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Warwick Davis

Warwick Davis
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Davis in 2007
Born Warwick Ashley Davis
(1970-02-03) 3 February 1970 (age 47)
Epsom, Surrey, England
Occupation Actor, television presenter, writer, director, producer
Years active 1982–Present
Height 3 ft 6 in (107 cm)
Spouse(s) Samantha Davis (m. 1991)
Children 4 (2 deceased)
Relatives Peter Burroughs (father-in-law)
Hayley Burroughs (sister-in-law)
Website warwickdavis.co.uk

Warwick Ashley Davis (born 3 February 1970) is an English actor, television presenter, writer, director and producer He played the title characters in Willow and the Leprechaun film series, the Ewok Wicket in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Professor Filius Flitwick and Griphook in the Harry Potter films. Davis also starred as a fictionalised version of himself in the sitcom Life's Too Short, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

Davis was born in Epsom, Surrey. His father was an insurance worker. Davis also has a younger sister. He was educated at Chinthurst School and later the City of London Freemen's School. Davis was born with Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, an extremely rare form of dwarfism. When Davis was 11, his grandmother heard a radio advert calling for people who were 4 feet (1.2 m) tall or shorter to be in Return of the Jedi. To Davis, who was a fan of the Star Wars films, it was a dream come true. On the set of Return of the Jedi, Mark Hamill himself bought Davis every single Star Wars figure he did not have.

Davis was originally cast as an extra Ewok, but when Kenny Baker, who was originally going to be Wicket, fell ill, George Lucas picked Davis to be the new Wicket after seeing how he carried himself as an Ewok. Davis based his Ewok movements on his dog, who would tilt his head from side to side whenever he saw something strange. During production on the film, Davis was the subject of a short mockumentary film about his experience as Wicket, titled Return of the Ewok, made by Return of the Jedi's first assistant director, David Tomblin. The unreleased film was a fictional look at his decision to become an actor and act in the film and his transformation into Wicket the Ewok. Davis reprised his role as Wicket in the ABC made-for-TV films Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.


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