---
name: "Ian Davidson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-davidson"
fi1m_id: "ian-davidson"
imdb_id: "nm0203349"
tmdb_id: 1212091
wikidata_id: "Q5981377"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "4 August 1940"
died: "8 September 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-07T11:38:36.895509+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ian Davidson

## Identity

Ian Davidson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-davidson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-davidson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0203349
- **TMDB ID:** 1212091
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5981377
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Davidson_(scriptwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5981377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203349/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212091

Writer. Born 4 August 1940 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. Died 8 September 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 4 August 1940, Romford, Essex, England, UK
- **Died:** 8 September 2024
- **Active:** 1969–1989
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Davidson_(scriptwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5981377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203349/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212091

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Monty Python's Flying Circus*](https://film.one/tv/monty-pythons-flying-circus.md) (83)

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## Biography

Ian Davidson was a British scriptwriter who also acted, directed and produced in television and theatre. Born in Romford, Essex, on 4 August 1940, he died on 8 September 2024. 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 appeared in several episodes of *Monty Python's Flying Circus* (1969–1970) in various small roles.

Davidson maintained a long association with Barry Humphries as a writer and director. He served as script editor on *The Two Ronnies* and, with Peter Vincent, wrote seven series of the sitcom *Sorry!* (1981–1988). With Vincent he also wrote episodes of *The Brittas Empire* (1991) and *'Allo 'Allo!* (1984). Other credits include *French Fields* (with John Chapman) and *When the Dog Dies* (2013).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com, telegraph.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Monty Python's Flying Circus* (1969), Fi1m 83, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/monty-pythons-flying-circus.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dame Edna Rules The Waves* (2019), Writer
- *Wastelands* (2016), as Juan (voice)
- *Dave Allen Live ...On Life* (1998), Script Editor, Writer
- *An Audience with Ronnie Corbett* (1997), Script
- *Les Patterson 'Has A Stand Up' - Live & Rampant* (1996), Writer
- *Escape from Jupiter* (1994), series, Music
- *The Brittas Empire* (1991), series, Writer
- *Birds of a Feather* (1989), series, Writer
- *French Fields* (1989), series, Writer
- *Slinger's Day* (1986), series, Writer
- *'Allo 'Allo!* (1984), series, Writer
- *The Funny Side of Christmas* (1982), Writer
- *Crosstalk* (1982), Sound Engineer
- *Sorry!* (1981), series, Writer, Creator
- *Our Kid* (1973), series, Producer, Director
- *The Two Ronnies* (1971), series, Writer
- *Monty Python's Flying Circus* (1969), series, as Various — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/monty-pythons-flying-circus.md)
- *Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver* (1964), Writer

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