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John Howard Davies

​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


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Born:
Mar 9, 1939 In London, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the movie Oliver Twist 1948-06-28
Latest Project:
Movie All About The Good Life 2010-12-29
Known For
Poster of All About The Good Life
Poster of The Magic Box
Poster of Tom Brown's Schooldays
Poster of The Rocking Horse Winner
Filmography
Movie All About The Good Life 2010-12-29
Movie Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened Self – Series Director 2009-05-10
Movie Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News Self 2009-12-28
Series The Adventures of William Tell Unknown 1958-09-15
Movie The Magic Box Maurice Friese-Greene 1952-01-01
Movie Tom Brown's Schooldays Tom Brown 1951-04-17
Movie The Rocking Horse Winner Paul Grahame 1949-11-30
Movie Oliver Twist Oliver Twist 1948-06-28