Oliver Ford Davies
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Oliver Robert Ford Davies (born August 12, 1939) is a British actor and writer. From the King's School, Canterbury, he won a scholarship to Merton College, Oxford, where he read History and became President of the Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS).
He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1990 (1989 season) for Best Actor in a New Play for Racing Demon. He was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role of 2003 for his performance in Absolutely! (perhaps) at the Wyndham's Theatre.
He had a regular role as Peter Foxcott QC in Kavanagh QC. He also appeared in the ITV television drama The Uninvited, and in one episode of the popular drama Foyle's War.
Oliver Ford Davies' books include Playing Lear, an account of his experience while performing King Lear at the Almeida Theatre, and Performing Shakespeare. Both are published by Nick Hern Books.
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[edit] Television Credits
- The Long Walk to Finchley (Donald Kaberry)
- A Royal Scandal (Lord Liverpool)
- Waking the Dead (Hugo Keegan)
- Midsomer Murders (Otto Benham)
- Cherished (Lord Justice Judge)
- Rosemary & Thyme (Sir Basil Slavinski)
- Wren: The Man Who Built Britain (Sir Roger Pratt)
- Sparkling Cyanide (Col. Geoffrey Reece)
- Spooks (Sir Richard 'Dickie' Bowman)
- My Uncle Silas (Cosmo)
- Foyle's War (Lawrence Gascoigne)
- Sirens (Henry Marshall)
- Murder (Father Daniel)
- A History of Britain
- Bertie and Elizabeth (Archbishop Lang)
- Sunday (Lord Halisham)
- The Way We Live Now (Mr. Longestaffe)
- Fire, Plague, War and Treason (voice)
- Just Visiting (Pit Rivers)
- Poirot (Dr. Sheppard)
- David Copperfield (Mr. Wickfield)
- Kavanagh QC (Peter Foxcott QC)
- Heartbeat (Henry Tomkinson)
- McLibel (Dr. Arnott)
- The Uninvited
- A Dance to the Music of Time (Le Bas)
- Pie in the Sky (James Truman)
- Wycliffe (Dr. Donald Treloar)
- A Royal Scandal (Lord Liverpool)
- Truth or Dare (Derek McKendrick)
- Coogan's Run (Dr. Phillips)
- A Landing on the Sun (Treacher)
- MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (Prof. Carson)
- Between the Lines (John Gollap)
- Alleyn Mysteries (Sir Herbert Carrados)
- Maigret (Dr. Pardon)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Ship's Captain)
- Van der Valk (Guus Kroese)
- The Cloning of Joanna May (Gerald)
- Goodbye Cruel World (Collins)
- Inspector Morse (Frederick Redpath)
- The War That Never Ends (Melian Representative)
- The Police
- Chancer (Vicar)
- Casualty (The Major)
- Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (Police Commander)
- Jade (Professor)
- A Taste for Death (Father Francis Barnes)
- A Very British Coup (Tweed)
- A Very Peculiar Practice (Lecturer)
- Hannay (Russian Ambassador)
- Death of a Son (Prosecuting Counsel)
- Cause célèbre (J.D. Casswell)
- Mitch
- The Citadel (Reverend Parry)
- Tenko (Priest)
- Philby, Burgess and Maclean (Patterson)
- Father Brown (Det. Insp. Corliss)
- The Protectors (Hansen)
- Moonbase 3 (Astronaut)
- The Brontes of Haworth (John Hunter Thompson)
- Spyder's Web (Heath)
[edit] Film Credits
- Heidi (Dr. Classen)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (Sio Bibble)[1]
- Gladiatress
- The Mother (Bruce)
- Johnny English (Archbishop of Canterbury)
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (Sio Bibble)
- Revelation (Prof. Casaubon)
- Blow Dry (Doctor Hamilton)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Gov. Sio Bibble)
- An Ideal Husband (Sir Hugo Danforth)
- Titanic Town (Whittington)
- Mrs Dalloway (Hugh Whitbread)
- Mrs Brown (Dean of Windsor)
- Sense and Sensibility (Doctor Harris)
- Paper Mask (Coroner)
- Scandal (Mr. Woods)
- Defence of the Realm (Anthony Clegg)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Davies was not available to shoot his scenes as Sio Bibble in Italy for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, so when George Lucas filmed the factory scenes in England, he spent a day with him on bluescreen filming his shots, and then put them together to make him look like he was there in the Naboo palace with all the other actors.[citation needed]
