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John Rhys-Davies

Birth name
Birthplace
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Date of birth
5 May, 1944
Date of death
Ethnicity
Welsh
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Rhys-Davies in 2004, photo by Prphotos

Place of Birth: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Date of Birth: 5 May, 1944

Ethnicity: Welsh

John Rhys-Davies is a Welsh actor.

He was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, of Welsh descent, and was raised there, in Tanganyika, and in Ammanford, Wales. He is the son of Mary Margaretta Phyllis (Jones), a nurse, from Carmarthenshire, and Rhys Davies, a mechanical engineer and Colonial Officer.

John has two children with his former wife Suzanne Wilkinson; and a daughter with his partner Lisa Manning.

John’s maternal grandmother was named Sarah Emily Morris (the daughter of Rees Morris and Mary Ann). Sarah was born in Treorchy, Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, Wales.