the Morgue and completed in 1950. Death On 5 April 1960, after lingering at the bar of the Royal Court Hotel, 63-year-old Davies walked to the nearby Sloane Square station of the London Underground and threw himself under a train as it was pulling into the station. A coroner's jury ruled that he had killed himself "while the balance of his mind was disturbed". Possible contributing factors to his suicide were his alcoholism and ill health (he was suffering from emphysema). Newspaper reports of his death referred to him in their headlines as "Peter Pan". Portrayals In the 1978 BBC mini-series The Lost Boys, he was portrayed at various ages by Jean-Benoit Louveaux, Matthew Blakstad, Dominic Heath, and Tom Kelly. In the 2004 film Finding Neverland, he was portrayed as a child by Freddie Highmore, presenting him as a child troubled by his father's death, who is drawn out of his shell by Barrie; Highmore received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his performance. In the musical adaptation, he was portrayed by Harry Polden in the 2012 U.K. premiere; Aidan Gemme played Davies in the American Repertory Theater (2014) and original Broadway theatre (2015) productions. In the 2013 play Peter and Alice by John Logan, he was portrayed by Ben Whishaw as a troubled individual who had been hurt by his fame and his past. Sources Birkin, Andrew: J M Barrie & the Lost Boys (Yale University Press, 2003) References External links Website with information on Barrie and the Llewelyn Davies family 1897 births 1960 deaths Military personnel from London Peter British Army personnel of World War I British military personnel who committed suicide Suicides by train Suicides in Chelsea People educated at Eton College King's Royal Rifle Corps officers Recipients of the Military Cross Du Maurier family 1960 suicides