David Davies (actor born 1906)
| David Davies | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 April 1906 Brynmawr, Wales |
| Died | June 1974 Carmarthen, Wales |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1942–72 |
David Lewis Davies (3 April 1906 – June 1974), was a Welsh stage and film actor. At 6' 4" he was often cast as a heavy, police officer or in a military or authoritarian role, such as Mr. Arrow, the first mate and enforcer outwitted by Long John Silver in Disney's 1950 Treasure Island. Davies appeared mainly in British film and television programmes, and was in demand for films set in Wales, such as The Three Weird Sisters (1948), The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949), Tiger Bay (1959) and Only Two Can Play (1962).
Davies was born in the town of Brynmawr, Monmouthshire, South Wales, in 1906. He moved to Essex where he became a policeman in 1927 for the Southend Borough Constabulary, which later amalgamated into Essex Police in 1969. He was forced into medical retirement with a duodenal ulcer on 27 April 1937.
Davis took up acting soon after. In 1942 he appeared at the Stoll Theatre in London in the role of Sergeant Malone in the operetta Rose-Marie. At 6' 4" Davies, found himself often portraying authority figures, especially police officers.
In 1948 he appeared in the Dylan Thomas-written film The Three Weird Sisters as a police officer. He continued his connection with Welsh cinema in 1949 when he took the role of Septimus in The Last Days of Dolwyn and as a burly stranger in the comedy A Run for Your Money. In 1950 he took on the role of Mr. Arrow, the first mate of "The Hispaniola" who comes to an unfortunate end at the hands of Robert Newton's Long John Silver in the Disney live action adaptation of Treasure Island. That year he also appeared in the British Drama The Angel with the Trumpet as a Nazi leader.
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