- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 9, 1939
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
- Died
- August 22, 2011
John Howard Davies
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 19…
Filmography
movieThe Good Life: Inside Out
2025
movieAll About The Good Life
2010
movieNot Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009 · Self
movieFawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009 · Self – Series Director
movieWhat the Pythons Did Next...
2007 · Self
movieMr. Bean: Torvill and Bean
1995 · Director
movieThe Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean
1991 · Director, Producer
tvHope It Rains
1991 · Director, Producer
movieDors: The Other Diana
1990
tvNo Job for a Lady
1990 · Producer, Director, Creator
tvMr. Bean
1990 · Producer, Director
tvAndy Capp
1988 · Producer, Director
tvAfter Henry
1988 · Executive Producer
tvThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Director
movieBloody New Year
1987 · Assistant Director
tvExecutive Stress
1986 · Producer, Director
movieThe Paul McCartney Special
1986 · Director
tvAll in Good Faith
1985 · Director, Creator
tvThe Bill
1984 · Director
movieKim
1984 · Director
tvMr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984 · Director
movieThe Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1983 · Director, Producer
tvA Married Man
1983 · Producer
movieTales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
1979 · Director
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · Director
tvThe Other One
1977 · Director
tvRaffles
1977 · Director
tvThe Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1976 · Producer, Director
tvFawlty Towers
1975 · Producer, Director
tvThe Good Life
1975 · Producer, Director
Whoops Baghdad
tvWhoops Baghdad
1973 · Producer, Director, Creator
tvMonty Python's Flying Circus
1969 · Director, Creator
The World of Beachcomber
tvThe World of Beachcomber
1968 · Director, Creator
tvAll Gas and Gaiters
1967 · Director, Producer
tvSteptoe and Son
1962 · Director
tvComedy Playhouse
1961 · Director
tvThe Adventures of William Tell
1958 · Karl, Bruno
About Religion
tvAbout Religion
1956
movieThe Magic Box
1952 · Maurice Friese-Greene
movieTom Brown's Schooldays
1951 · Tom Brown
movieThe Rocking Horse Winner
1949 · Paul Grahame
movieOliver Twist
1948 · Oliver Twist