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- Harry Parr Davies was born on May 24, 1914 in Briton Ferry, Wales, UK. He was a writer and composer, known for How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008), The Lisbon Story (1946) and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008). He died on October 14, 1955 in London, England, UK.
- Harry Parr Davies is buried in Oystermouth Cemetery, in Mumbles near Swansea, south Wales. Buried in the same cemetery is the Welsh composer, Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891-1918), who was the wife of the distinguished Freudian psychoanalyst, Ernest Jones (1879-1958).
- Oxford University educated Welsh composer and songwriter, associated with British musicals of the 1930's and 40's, often featuring Gracie Fields for whom he worked as an accompanist from 1934.
- Portrayed by David Dawson in Gracie! (2009).
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