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William B. Davidson
William B. Davidson

William B. Davidson

ActingBorn June 15, 1888Died September 28, 1947 (age 59)Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William B. Davidson (June 16, 1888 – September 28, 1947) was an American film actor. Davidson attended Columbia University where he played football. He became a popular football star. This fame eventually led to his foray into motion pictures after he had spent some time as a lawyer. He started in films in 1914 with Vitagraph and supported well known stage and film actresses such as Ethel Barrymore, Mabel Taliaferro, Charlotte Walker, Olga Petrova, Viola Dana, June Caprice, Edna Goodrich, and Mae West. He appeared in 318 films between 1915 and 1949. He was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and died in Santa Monica, California. His first Hollywood film was For the Honor of the Crew. Afterward, he appeared in many films, his best-known role was perhaps the Ship's captain in The Most Dangerous Game. He remained in show business until his sudden death after surgery in 1947.

Filmography

1994
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1947
The Judge Steps Out

as Colonel Bright (uncredited)

Movie
1947
That Hagen Girl

as Mr. Bowman (uncredited)

Movie
1947
That's My Man

as Steward

Movie
1947
Dick Tracy's Dilemma

as Peter Premium

Movie
1946Movie
1946
My Darling Clementine

as Saloon Owner (uncredited)

Movie
1946
The Cat Creeps

as James Walsh

Movie
1946
Ding Dong Williams

as Mr. Saul Dana

Movie
1946
Blonde Alibi

as Police Captain Hurley (Uncredited)

Movie
1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf

as Inspector Crane (as William Davidson)

Movie
1945
They Were Expendable

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Sing Your Way Home

as F.T. Johnson (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Tell It to a Star

as Brannigan

Movie
1945
Blonde Ransom

as Police Captain

Movie
1945
Dillinger

as Bank President (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Circumstantial Evidence

as Board of Appeals Chairman

Movie
1945Movie
1945Movie
1944
Greenwich Village

as Dance Director

Movie
1944
In Society

as Parker

Movie
1944
Make Your Own Bed

as Mr. Linklater

Movie
1944
A Night of Adventure

as Gilbert J. Regan (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Shine on Harvest Moon

as Tim Donovan (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Up in Arms

as Maxwell (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Over the Wall

as Warden Ed

Movie
1943Movie
1943Movie
1943Movie
1943
Mission to Moscow

as Senator (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Calaboose

as Sheriff George Lane (as William Davidson)

Movie
1943
Truck Busters

as Stephen S. Gray

Movie
1942
Gentleman Jim

as Donovan (uncredited)

Movie
1942Movie
1942
The Magnificent Dope

as Mr. Reindel

Movie
1942
The Affairs of Martha

as Homer Jacell

Movie
1942
In This Our Life

as Jim Purdy

Movie
1942
Larceny, Inc.

as McCarthy

Movie
1942Movie
1942
The Male Animal

as Alumnus

Movie
1942
Over My Dead Body

as Crole (as William Davidson)

Movie
1941
Remember the Day

as Committeeman

Movie
1941
Keep 'Em Flying

as Gonigle

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Three Girls About Town

as Labor Leader

Movie
1941
Uncle Joe

as Mr. Day

Movie
1941
Week-End in Havana

as Captain Moss

Movie
1941
Sun Valley Serenade

as Jack Murray

Movie
1941
Highway West

as Gorman

Movie
1941
Hold That Ghost

as Moose Matson

Movie
1941
Three Sons o' Guns

as Henry Baxter

Movie
1941
In the Navy

as Capt. Richards (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Thieves Fall Out

as Harrison "Harry" Eckles

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Man-Made Monster

as District Attorney Ralph B. Stanley

Movie
1940
San Francisco Docks

as Dist. Atty. Craig

Movie
1940
Charter Pilot

as Mr. Wentworth

Movie
1940
A Night at Earl Carroll's

as Mayor Green of San Bernardino

Movie
1940
Lady with Red Hair

as Stock Company Manager (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Tin Pan Alley

as Hotel Manager

Movie
1940
Sandy Gets Her Man

as Councilman Charles J. Clark

Movie
1940
Seven Sinners

as Police Chief

Movie
1940
Hired Wife

as Mumford (as William Davidson)

