Oliver Ford Davies

Oliver Ford Davies (b. 1939) is an actor who played Dr. Newman in Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story.

A noted stage veteran and a former member of The Royal SHakespeare Company, Davies is perhaps most familiar to US audiences from his portrayal of Governor Sio Bibble in all three Star Wars prequels. Other film credits include the 1995 Sense and Sensibility (as Dr. Harris), Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Dalloway, Just Visiting, and Johnny English (as the Archbishop of Canterbury). In television, he appeared regularly on the courtroom drama Kavanagh QC (as Peter Foxcott) and has guest starred on Father Brown, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Poirot (as Dr. Shephard in "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"), Inspector Morse, and Foyle's War.