John Howard Davies Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

John Howard Davies

John Howard Davies

Directing

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Howard Davies, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography Movies

Acting

Oliver Twist movie poster
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Oliver Twist

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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Tom Brown's Schooldays movie poster
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Tom Brown's Schooldays

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Tom Brown's Schooldays
Tom Brown
The Rocking Horse Winner movie poster
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The Rocking Horse Winner

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The Rocking Horse Winner
Paul Grahame
The Magic Box movie poster
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The Magic Box

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The Magic Box
Maurice Friese-Greene
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News movie poster
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Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

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Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
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Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened movie poster
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Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

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Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
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What the Pythons Did Next... movie poster
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What the Pythons Did Next...

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What the Pythons Did Next...
Self
All About The Good Life movie poster
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All About The Good Life

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All About The Good Life
Dors: The Other Diana movie poster
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Dors: The Other Diana

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Dors: The Other Diana
The Good Life: Inside Out movie poster
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The Good Life: Inside Out

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The Good Life: Inside Out

Production

Kim movie poster
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Kim

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Kim
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Bloody New Year movie poster
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Bloody New Year

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Bloody New Year
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The Paul McCartney Special movie poster
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The Paul McCartney Special

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The Paul McCartney Special
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The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean movie poster
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The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean

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The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean
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The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean movie poster
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The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean

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The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean
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Mr. Bean: Torvill and Bean movie poster
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Mr. Bean: Torvill and Bean

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Mr. Bean: Torvill and Bean
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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin movie poster
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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin movie poster
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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Producer
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter movie poster
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Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter

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Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
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