At 6 feet 4 inches tall, he was often cast as a heavy, police officer or in a military or authoritarian role, such as Mr. Arrow, the first mate and enforcer outwitted by Long John Silver in Disney's 1950 Treasure Island.

In 1950 he took on the role of Mr. Arrow, the first mate of "The Hispaniola" who comes to an unfortunate end at the hands of Robert Newton's Long John Silver in the Disney live action adaptation of Treasure Island.

He continued to appear in popular films of the time, but normally in walk-on character parts, such as a police officer in The Lavender Hill Mob (1951).

[4] Between 1959 and 1960 Davies appeared as a regular character, Jim Blake, in the British television series Probation Officer, and followed this with guest roles in long-running shows such as The Adventures of Robin Hood (1960), Gideon's Way (1964-1966), Richard the Lionheart (1963) and The Avengers (1963).

Prince in the long running British soap opera Coronation Street (1972), he made his final screen outing in the 1972 adaptation of Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood, playing the role of Utah Watkins.