
John Howard Davies
Known for: Directing
Born: March 9, 1939
Died: August 22, 2011
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…
Known for

Oliver Twist
1948

Tom Brown's Schooldays
1951

The Rocking Horse Winner
1949

All About The Good Life
2010

Dors: The Other Diana
1990

The Good Life: Inside Out
2025

The Adventures of William Tell
1958

The Magic Box
1952

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
About Religion
1956

What the Pythons Did Next...
2007

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009