Education
Davies attended Oldershaw Grammar School, he then did National Service in the Royal Air Force and was a purser on the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth ocean liners.
Davies attended Oldershaw Grammar School, he then did National Service in the Royal Air Force and was a purser on the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth ocean liners.
His first job in broadcasting was as an announcer for Southern Television. Davies began work on the World of Sport (initially called Wide World of Sports) in 1963 as understudy to Eamonn Andrews, taking over the role of presenter in 1968 when Andrews left the show. Davies became known for the white quiff of hair on his forehead (see Poliosis), and this became his trademark appearance, and was also much loved by television comedy impressionists during his years on World of Sport.
After World of Sport ended in 1985, Davies stayed with Independent Television, presenting boxing and snooker, as well as playing a part in their coverage of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
He left Independent Television Sport in August 1989. After leaving Independent Television, Davies joined the original incarnation of Eurosport, which was then owned by Sky and the EBU. He fronted their snooker coverage, including the one-off 1991 Mita World Masters.
He presented sports bulletins from his home for Classic FM in its early days. In 1995, Davies suffered a stroke, which forced him to give up his work on Classic FM, but eventually made a good recovery, although it was a year or two before his speech fully returned to normal.
In the late-1990s, he fronted Dickie Davies" Sporting Heroes and Bobby Charlton"s Football Scrapbook for British Sky Broadcasting.
In 2005, he presented a one-off special 50 Years of World of Sport for Independent Television, as part of the Independent Television 50 celebrations. He also narrated two DVDs looking back on the years of British wrestling coverage on Independent Television, a sport he admits he hated. Davies is also the president of Sandford Springs Golf Club, which is owned by Leaderboard Golf.
He is a board member of a frozen food company, and occasionally contributed to Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Classic.