John Howard Davies
Regissör, Producent, Skådespelare
9 mars 1939 — 22 augusti 2011 (72 år)
John Howard Davies (born Paddington, London; 9 March 1939 — 22 August 2011) was a British television director, 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.
Davies is best known for his adult career as 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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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.
Davies is best known for his adult career as 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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| 1969 | The Benny Hill Show · as Executive Producer |
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| 1958 | The Adventures of William Tell · as Bruno |
| 1951 | Tom Brown's Schooldays · as Tom Brown |
| 1951 | The Magic Box · as Maurice Friese-Greene |
| 1949 | The Rocking Horse Winner · as Paul Grahame |
| 1948 | Oliver Twist · as Oliver TwistPå Plex |
| 2023 | The Good Life: 50 Years of Laughter · as Self |
| 2009 | Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened · as Self – Series Director |
| 2007 | British Film Forever · as Self |
| 2005 | Fawlty Towers Revisited · as Self - Host |
| 2003 | Comedy Connections · as Self |
| 1992 | Heroes of Comedy · as Self |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) · as Self |
| 1968 | Frost on Sunday · as Self - Television Light Entertainment Special Award Winner |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) · as Self |
| 1989 | Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python · as Producer: Original SeriesPå Plex |
| 1987 | Bloody New Year · as Assistant DirectorPå Plex |