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John Howard Davies, a wistful child actor of British movie dramas, memorable as the title orphan of “Oliver Twist,” who became a comedy director and producer who nurtured such enduring ...

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 ...

John Howard Davies, a wistful child actor of British movie dramas, memorable as the title orphan of “Oliver Twist,” who became a comedy director and producer who nurtured such enduring ...

Proving a difficult charge to the wicked orphanage official, Oliver (John Howard Davies) is sold into a job ... an ultimately happy ending. Oliver Twist was filmed in England in 1948, but its ...

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 ...

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. IE 11 is ...

The actor who played Oliver Twist in the 1948 David Lean film, John Howard Davies, has died aged 72. Davies found fame as a child actor, taking the role of Oliver in the adaptation of the Charles ...

John Howard Davies died yesterday after a battle with cancer, he was 72. Davies started out as a child actor and is often cited for his starring role in the 1948 edition of Oliver Twist but I ...

British TV comedy producer, director and exec John ... Davies and novelist Dorothy, he began his showbiz career at age 8, playing the lead role in David Lean’s 1948 production of “Oliver Twist ...