Ryan Davies (22 January 1937 â€" 22 April 1977) was a versatile
popular Welsh entertainer of the 1960s and 1970s.He was born in the
Carmarthenshire village of Glanamman, and was educated in Bangor and
at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His first professional
appearance was in the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Aberavon in
1966. His talents were quickly recognised by BBC Wales. He made his
name on Welsh language television shows such as the sitcom Fo a Fe.
The head of Light Entertainment, Meredydd Edwards, brought together
Ryan and Ronnie Williams as a double act, and the pair had immediate
success, first in their Welsh-language television show Ryan a Ronnie.
This also launched them onto the concert and cabaret circuit across
Wales.Ryan and Ronnie's show became so popular that it was moved to
BBC1 and broadcast in English, winning them a much wider audience, and
three series were shown between 1971 and 1973. Davies's speciality was
dressing up as a "typical" Welsh housewife for a weekly sketch on the
show known as "Our House", in which Ryan played "Mam" and Ronnie
played Will, the father. Ryan and Ronnie were hugely popular in Wales.
They were the first comedians ever to make TV series in Welsh and
English, and were thought of fondly as the Welsh answer to Morecambe
and Wise.
popular Welsh entertainer of the 1960s and 1970s.He was born in the
Carmarthenshire village of Glanamman, and was educated in Bangor and
at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His first professional
appearance was in the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Aberavon in
1966. His talents were quickly recognised by BBC Wales. He made his
name on Welsh language television shows such as the sitcom Fo a Fe.
The head of Light Entertainment, Meredydd Edwards, brought together
Ryan and Ronnie Williams as a double act, and the pair had immediate
success, first in their Welsh-language television show Ryan a Ronnie.
This also launched them onto the concert and cabaret circuit across
Wales.Ryan and Ronnie's show became so popular that it was moved to
BBC1 and broadcast in English, winning them a much wider audience, and
three series were shown between 1971 and 1973. Davies's speciality was
dressing up as a "typical" Welsh housewife for a weekly sketch on the
show known as "Our House", in which Ryan played "Mam" and Ronnie
played Will, the father. Ryan and Ronnie were hugely popular in Wales.
They were the first comedians ever to make TV series in Welsh and
English, and were thought of fondly as the Welsh answer to Morecambe
and Wise.
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