Windsor Davies miner and a teacher at Mountside School for Boys in Leek, Staffordshire and did national service in Libya and Egypt with the East Surrey Regiment between 1950-1952 before deciding to become an actor. Davies' best known role was as Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the British sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" (1974–81). Among his catchphrases was "Shut Up!!", delivered as an eardrum-shattering military scream. Another phrase was "Oh dear, how sad, never mind", delivered in a dry, ironic manner, and used when others around him had problems. Davies and co-star Don Estelle had a number one hit in the
Russell T Davies generations. Although "Cucumber" was designed as a self-contained serial focusing on the life of one man, Davies envisioned "Banana" as open-ended with the potential to continue after its sister series finished. After "Cucumber", Davies returned to the BBC in 2016 to produce an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Davies credits the play as "opening his eyes to drama" after he starred in a school version of the play as Bottom. The following year, Davies produced and wrote the screenplay for "A Very English Scandal", an adaptation of the book of the same name regarding the Thorpe