Freddie Davies was born on 21 July 1937 and is a British comedian and actor who came to public notice in 1964 though the television talent show Opportunity Knocks and has since appeared in several television series and films.
13 Facts About Freddie Davies
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Freddie Davies was born in Brixton, London in 1937, the grandson of music hall comedian Jack Herbert.
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At the start of the Second World War, Davies was evacuated to Seend in Wiltshire, subsequently to Torquay in Devon and then to Salford, Lancashire in 1941.
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Freddie Davies began his career in 1958 as a Butlin's holiday camp entertainer.
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Freddie Davies started on the cabaret circuit in 1964, when he turned professional, and he appeared on many television shows in the 1960s, '70s and '80s including Opportunity Knocks, Sunday Night at the London Palladium, The Des O'Connor Show, The Tom Jones Show, The Bachelors Show and Blackpool Night Out.
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Freddie Davies made further allusions to birds in jokes about budgies, and by playing a character he named Samuel Tweet.
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Freddie Davies appeared in a television commercial for Mars' "Trill" bird seed, with the slogan, "Trill makes budgies bounce with health".
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Freddie Davies acted in films including the 1995 comedy Funny Bones and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004.
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Freddie Davies ran a stage school, Stage One, whilst living near Aberfeldy but found it to be a difficult proposition financially.
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In December 2012 and January 2013, Freddie Davies appeared in the BBC Two documentary Blackpool: Big Night Out, sharing reminiscences of performing in the town.
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Freddie Davies has performed in a one-man show entitled Funny Bones.
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Freddie Davies is a long-serving Freemason, and a Past Master of Chelsea Lodge No 3098, a London Masonic lodge for those associated with the entertainment industry.
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The Last of the Summer Wine actor Bill Owen wrote the lyrics to a romantic ballad called "So Lucky" which Freddie Davies recorded in 1972.