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.
Keith Smith (actor) 30 March 2008 at the age of 82 from motor neurone disease. Keith Smith (actor) Keith Wilfred Smith (26 February 1926 – 30 March 2008) was an English actor who is best known to for his roles in "The Army Game" and "The Beiderbecke Trilogy". Smith also appeared in "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" as a manager of a Grot shop. 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. Smith was a regular in