John Howard Davies
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| Born |
9 March 1939 Paddington, London, England |
| Died | 22 August 2011 (aged 72) Blewbury, Oxfordshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer |
| Spouse(s) | Linda (2005–2011, his death) |
| Children | Son and daughter |
John Howard Davies (9 March 1939 – 22 August 2011) was an English child actor who later became a television director and producer.
Davies was born in Paddington, London, the son of the scriptwriter Jack Davies. His credits as a child actor include the title role at the age of nine in David Lean's production Oliver Twist (1948), followed by The Rocking Horse Winner (1949), Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) and a few episodes of the TV series William Tell (1958).
After school at Haileybury, further education in Grenoble, France and national service in the Navy, he started working in the City, the financial centre of London, then as a carpet salesman. Ending up in Melbourne, Australia, he returned to acting and met his first wife Leonie when they both appeared in The Sound of Music. He was Stage Manager for The Sound Of Music for two years touring Australia and New Zealand. Back in Britain he tried selling oil to industry in Wembley.
He is best known for his adult career as a director and producer of several highly successful British sitcoms. Davies became a BBC production assistant during 1966, being promoted to producer in 1968. During this early period Davies worked on sketch shows such as The World of Beachcomber (1968), the earliest episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) and The Goodies (1970–72). He also directed the young Anthony Hopkins in the first episode of the Biography series in "Danton," written by Arden Winch. He also worked on All Gas and Gaiters (1969–70) and the seventh series of Steptoe and Son in 1972.
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