John Howard Davies (born London 9 March 1939) is a British film actor, television director and producer. 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, The Rocking Horse Winner, Tom Brown's Schooldays' and William Tell. After school at Halleybury, further education at Grenoble and National Service in the Royal Navy, he started working in the City in a finance company.

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  • John Howard Davies (born London 9 March 1939) is a British film actor, television director and producer. 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, The Rocking Horse Winner, Tom Brown's Schooldays' and William Tell. After school at Halleybury, 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. Davies was the original producer and director of Monty Python's Flying Circus, The World of Beachcomber, All Gas and Gaiters,Fawlty Towers (series 1), The Goodies, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Good Life, To the Manor Born, No Job for a Lady and Mr. Bean. He also directed several episodes of The Vicar of Dibley. He was the BBC Head of Comedy (1977-1982), Managing Director of EMI Television Productions and Thames Television's Head of Comedy during which time he was the man responsible for sacking the famed British comedian, Benny Hill.
  • John Howard Davies ist ein britischer Schauspieler, Fernsehregisseur und Produzent. Er spielte unter anderem unter der Regie von David Lean im Jahre 1948 die Titelrolle in Oliver Twist an der Seite von Alec Guinness. Mittlerweile arbeitet er als Produzent und produzierte viele Folgen der Serien Mr. Bean und Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
  • John Howard Davies est un acteur anglais né le 9 mars 1939 à Londres. Il a joué dans le film Oliver Twist tourné en 1948, dans le rôle d'Oliver.
  • John Howard Davies brytyjski aktor filmowy, reżyser telewizyjny i producent. W jego dorobku jako dziecięcego aktora znajduje się między innynmi tytułowa rola w filmie Oliver Twist Davida Leana. Najbardziej znany jest ze swej dorosłej kariery jako reżyser i producent kilku brytyjskich sitcomów, które odniosły wielki sukces. Davies był pierwotnym producentem i reżyserem takich seriali komediowych jak Latający cyrk Monty Pythona (pierwsze cztery odcinki), Hotel Zacisze (pierwsza seria), The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (odcinek pilotowy) oraz Jaś Fasola. Reżyserował także w 1967 roku Doctor Who (odcinek The Macra Terror) oraz kilka epizodów sitcomu The Vicar of Dibley.
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  • John Howard Davies (born London 9 March 1939) is a British film actor, television director and producer. 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, The Rocking Horse Winner, Tom Brown's Schooldays' and William Tell. After school at Halleybury, further education at Grenoble and National Service in the Royal Navy, he started working in the City in a finance company.
  • John Howard Davies ist ein britischer Schauspieler, Fernsehregisseur und Produzent. Er spielte unter anderem unter der Regie von David Lean im Jahre 1948 die Titelrolle in Oliver Twist an der Seite von Alec Guinness. Mittlerweile arbeitet er als Produzent und produzierte viele Folgen der Serien Mr. Bean und Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
  • John Howard Davies est un acteur anglais né le 9 mars 1939 à Londres. Il a joué dans le film Oliver Twist tourné en 1948, dans le rôle d'Oliver.
  • John Howard Davies brytyjski aktor filmowy, reżyser telewizyjny i producent. W jego dorobku jako dziecięcego aktora znajduje się między innynmi tytułowa rola w filmie Oliver Twist Davida Leana. Najbardziej znany jest ze swej dorosłej kariery jako reżyser i producent kilku brytyjskich sitcomów, które odniosły wielki sukces.
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