Davidson was born in
Romford,
Essex on 4 August 1940, the son of John and Denise Davidson. After performing and writing with
Michael Palin and
Terry Jones at Oxford University – his first BBC writing credit was for
That Was the Week That Was in 1963 – he became an actor at
The Second City in Chicago. Returning to the UK by 1966, he worked as a film director for
Ned Sherrin and
David Frost, and then began a lifelong association with
Barry Humphries as a writer and director. In 1967, Davidson married Anthea Proud, and they had four daughters. ==References==