Davies moved from Quebec to London's Centre Stage theatre company, and later played the lead in "The Last Englishman" with the British Actors Theatre Company. He spent two seasons with Theatr Clwyd, touring Britain in "Enemy of the People" and "Hamlet" (for which he received the Regional Theatre Best Actor award), and a season with the Chichester Festival, in "Henry VIII". In Canada he appeared over several seasons with the Shaw Festival and Stratford Festival of Canada. He gained a reputation for his performances in "The Music Cure", "Candida", "Cyrano de Bergereac", "The Vortex", "Goodnight Disgrace", "Henry V" and "The Three Musketeers". He sang his way through the Rodgers and Hart musical "The Boys from Syracuse".