Davy Jones' Life

David Thomas Jones was born on December 30, 1945 in Manchester, United Kingdom. He left home to become a jockey. While he was an apprentice, he was encouraged to go into acting. From that moment, he acted in Coronation Street (1960) and The Pickwick Papers (1952) before landing the role of The Artful Dodger in Oliver! which took him to America's Broadway where he was discovered by Ward Sylvester and brought to L.A. From that moment, he was given a role in the 1966 television show, The Monkees, in which he made fifty-eight television episodes, nine albums, one television special, and a movie before calling its cancellation in the early 1970s. In the mid-1970s, Davy, as he was nicknamed, rejoined Monkee Micky Dolenz and songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart to make an album and touring. Jones had gone on to perform in more plays, including The Real Live Brady Bunch and Oliver! again. Davy Jones died of a heart attack at age sixty-six on February 29, 2012.