Jack Davies learned the rudiments of British screen comedy as a staff writer on the Will Hay films of the 1930s. Not confined to any one comic style, Davies was as well suited to the whimsy of Laughter in Paradise (1951) as he was to the semi-satirical silliness of the Doctor in the House series and the gut-level slapstick of Norman Wisdom's vehicles. In 1965, he earned an Oscar nomination for his work on the all-star Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. Jack Davies was the father of child star (and later BBC TV director) John Howard Davies.
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Ffolkes
Book Author, Screenwriter |
1980 | |||
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Paper Tiger
Screenwriter |
1975 | |||
Sheba, Baby
Editor |
1975 | |||
Doctor in Trouble
Screenwriter |
1970 | |||
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies
Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1969 | |||
El Precio de un Hombre
Screenwriter |
1968 | |||
Doctor in Clover
Screenwriter |
1966 | |||
Gambit
Screenwriter |
1966 | |||
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The Cavern
Screenwriter |
1965 | |||
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The Early Bird
Screenwriter |
1965 | |||
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Screenwriter |
1965 | |||
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Father Came Too!
Screenwriter |
1964 | |||
A Stitch in Time
Screenwriter |
1963 | |||
Crooks Anonymous
Screenwriter |
1963 | |||
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The Fast Lady
Screenwriter |
1963 | |||
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On the Beat
Screenwriter |
1962 | |||
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Seven Keys
Screenwriter |
1962 | |||
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Nearly a Nasty Accident
Screenwriter |
1961 | |||
Very Important Person
Screenwriter |
1961 | |||
It Started in Naples
Short Story Author |
1960 | |||
The Bulldog Breed
Screenwriter |
1960 | |||
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Don't Panic Chaps!
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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Follow a Star
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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Invitation to Monte Carlo
Commentary |
1959 | |||
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The Ugly Duckling
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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I Only Asked!
Screenwriter |
1958 | |||
The Square Peg
Screenwriter |
1958 | |||
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High Flight
Short Story Author |
1957 | |||
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True As a Turtle
Screenwriter |
1957 | |||
Up in the World
Screenwriter |
1957 | |||
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Jumping for Joy
Screenwriter |
1956 | |||
An Alligator Named Daisy
Screenwriter |
1955 | |||
Doctor at Sea
Screenwriter |
1955 | |||
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Tonight's the Night
Screenwriter |
1954 | |||
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Curtain Up
Screenwriter |
1952 | |||
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Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow
Screenwriter |
1952 | |||
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Laughter in Paradise
Screenwriter |
1951 | |||
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Trouble in the Air
Screenwriter, Short Story Author |
1948 | |||
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Convict 99
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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The Girl Thief
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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The Tenth Man
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Weekend Millionaire
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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A Star Fell from Heaven
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Once in a Million
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Someone at the Door
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Music Hath Charms
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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Mister Cinders
Screenwriter |
1934 |
