Jack Davies

Screenwriter

About

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Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

November 25, 1913

Died

June 22, 1994

Biography

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Jack Davies's talent for screenwriting gave him a Hollywood career. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for "Doctor at Sea" in 1955. Following this honor, Davies penned the scripts for the comedy "An Alligator Named Daisy" (1957) with Donald Sinden, the Ray Milland action flick "High Flight" (1958) and the comedy "It Started in Naples" (1960) with Clark Gable. He also appeared in the c...

Filmography

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Getting It On (1983)

Paper Tiger (1975)

Doctor in Trouble (1970)

Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)

Carnaby, M. D. (1967)

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Gambit (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Had To Have Her

Gambit (1966) -- (Movie Clip) You Weren't Being Tricky Enough

Biography

Jack Davies's talent for screenwriting gave him a Hollywood career. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for "Doctor at Sea" in 1955. Following this honor, Davies penned the scripts for the comedy "An Alligator Named Daisy" (1957) with Donald Sinden, the Ray Milland action flick "High Flight" (1958) and the comedy "It Started in Naples" (1960) with Clark Gable. He also appeared in the comedy "Crooks Anonymous" (1962) with Leslie Phillips. Davies was most recently credited in "Kicking It" (2008). In the seventies through the nineties, Davies lent his talents to projects like "Paper Tiger" with David Niven (1975), "ffolkes" with Roger Moore (1980) and "Getting It On" (1983). His credits also expanded to "Edtv" with Matthew McConaughey (1999). Davies passed away in June 1994 at the age of 81.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Getting It On (1983)

Writer (Feature Film)

Paper Tiger (1975)

Doctor in Trouble (1970)

Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)

Carnaby, M. D. (1967)

A Stitch in Time (1967)

Father Came Too (1966)

The Fast Lady (1965)

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; or How I Flew From London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes (1965)

The Cavern (1965)

Story & Screenplay

Crooks Anonymous (1963)

Nearly a Nasty Accident (1962)

A Coming-Out Party (1962)

Follow a Star (1961)

Invitation to Monte Carlo (1961)

It Started in Naples (1960)

High Flight (1958)

Based on an Original story by

The Square Peg (1958)

An Alligator Named Daisy (1957)

Doctor at Sea (1955)

Tonight's the Night (1954)

Story and Screenplay

Curtain Up (1952)

Laughter in Paradise (1951)

The Tenth Man (1936)

Someone at the Door (1936)

Producer (Feature Film)

Kicking It (2008)

Executive Producer

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; or How I Flew From London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes (1965)

Associate Producer

Crooks Anonymous (1963)

Associate Producer

Editing (Feature Film)

Sheba Baby (1975)

Melvin Purvis, G-man (1974)

Assistant Editor

Assistant Editor

Harold and Maude (1971)

Assistant Editor

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Source Material (From Novel)

Life Events

Videos

Gambit (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Had To Have Her We don’t know at this point that we’re seeing the caper only as it plays out in the imagination of thief Harry (Michael Caine), in which Arab potentate Shabandar (Herbert Lom) is wholly entranced by the resemblance of Shirley MacLaine, as taxi-dancer Nicole, to his late wife, in Gambit, 1966.

Gambit (1966) -- (Movie Clip) You Weren't Being Tricky Enough Thief Harry (Michael Caine), now in the dicier real-life version of his imagined heist, in fictional Dammuz with troublesome Nicole (Shirley MacLaine, whom he recruited because she’s a dead-ringer for a rich Arab’s deceased wife), trying to find find another accomplice, and forced to evade goons, in director Ronald Neame’s Gambit, 1966.

Laughter In Paradise (1951) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not On Hello Terms All of Audrey Hepburn's bit, as a cigarette girl, in a complex comedy in which Guy Middleton as "Simon Russell" is running a con, which his brother Alastair Sim knows about but his mark "Lucille" (Beatrice Campbell) doesn't, in director Mario Zampi's 1951 hit Laughter In Paradise.

Laughter In Paradise (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Show Them You've Got Some Push! Introducing clerk Herbert (George Cole), another of the inheriting siblings, smacked by his boss (Ronald Adam), updated by his landlady (Eveline Mary Kirkwood), and encouraged by Lucille (Beatrice Campbell), in the hit British comedy Laughter In Paradise, 1951, starring Alastair Sim.

Laughter In Paradise (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Slugged Her In The Kisser First scene for top-billed Alastair Sim as embarrassed pulp writer Deniston, using one of his pen-names, dictating for besotted assistant Miss Wilcott (Eleanor Summerfield), taking a call from his betrothed, not yet aware of his conditional inheritance, in Laughter In Paradise, 1951.

Fast Lady, The -- (Movie Clip) The Men Who Drive Them Wealthy Claire (Julie Christie) is driving stranded bicyclist Murdoch (Stanley Baxter) back into town, where lecherous Freddy (Leslie Phillips) has a car to show off, in the Brit-com The Fast Lady, 1965.

Family

John Howard Davies

Son

Actor.

Bibliography

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