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John Howard Davies‌

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John Howard Davies

London, England, UK

John Howard Davies

London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1939-03-09

Popularity

star3.8

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Howard Davies  (born Paddington, London; 9 March 1939) is a British television director and producer and former child actor. Davies was the son of the scriptwriter Jack Davies. His credits as a child actor include the title role in David Lean's Oliver Twist (1948), The Rocking Horse Winner (1949), Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) and a few episodes of the television series William Tell (1958). After school at Haileybury, further education at Grenoble and National Service in the Royal Navy, he started working in the City in a finance company. After that, he trained as a carpet salesman but quit after six months to travel the world. Ending up in Australia he returned to acting and met his wife Leonie when they both appeared in The Sound of Music. Back in Britain he tried selling oil to industry in Wembley and then became a production assistant in the BBC at the end of 1968. He is now best known for his adult career as a director and producer of several highly successful British sitcoms including All Gas and Gaiters, Fawlty Towers (series 1), The Goodies, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Good Life, No Job for a Lady and Mr. Bean. Davies was also the producer and director of the sketch show The World of Beachcomber and the earliest episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus. He also directed several episodes of The Vicar of Dibley. He became the BBC's Head of Comedy from 1977-1982,then head of Light Entertainment and finally Controller Managing Director of EMI Television Productions and the Head of Light Entertainment at ITV broadcaster Thames Television. During the last role he was cited by the popular press as the man who 'sacked' comedian Benny Hill when the station decided not to renew his contract after 20 years service. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Howard Davies, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Movie Credits

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist‌
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calendar 1948

Tom Brown's Schooldays

Tom Brown's Schooldays‌
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calendar 1951

The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking Horse Winner‌
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calendar 1949

The Magic Box

The Magic Box‌
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calendar 1952

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News‌
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calendar 2009

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened‌
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calendar 2009

What the Pythons Did Next...

What the Pythons Did Next...‌
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calendar 2007

All About The Good Life

All About The Good Life‌
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calendar 2010

Tv Credits

The Adventures of William Tell

The Adventures of William Tell‌
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calendar 1958

The Adventures of William Tell

The Adventures of William Tell‌
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calendar 1958