), Les Misérables (Jean Valjean), "Man of La Mancha" (Don Quixiote) and "Jerry Springer: The Opera" (Satan). In 2016, he resides in New Jersey. 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