John Howard Davies

English actor, director and producer (1939–2011)
Person human Q772224
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John Howard Davies

Summary

John Howard Davies is a human[1]. His place of birth was Paddington[2]. He was born on March 9, 1939[3]. He died in Blewbury[4]. He died on August 22, 2011[5]. He worked as a television director[6], film director[7], film actor[8], film producer[9], and television actor[10]. He ranks in the top 0.59% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (934 views/month, #5,934 of 1,000,298).[11]

Key Facts

  • John Howard Davies was born in Paddington[2].
  • John Howard Davies died in Blewbury[4].
  • John Howard Davies was born on March 9, 1939[3].
  • John Howard Davies died on August 22, 2011[5].
  • John Howard Davies's father was Jack Davies[12].
  • John Howard Davies held citizenship in United Kingdom[13].
  • English was John Howard Davies's native language[14].
  • John Howard Davies worked as a television director[6].
  • John Howard Davies worked as a film director[7].
  • John Howard Davies's professions included film actor[8].
  • John Howard Davies worked as a film producer[9].
  • John Howard Davies worked as a television actor[10].
  • John Howard Davies's professions included television producer[15].
  • John Howard Davies was employed by British Broadcasting Corporation[16].
  • John Howard Davies's education included a stint at Haileybury and Imperial Service College[17].
  • John Howard Davies is recorded as male[18].
  • John Howard Davies's instance of is recorded as human[19].
  • The cause of death was cancer[20].
  • John Howard Davies's sport is recorded as shooting sports[21].
  • John Howard Davies's family name is recorded as Davies[22].
  • John Howard Davies's given name is recorded as John[23].
  • John Howard Davies's manner of death is recorded as natural causes[24].
  • John Howard Davies's participant in is recorded as Commonwealth Shooting Championships[25].
  • John Howard Davies's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[26].
  • John Howard Davies's country for sport is recorded as Wales[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1939-03-09[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2011-08-22[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ddc0cd70-6060-445d-b373-003ab4aa20a0[32]

Body

Origins and Family

John Howard Davies was born in Paddington[2]. He was born on March 9, 1939[3]. His father was Jack Davies[12]. English was his native language[14].

Education

John Howard Davies's education included a stint at Haileybury and Imperial Service College[17].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include television director[6], film director[7], film actor[8], film producer[9], television actor[10], and television producer[15]. Among John Howard Davies's employers was British Broadcasting Corporation[16].

Death and Burial

John Howard Davies died on August 22, 2011[5]. He passed away in Blewbury[4]. The cause of death was cancer[20].

Why It Matters

John Howard Davies ranks in the top 0.59% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (934 views/month, #5,934 of 1,000,298).[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] He is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

Where was John Howard Davies born?

Born in Paddington[2], John Howard Davies…

Where did John Howard Davies die?

John Howard Davies died in Blewbury[4].

Who were John Howard Davies's parents?

John Howard Davies's father was Jack Davies[12].

What did John Howard Davies do for work?

John Howard Davies worked as television director[6], film director[7], film actor[8], film producer[9], and television actor[10].

Where did John Howard Davies go to school?

John Howard Davies was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College[17].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [5] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [11] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of children {'amount': '+2'}
    Place of death Blewbury
    Country for sport Wales
    Cause of death cancer
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