John Howard Davies would still have had a minor place in entertainment history through his affecting performance as the protagonist of David Lean's film of Oliver Twist (1948). But his reputation ...

John Howard Davies - the actor turned comedy director best known for playing Oliver Twist in the 1948 David Lean film - has died at the age of 72 following a battle with cancer, his son said today.

Oliver Twist (1948) (No longer in theaters) ... Oliver (John Howard Davies) is sold into a job as an undertaker's apprentice. He runs away and joins a gang of larcenous street urchins, ...

John Howard Davies - the child star of Oliver Twist turned director - has died at the age of 72 following a battle with cancer. He found fame when he was just eight years old after landing the ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Howard Davies (born Paddington, London; 9 March 1939) is a British television director and producer and ...

British TV comedy producer, director and exec John Howard Davies, famed for his work on the John Cleese laffer "Fawlty Towers," died Monday at his home in Blewbury, Oxfordshire, from cancer. He ...

John Howard Davies, a child actor and comedy producer best known for his lead role in David Lean's 1948 film "Oliver Twist", has died aged 72, his former employer the BBC said on Tuesday.

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This is an undated family handout photo of John Howard Davies, the British actor turned comedy director best known for playing Oliver Twist in the 1948 David Lean film, who died Monday Aug. 22 ...

John Howard Davies, producer of hit comedy programmes such as Fawlty Towers and Monty Python, has died aged 72. ... As a child, Davies played the lead role in David Lean's Oliver Twist.