Keith Wilfred Smith (24 February 1926 – 30 March 2008) was an English actor who is known 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 the Q... with Spike Milligan.
He died in London on 30 March 2008 at the age of 82 from motor neurone disease.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1955 I Am a Camera El Dorado Patron Uncredited1957 The Army Game Private Hatchett TV series1959 Idol on Parade Post Corporal 1959 The Ugly Duckling Figures 1959 I'm All Right Jack Card Player (on left) 1960 The Criminal (1960 film) Hanson 1960 Not a Hope in Hell Capt. Wotherspoon 1961 Nearly a Nasty Accident W.O.'s Orderly Uncredited1961 Dangerous Afternoon Constable Kemp 1962 Hair of the Dog Interviewer 1963 Ricochet Porter 1963 The Small World of Sammy Lee Joans's Client Uncredited1963 Heavens Above! Leslie Hughes Uncredited1964 Ferry Cross the Mersey Dawson's Chauffeur 1964 Face of a Stranger Ticket Collector Edgar Wallace Mysteries1965 Strangler's Web Uncredited1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom Shop steward 1968 Headline Hunters Fustwick 1971 One Brief Summer Gavin 1971 The Magnificent Six and ½: That's All We Need 1971 The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins R.A.C. Man (segment "Pride")1974 Professor Popper's Problem P.C. Whitby 1978 What's Up Nurse! Mr. Newberry 1984 Don't Open Till Christmas Experience Santa Uncredited 1985 Anna of the Five Towns Bank clerk 1 episode 1985 The Beiderbecke Affair Mr Wheeler 2 episodes1985 Robbery Under Arms Trooper Spring 1987 The Beiderbecke Tapes Mr. Wheeler 2 episodes1988 The Beiderbecke Connection 4 episodes1993 Splitting Heirs Photographer 1993 Body Snatchers Soldier Gas Station 1993 Heaven & Earth G.I. #2 1999 Captain Jack 2nd Quaker Man (final film role)
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