Born: 20th August 1934
Episodes Broadcast: 1967

John Davies was born in Birmingham, West Midlands. Educated in Stratford-upon-Avon, he became interested in Shakespeare and the theatre in general. As a teenager, Davies started acting for BBC Radio in Birmingham. After graduation, he was a performer and assistant stage manager in repertory theatre. In the mid-Fifties, Davies joined BBC Radio as a studio manager; he moved into television in 1958, initially directing on news and documentary programmes. His first drama was the play Incident, broadcast in 1965. Davies then directed episodes of United! and The Newcomers before being assigned to 1967's The Macra Terror for Doctor Who.

Later Sixties work included two dozen episodes of Z Cars and the classics serial Nana. The latter established his focus for much of the Seventies, which notably included a twenty-part adaptation of War & Peace starring Anthony Hopkins. Other work encompassed everything from The Brothers to Backs To The Land to Tales Of The Unexpected. In 1977, he became the producer-director of Just William. During the Eighties, he was the executive producer of Saturday Night Thriller and Mitch, while directing shows like Cover Her Face and A Taste For Death. In 1988, he developed The Ruth Rendell Mysteries for television. The Nineties saw Davies produce The Chief, but he mainly worked as a director, including programmes such as Devices And Desires and CI5: The New Professionals. His career continued into the twenty-first century, with his last work being several episodes of The Bill between 2000 and 2002.