carson mccullers was the author of to kill a mocking bird.
the author of to kill a mocking bird?
carson mccullers
after graduating davies was cast by the theatre director dominic cooke at the royal court theatre, where he won a laurence olivier award for most promising performer for his portrayal of danny in grae cleugh's "fucking games". he then appeared at the traverse theatre to work with wilson milam, then to the national theatre studio. he played "dill" in harper lee's to kill a mocking bird. later that year he worked with the avant-garde film director peter greenaway on with debbie harry and the tulse luper suitcases, part 2: vaux to the sea with isabella rossellini. he played dominic morrison in "sea of souls" for bbc television drama, then played lawrence in the first ever production of "lovely evening" by peter gill, for daniel evans' directorial début at the young vic theatre. later that year, he joined the oxford stage company, appearing in rookery nook by ben travers for dominic dromgoole's final show with the osc. davies played mickybo in "mojo mickybo" by owen mccafferty at the trafalgar studios in the west end theatre. his first hollywood role was in fast & furious 6. he returned to the stage for the national theatre of scotland in the john tiffany production of "black watch" which toured the uk, usa and to south korea. he returned to television screens for the crime drama "suspects". davies went on to work with the american israeli contemporary video artist omer fast on his first feature film remainder by british author tom mccarthy. he returned to the american stage in los angeles to work with steven berkoff on his production of the hairy ape by eugene o'neill in 2016.
benjamin davies (actor)
the song later became associated as the theme of terrytoons talking magpie characters heckle and jeckle.





























"listen to the mocking bird" was parodied in the television series, "the flintstones", as a swinging jazz tune called "listen to the rocking bird". 





























"listen to the mocking bird" was remade into a children's version for the show barney & friends. the tune is still the same but the lyrics were changed to make it more kid friendly. it debuted in barney's sense-sational day.
listen to the mocking bird