He was a child actor and made his television debut in the
BBC soap opera
The Newcomers. He was also in
The Magnificent Six and a Half, which went on to become the children's show
Here Come the Double Deckers. He is perhaps best known for two of his earliest TV roles. In 1970 he played the role of Carrot in
Richard Carpenter's children's fantasy
Catweazle, for which he had to dye his hair red. The following year, Davies appeared as Simon Harrison in the
ITV sitcom ...And Mother Makes Three. The series starred
Wendy Craig as a recently widowed mother and Davies played one of her two teenage sons, a role he reprised in the sequel
...And Mother Makes Five. His film credits included the
Lindsay Anderson films
If.... (1968), ''
The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) and Britannia Hospital (1982), and a cameo in Shakespeare in Love (1998). He also had roles in Doomwatch, Warship, The Saturday Party
, Forget Me Not Lane
, The Country Party
, A Moment in Time and Spearhead''. ==Personal life==