Oliver Ford Davies

Oliver Ford Davies
Born	Oliver Robert Ford Davies 12 August 1939 (1939-08-12) (age 72) Ealing, London, United Kingdom[1]
Occupation	Actor, writer
Years active	1972–present
Spouse	Jenifer Armitage (1977-present)

Oliver Robert Ford Davies (born 12 August 1939) is a British actor and writer.

Biography

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 twice nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for his performance in Absolutely! (perhaps) at the Wyndham's Theatre in 2003 and again in 2007 for his performance as Polonius in the RSC production of Hamlet at the Novello 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. He will always be remembered for his role in Jurassic Park.

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.

He recently appeared as Polonius in Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company, alongside David Tennant and Patrick Stewart, and in 2009 appeared in All's Well That Ends Well at the Royal National Theatre as the King of France. In 2010 he is appearing as Balfour in Ben Brown's new play, The Promise, about the Balfour Declaration.

Television

• 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)
• Land Girls (Bishop Selvy)

Filmography

• Heidi (Dr. Classen)
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Sio Bibble)
• 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)
• The murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie (Dr. James Sheppard)

References

1. ^ BFI biodata

External links

• Oliver Ford Davies at the Internet Broadway Database
• Oliver Ford Davies at the Internet Movie Database
• Nick Hern Books

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Name	Ford Davies, Oliver
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Date of birth	12 August 1939
Place of birth	Ealing, London, United Kingdom
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