---
name: "Peter Davies"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-davies-10612"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-18T11:34:02.544677+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."
---

# Peter Davies

Editor. Born 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1950
- **Active:** 1983–1987
- **Frequently works with:** [Albert R. Broccoli](https://film.one/person/albert-r-broccoli.md), [John Glen](https://film.one/person/john-glen.md), [Michael G. Wilson](https://film.one/person/michael-g-wilson.md), [Richard Maibaum](https://film.one/person/richard-maibaum.md), [Tom Pevsner](https://film.one/person/tom-pevsner.md), [Roger Moore](https://film.one/person/roger-moore.md)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 57 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 3, Thriller 3
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $531m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2074481, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203896/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10612

## Biography

Peter Davies is a British film editor. He began his career in the 1970s as an assistant editor on productions including *Moonraker* (1979) and *For Your Eyes Only* (1981).

Davies received his first solo editing credit on the James Bond film *Octopussy* (1983). He went on to edit *A View to a Kill* (1985) and *The Living Daylights* (1987), and worked on other features such as *The Lair of the White Worm* (1988) and *Wing Commander* (1999).

*Sources: imdb.com, jamesbond007.se, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Living Daylights* (1987), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *A View to a Kill* (1985), Fi1m 46, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-view-to-a-kill.md)
- *Octopussy* (1983), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/octopussy.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Redcon-1* (2018), Additional Editing
- *Top Dog* (2014), Editor
- *After Death* (2012), Editor
- *Basement* (2010), Editor
- *Berserker: Hell's Warrior* (2004), Editor
- *Hooded Angels* (2002), Editor
- *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001), Musician
- *Merlin: The Return* (2000), Editor
- *Wing Commander* (1999), Editor
- *RPM* (1998), Editor
- *Tess of the D'Urbervilles* (1998), Editor
- *Tess of the D'Urbervilles* (1998), series, Editor
- *Fire, Ice and Dynamite* (1990), Editor
- *The Lair of the White Worm* (1988), Editor
- *The Living Daylights* (1987), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *A View to a Kill* (1985), Editor — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/a-view-to-a-kill.md)
- *The Shooting Party* (1985), Editor
- *Octopussy* (1983), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/octopussy.md)

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