About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1939-03-09
Place of birth:
London, England, UK
Website:
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John Howard Davies

Overview

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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.

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Known for

Acting

2010 All About The Good Life Actor N/A
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2009 Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News Actor Self N/A
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2009 Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened Actor Self – Series Director 59
Average
2007 What the Pythons Did Next... Actor Self N/A
N/A
1952 The Magic Box Actor Maurice Friese-Greene 59
Average
1951 Tom Brown's Schooldays Actor Tom Brown 59
Average
1949 The Rocking Horse Winner Actor Paul Grahame 59
Average
1948 Oliver Twist Actor Oliver Twist 63
Fair

Directing

1995 Torvill and Bean Directing Director 58
Average
1991 The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean Directing Director 59
Average
1988 Andy Capp Directing Director 68
Fair
1987 Bloody New Year Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1986 The Paul McCartney Special Directing Director N/A
N/A
1984 Kim Directing Director 58
Average
1975 Fawlty Towers Directing Director 81
Very good
1972 The Edwardians Directing Director 69
Fair

Production

1991 The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean Production Producer 59
Average
1991 Hope It Rains Production Producer 69
Fair
1990 No Job for a Lady Production Producer 69
Fair
1988 Andy Capp Production Producer 68
Fair
1988 After Henry Production Executive Producer 68
Fair
1986 Executive Stress Production Producer 68
Fair
1976 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Production Producer 72
Good
1975 The Good Life Production Producer 71
Good