Movie
1940
Maryland

as John Addison

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Sailor's Lady

as Judge Hinsdale

Movie
1940
Florian

as Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Movie
1940
Girl in 313

as George Grayson

Movie
1940
Lillian Russell

as President Cleveland

Movie
1940
On Their Own

as Judge Bull

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Granny Get Your Gun

as Fitzgerald

Movie
1940
My Little Chickadee

as Sheriff of Little Bend (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Invisible Stripes

as Montgomery (uncredited)

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Private Detective

as Inspector Evans

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Honeymoon in Bali

as Store Detective

Movie
1939
Dust Be My Destiny

as Work Farm Warden

Movie
1939
Hidden Power

as Foster

Movie
1939
Each Dawn I Die

as Bill Mason

Movie
1939
Indianapolis Speedway

as Duncan Martin

Movie
1939
Naughty But Nice

as Samuel 'Sam' 'Simsy' Hudson - Music Publisher

Movie
1939
On Trial

as Mr. Gray

Movie
1939Movie
1939Movie
1939
Blondie Meets the Boss

as Elderly Man in Café (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Tail Spin

as Sales Manager (Uncredited)

Movie
1939Movie
1939Movie
1939Movie
1938Movie
1938
There Goes My Heart

as Skipper Jackson (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

as Ellory Bugs

Movie
1938
Letter of Introduction

as Mr. Raleigh (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Racket Busters

as Trucking Chairman (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Mr. 'W.P.' Alvey

Movie
1938
Blockade

as Commandant

Movie
1938
You and Me

as N. G. Orton, Attorney-at-Law (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Cocoanut Grove

as Hawtrey

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Hollywood Hotel

as Director Kelton

Movie
1938
Sergeant Murphy

as Maj. Gruff (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Love on Toast

as Jonathan

Movie
1937
The Hurricane

as The Bully (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Something to Sing About

as Mr. Richards (as William Davidson)

Movie
1937
Behind the Mike

as Cyrus Wittles

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Paradise Isle

as Hoener

Movie
1937
Easy Living

as Mr. Hyde

Movie
1937
Ever Since Eve

as Henderson

Movie
1937Movie
1937
The Road Back

as Bartscher

Movie
1937
Melody for Two

as Mr. Hale

Movie
1937
Let Them Live

as The Editor

Movie
1937
Marked Woman

as Bob Crandall

Movie
1937
Midnight Court

as Alfred H. Kruger

Movie
1936
Gold Diggers of 1937

as Andy Callahan

Movie
1936
Earthworm Tractors

as Mr. Jackson

Movie
1936
Satan Met a Lady

as City Fathers Committee Spokesman (uncredited)

Movie
1936
The Big Noise

as Welford Andrews

Movie
1936
Murder by an Aristocrat

as Bayard Thatcher

Movie
1936
Fatal Lady

as Detective (uncredited)

Movie
1936
The Singing Kid

as Barney Hammond

Movie
1936
Road Gang

as Attorney General Mardsen

Movie
1936
Love on a Bet

as A.W. Hutchinson

Movie
1936
You May Be Next!

as Official (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Dangerous

as Reed Walsh

Movie
1935
Show Them No Mercy!

as Chief Haggerty (as William Davidson)

Movie
1935
In Person

as Director Bill Sutter (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Special Agent

as Charlie Young - Carston's Lawyer

Movie
1935
Redheads on Parade

as Theatre Manager

Movie
1935
Woman Wanted

as Collins

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Go Into Your Dance

as Tom McGee

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Straight from the Heart

as Prosecuting Attorney

Movie
1935
Death Flies East

as Police Captain Barrie

Movie
1935
Sweet Music

as Billie Madison

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Bordertown

as Dr. Carter

Movie
1934
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

as Charles (as William Davidson)

Movie
1934
The Secret Bride

as Representative McPherson

Movie
1934
Imitation of Life

as Man Buying Cigar (uncredited)

Movie
1934
The St. Louis Kid

as Joe Hunter

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Housewife

as Nan's Attorney

Movie
1934
Friends of Mr. Sweeney

as Stephen Prime

Movie
1934
Fog Over Frisco

as Editor Joe Hogue

Movie
1934
Upperworld

as City Editor (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Laughing Boy

as Hartshone (as William Davidson)

Movie
1934
The Big Shakedown

as District Attorney (uncredited)

Movie
1933
Lady Killer

as Director Williams

Movie
1933
Female

as Department Head (Uncredited)

Movie
1933
Meet the Baron

as General Broadcasting Representative

Movie
1933
I'm No Angel

as Ernest Brown

Movie
1933
Torch Singer

as Jarrett

Movie
1933
The Intruder

as Det. Lt. Samson

Movie
1933
Dangerously Yours

as George Carr

Movie
1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum

as Detective (Uncredited)

