Would you use past perfect paasive here?

Anonymous1. He did as he was told.
2. He did as he had been told.

I wouldn't use the first sentence. Because the event of ordering happened earlier than he enacted that. You can use two simple tenses if the events go one after another.

He was told to follow the trustee and he did that.
Nora washed, peeled and cooked the trout in the

Thank you, Fandorin.

Your sentence in your responding post:

Jane called her father after she had promised her husband to take care of him.

I tentatively take (not surely) this as being viable in both ways --: with a past perfect tense and with a past tense -- since I think the existence of the word "after" make the sequence relatively clear eventhough I think t

I won't argue with those who prefer not to use the past perfect here. Since I like the tense, however, I would use it, if for no other reason than to be consistent with my own style.

It is perfectly clear that he was told before he did it - in that context: The sentence suggests that he did it BECAUSE he was told (before).-> First: Person 1 tells. Second Person 2 does.
I'd say you can use both versions, the one with "had been told" stresses the advice or the order before his actions.Advice or order seem to be stronger or more convincing then.