Michael Davies (March 13 1936 - September 25 2004) was a British teacher, and traditionalist Catholic writer of many books about the Catholic Church following the Second Vatican Council.
He was brought up in Somerset, although he was said to be proud of his Welsh descent. He served as a regular soldier in the Somerset Light Infantry during the Malayan emergency, the Suez Crisis, and the EOKA campaign in Cyprus.
He taught in Catholic schools for thirty years until retiring in 1992 to take up writing full time. Initially, he supported the French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the Society of St. Pius X, but was critical of the latter's decision to consecrate four bishops in 1988 against the wish of Pope John Paul II. Davies was head of the international Traditional Catholic organisation Una Voce.
Davies was also a critic of the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje, which he believed to be false. He is the father of British barrister and right wing activist, Adrian Davies.
Michael Davies is a British producer of television game shows in the United States. As president and CEO of Embassy Row, a New York-based television production company, he is the executive producer of the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He is also the producer of ESPN's 2 Minute Drill, VH1's World Series of Pop Culture, CBS's Power of 10, and the GSN originals Chain Reaction and Grand Slam. He also wrote a blog on the 2006 World Cup for espn.com. . Recently it acquired for the United-States the rights of French TV game : tout le monde veut prendre sa place (Translation: everyone wants to take his/her seat, or the english name could be : "hold on to your seat").
Born in London in 1966, Davies attended Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Edinburgh. He lives in Tribeca, New York City, with his wife and two young daughters, one of whom is attending Mercersburg at present.
Michael Davies (born July 17, 1976) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler.
Having spent three years prior to the beginning of his first class career in Second XI cricket, playing for Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Essex. Moving to First Class cricket, he played for Northamptonshire and the full Essex team in a four year long career. He then played for Essex CB in the Minor Counties Trophy of 2001 and played in the Essex Second XI before retiring.
Sir Alfred William Michael Davies (29 July 1921 - 5 September 2006) was a British barrister, and was a High Court judge for 18 years, from 1973 to 1991. He was one of the first judges appointed specifically to hear defamation cases, one of the few areas of civil law in England in which a jury remains the tribunal of fact, and was in charge of managing the list of libel cases from 1988 to 1991. In retirement, he conducted a visitor's inquiry into allegations of poor academic standards at University College, Swansea in 1992 to 1993, and was instrumental in the foundation of the Expert Witness Institute in 1996.
Brother of William Davies (II)
