John Howard Davies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 9, 1939, London, England, UK
- Died
- August 22, 2011
- Movies
- 16
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | The Good Life: Inside Out | |
| 2010 | All About The Good Life | |
| 2009 | Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News | Self |
| 2009 | Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened | Self – Series Director |
| 2007 | What the Pythons Did Next... | Self |
| 1990 | Dors: The Other Diana | |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Maurice Friese-Greene |
| 1951 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | Tom Brown |
| 1949 | The Rocking Horse Winner | Paul Grahame |
| 1948 | Oliver Twist | Oliver Twist |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1995 | Mr. Bean: Torvill and Bean | Director |
| 1991 | The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean | Director, Producer |
| 1986 | The Paul McCartney Special | Director |
| 1984 | Kim | Director |
| 1983 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | Director, Producer |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter | Director |
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