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  1. Bookseller, actor and author in London. Married (1749/50) to actress Susanna Yarrow (1723-1801). Educated (1728-1729) at Edinburgh University. In 1736 he debuted as an actor at Haymarket but soon gave it up for the bookselling business. This didn't work out either, so he returned to acting in 1746.

  2. Thomas Davies (ca. 1712 - 1785) RA Collection: People and Organisations. Bookseller, and actor, in London. Introduced Boswell to Dr. Johnson. Appointed by the king as Bookseller to the RA. Council Minutes 30 January 1769.

  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm4269084Tom Davis - IMDb

    Tom Davis is a writer, actor and comic best known for his BAFTA and Royal Television Society award-winning comedy series MURDER IN SUCCESSVILLE and the BBC One hit comedy KING GARY (S1&2). He can most recently be seen in the critically acclaimed series, THE CURSE for Channel 4, which he also co-wrote.

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  4. Thomas Davis (born 27 April 1979) is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as DI Sleet in the BBC Three comedy Murder in Successville, and as Gary King in the BBC sitcom King Gary.

  5. Overview. Thomas Davies. (c. 1712—1785) bookseller and actor. Quick Reference. (?1712–85) Actor and bookseller, educated at Edinburgh. According to his friend Samuel Johnson, he was driven from the stage by Charles Churchill's attack on his delivery in The Rosciad. He ... From: Davies, Thomas in The Oxford Companion to English Literature »

  6. Thomas Davies was an actor, author and bookseller. His acting career was moderately successful – with appearances at Drury Lane, Covent Garden amongst other venues, but he gave up the profession altogether after cutting words in Charles Churchill’s Rosciad (1761), a hugely popular satire on the London stage of the time, which criticised ...

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  8. The Residence of Thomas Davies, Russell Street, Covent Garden | Museum number 1880,1113.3090 |

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