Comedy was in Ian Davidson’s veins. He wrote, directed and acted in programmes featuring some of British television’s biggest stars, including the Monty Python team, Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker, Les Dawson, Dave Allen and Little and Large.
Davidson, who has died of cancer aged 84, enjoyed his longest association – 53 years – with Barry Humphries, the British-based Australian most famous for his performance as the outrageous Dame Edna Everage, Melbourne “housewife superstar”, alongside characters such as the offensive Les Patterson and Sandy Stone, “Australia’s most boring man”.