Movie
1933
Hello, Everybody!

as Mr. Parker

Movie
1933Movie
1932
The Animal Kingdom

as Chess Player

Movie
1932
Central Park

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Movie
1932Movie
1932
The Sport Parade

as Kendricks (uncredited)

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Her Mad Night

as District Attorney

Movie
1932Movie
1932
The Thirteenth Guest

as Police Captain Brown (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Is My Face Red?

as O'Sullivan

Movie
1932
Scarface

as Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Sky Devils

as Captain

Movie
1932
The Menace

as John Utterson

Movie
1931
Half Holiday

as Jerry - Andy's Pal

Movie
1931
Graft

as M.H. Thomas

Movie
1931
The Secret Call

as Jim Blake

Movie
1931
The Vice Squad

as Magistrate Tom Morrison

Movie
1931Movie
1931
Captain Applejack

as Bill Dennett

Movie
1931
No Limit

as Wilkie

Movie
1930
Hook, Line and Sinker

as Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)

Movie
1930
Oh, for a Man!

as Kerry Stokes

Movie
1930
Hell's Angels

as Staff Major

Movie
1930
Sunny

as First Ship's Officer

Movie
1930
The Silver Horde

as Tom Hilliard

Movie
1930
Playboy of Paris

as Monsieur Bannack (uncredited)

Movie
1930Movie
1930
Scarlet Pages

as Jackson

Movie
1930
For the Defense

as Dist. Atty. Stone

Movie
1930Movie
1930
Men Are Like That

as Frank Hyland

Movie
1929
Blaze o' Glory

as District Attorney (as William Davidson)

Movie
1929
Always Faithful

as George W. Mason

Movie
1929
Woman Trap

as Watts

Movie
1929
Queen of the Night Clubs

as Assistant District Attorney (as William Davidson)

Movie
1929Movie
1928Movie
1928
Good Morning, Judge

as Elton (as William Davidson)

Movie
1927
A Gentleman of Paris

as Henri Dufour

Movie
1927
Cradle Snatchers

as Roy Ladd

Movie
1927
The Last Trail

as Kurt Morley

Movie
1925
Hearts and Spurs

as Victor Dufresne

Movie
1925
Recompense

as Col. Donovan

Movie
1925
Women and Gold

as Señor Ortego

Movie
1925
Ports of Call

as Randolph Sherman

Movie
1924Movie
1924Movie
1923
Adam and Eva

as Dr. Delamater

Movie
1922Movie
1921
Nobody

as John Rossmore

Movie
1921
The Girl from Nowhere

as Jimmy Ryder

Movie
1920
Partners of the Night

as Robert Clifford

Movie
1919
The Capitol

as Congressman Blake

Movie
1919
Lure of Ambition

as Hon. Cyril Ralston

Movie
1919
Impossible Catherine

as John Henry Jackson

Movie
1919Movie
1919
A Woman There Was

as Rev. Winthrop Stark

Movie
1919
The Gold Cure

as Michael Darcy

Movie
1918
Why I Would Not Marry

as Undetermined Role

Movie
1918
In Pursuit of Polly

as Larry O'Malley

Movie
1918Movie
1918
Friend Husband

as John Sparr

Movie
1918
Our Little Wife

as Dr. Elliott

Movie
1917
Her Second Husband

as John Kirby

Movie
1917
American Maid

as David Starr

Movie
1917
Persuasive Peggy

as Ed Trowbridge

Movie
1917Movie
1917
The Lifted Veil

as Malcolm Grant

Movie
1917
The Greatest Power

as John Conrad

Movie
1917
Lady Barnacle

as Krishna Dhwaj

Movie
1917
The Call of Her People

as Nicholas Van Kleet

Movie
1917Movie
1917
Mary Lawson's Secret

as Dr. Brundage

Movie
1917
The White Raven

as The Stranger

Movie
1916Movie
1916
The Pretenders

as Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)

Movie
1916
The Child of Destiny

as Calvin Baker

Movie
1916
Dorian's Divorce

as Henry Morgan (as William Davidson)

Movie
1916
The Price of Malice

as Capt. Mills

Movie
1916
Her Debt of Honor

as John Hartfield

Movie
1915
A Yellow Streak

as Jack Rader

Movie
1915Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 15, 1888
Day of DeathSeptember 28, 1947
Place of BirthDobbs Ferry, New York, USA
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