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Davy Jones

“The Cute One”

Born: Dec. 30, 1945
Birthplace: Manchester, England

Height: 5' 3"
Parents: Harry and Doris Jones
Siblings: Hazel, Beryl, Lynda
Marriages: 2: Linda, Anita
Current Marital Status: Single
Children: 4, Talia, born 10/2/68, Sarah, born 7/3/71, Jessica, born 9/4/81, Annabel, born 6/26/88

Davy Jones left home to become a jockey. While he was an apprentice, he got into acting and quickly got a role in “Peter Pan.” He appeared in several more plays before landing the role of the Artful Dodger in Oliver! He crossed the Atlantic with the production to star on Broadway. The show was such a hit that the cast, featuring Davy, appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. It happened to be the same night the Beatles made their first appearance on the Sullivan show.

Fresh from his Broadway success, Davy hit Hollywood and was cast as the “cute one” in the Monkees. With the pre-fab four, Davy did 58 episodes of the Monkees TV show, recoreded nine albums, did a TV special and a movie before the Monkees came to an end in the early seventies. In the mid-seventies, Davy and Micky joined with Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, the songwriters behind many of the Monkees hits, to do an album and tour.

Davy has gone on to perform in more plays including "The Real Live Brady Bunch" and "Oliver!" (again) and has also fulfilled his dream of becoming a jockey. He rejoined the Monkees for touring from 1986-89 and 1996-97.

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