
Known for
Directing
Born
March 9, 1939
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Died
August 22, 2011 (aged 72)
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 actin...
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2010
2009
2009
as Self – Series Director
2007
as Self
1995
Director
1991
Director, Producer
1991
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Assistant Director
1986
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Director
1985
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Director
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Director, Producer
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