Bruce Davison
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Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. He portrayed Senator Robert Kelly in X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). Davison is also well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film Willard (1971), his Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance in Longtime Companion (1989), and as Thomas Semmes in the HBO original movie Vendetta. His other notable film roles are as Grandpa in Black Beauty (2015), Brig. Gen. Bill Marks in High Crimes, Durwood Cable in Runaway Jury, Dr. Charles Aaron in At First Sight, Richard Bowden in Apt Pupil, Reverend Parris in The Crucible, Ruby in Spies Like Us, and Richard Hagstrom in Stephen King's Golden Tales and Tales from the Darkside - the TV movie and originally in an episode of the anthology series. His best known TV roles are as Dr. Charles Graiman on the TV movie and series Knight Rider (2008), Doug Hellman on Close to Home (2005-2007), Dr. Stegman on Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (2004-2005), George Henderson on the series Harry and the Hendersons (1991-1993), and Scott Wallace on The Practice.
Known for
Credits
La La Land (2016)
as Mia's Father (uncredited)
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
as Christian Rainier
Golden Tales (1993)
as Richard Hagstrom
Knight Rider (2008)
as Charles Graiman
Spies Like Us (1985)
as Ruby
Camp Hell (2010)
as Fr. Phineas McAllister
Runaway Jury (2003)
as Durwood Cable
High Crimes (2002)
as General Bill Marks
Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
as Tom Oakley
LoveLife (1997)
as Bruce
Breach (2007)
as John O'Neill
The Crucible (1996)
as Reverend Parris
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
as Professor Lazlo
Paulie (1998)
as Dr. Reingold
Mame (1974)
as Older Patrick
Apt Pupil (1998)
as Richard Bowden
Wish Man (2019)
as Frank Shankwitz Sr.
Crimes of Passion (1984)
as Donny Hopper
MegaFault (2009)
as Dr. Mark Rhodes
Itsy Bitsy (2019)
as Walter
The Lords of Salem (2013)
as Francis Matthias
It's My Party (1996)
as Rodney Bingham
The Clinic (2004)
as Martin Landrum
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
The Slider (2017)
as Ispector Wiesel
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)
as President Wilson (voice)
The Good Neighbor (2022)
as Grant
Short Cuts (1993)
as Howard Finnigan
Words and Pictures (2014)
as Walt
The Manor (2021)
as Roland
The Cure (1995)
as Dr. Stevens
Lady in a Corner (1989)
as Bill Guthrie
9/11 (2017)
as Monohan
Get a Job (2016)
as Lawrence Wilheimer
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016)
as Richard
Summer Catch (2001)
as Rand Parrish
Tales from the Darkside (1990)
as Richard Hagstrom
8MM 2 (2005)
as Ambassador Harrington
Someone Else's Child (1994)
as Nick Callahan
Titanic II (2010)
as James Maine
Arctic Blast (2010)
as Winslaw
The Great Alaskan Race (2019)
as Governor Bone
At First Sight (1999)
as Dr. Charles Aaron
Godmother (2026)
as Mr. Martinson
The Dead Girl (2006)
as Leah's Father
Captors (2020)
as Silas Visler
Suitable Flesh (2023)
as Ephraim Waite
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
as Larkin
A Mother's Revenge (1993)
as Bill Sanders
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)
as Self
Christmas at the Plaza (2019)
as Reginald Brookwater
Kiss My Grits (1982)
as Dolin T. Pike
Dahmer (2002)
as Lionel Dahmer
Willard (1971)
as Willard Stiles
Any Bullet Will Do (2018)
as Jonathan Carrington
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
as John McCormick
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
as Watson
X-Men: Premieres Around the World (2003)
as Self
Brass Target (1978)
as Col. Robert Dawson
Condor's Nest (2023)
as Gerhardt Schrude
Camera (2024)
as Frank Flynn
Earth's Final Hours (2011)
as Rothman
Don’t Look Inside (—)
Actor
The Lightning Code (2025)
as Nikola Tesla
The Misfit Brigade (1987)
as Porta
L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)
as Lawrence Diebenkorn
X-Men: The Mutant Watch (2000)
as Sen. Robert Kelly
Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2017)
as P'Torr The Exile (voice)
Summer of My German Soldier (1978)
as Anton Reiker
Love Locks (2017)
as Hugo Blanchet
Bender (2016)
as Mayor Prentiss
Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
as Leroy
The Line (2009)
as Anthony
The Wave (1981)
as Ben Ross
Christmas Angel (2009)
as Nick Anderson
The Gathering (1977)
as George
The Leisure Class (2015)
as Edward
Steel and Lace (1991)
as Albert Morton
Grace of My Heart (1996)
as John Murray
Last Summer (1969)
as Dan
Along Came the Devil (2018)
as Reverend Michael
From the Shadows (2023)
as Dr. Joseph Cawl
Bigfoot (2012)
as Sheriff Walt Henderson
We Still Say Grace (2020)
as Harold
Out of the Ashes (2003)
as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
Game of Power (—)
as Ballard Wright
The Gift of Christmas (2020)
as Bob Rodgers
Widow's Kiss (1996)
as Justin Sager
3 Holiday Tails (2011)
as Rod Wright
On The Couch (2004)
as Daddy
Too Young to Be a Dad (2002)
as Dan Freeman
The King Is Alive (2000)
as Ray
A Golden Christmas (2009)
as Rod Wright
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent (2016)
as Pastor Ezekiel
Evil at the Door (2022)
as John Doe
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
Await the Dawn (2020)
as David
Vendetta (1999)
as Thomas Semmes
Coffin (2011)
as Garrison
The Ladies Club (1986)
as Richard Harrison
The Congregation (2011)
as Amos Christner
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken (2020)
as Colin
Last Rampage (2017)
as Cooper
The Bronx Bull (2016)
as D.A. Bonomi
ManFast (2003)
as Rupert Iris
Longtime Companion (1989)
as David
Saving Lincoln (2013)
as William H. Seward
Black Beauty (2015)
as Grandpa
Confession (2005)
as Father Thomas Parker
Corbin Nash (2018)
as Jack
The Strawberry Statement (1970)
as Simon
God Don't Make the Laws (2011)
as Bud Kelly / Mayor
Short Eyes (1977)
as Clark Davis
The Gathering, Part II (1979)
as George
Influence (2020)
as Walter Klein
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men (2003)
Actor
Hidden in America (1996)
as Michael
High Risk (1981)
as Dan
On the Edge (2001)
as (segment "The Other Side")
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann (1997)
as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)
as Richard Robbins
The Last Survivors (1975)
as Michael Larsen
Touched (2005)
as Robert Davis
Live! From Death Row (1992)
as Laurence Dvorak
Incident at Crestridge (1981)
as Clint Larsen
Hate Crime (2005)
as Pastor Boyd
Abnormal Attraction (2018)
as Dr. Stanley Cole
The Skateboard Kid II (1995)
as Burt Squires
Portrait of Grandpa Doc (1977)
as Bruce - as a Young Man
Color of Justice (1997)
as Frank Gainer
Down, Out and Dangerous (1995)
as Brad Harrington
108 Stitches (2014)
as Coach Scott Deshields
Along Came the Devil II (2019)
as Reverend Michael
Return of the Killer Shrews (2012)
as Jerry Farrell
Elwood (2014)
as Congressman Barber
Mind Over Murder (1979)
as Jason
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing (2012)
as Self
A Memory in My Heart (1999)
as Chase Stewart
37 (2014)
as Psychic
Kingdom Hospital (2004)
as Dr. Stegman
The Roommates (—)
as Arthur
The Millionaire Tour (2012)
as The Roman
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971)
as Fitzgore
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1983)
as Tranio
Off Season (2001)
as Dr. Zimmer
Homage (1995)
as Joseph Smith
Displacement (2016)
as Prof. Peter Deckard
An Ambush of Ghosts (1993)
as Bill Betts
The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
as George Orr
Evergreen (2004)
as Frank
Persecuted (2014)
as Senator Donald Harrison
A Fairy's Game (2018)
as Spindly (voice)
The Affair (1973)
as Jamie Patterson
After Jimmy (1996)
as Sam Stapp
Deadman's Curve (1978)
as Dean Torrence
Going Shopping (2005)
as Adam
25 Miles to Normal (2026)
as John
Special Ops: Delta Force (2006)
as General Preston Rossdale
The Mystery of Casa Matusita (—)
as Victor
The Jerusalem File (1972)
as David Armstrong
Out of the Woods (2025)
Actor
Tomorrow's Child (1982)
as Cliff Bender
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters (2018)
Actor
My True Fairytale (2021)
as Martin Goodwin
Locked in Silence (1999)
as Jim
Munger Road (2011)
as Chief Kirkhoven
Lies (1983)
as Stuart Russell
Beyond the Heavens (2013)
as Oliver Henry (adult)
French Quarter (1978)
as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
Little Girl Fly Away (1998)
as Frank
X-Men (2000)
as Senator Kelly
A Violent Man (2019)
as Benjamin Green
Ghost Dancing (1983)
as Calvin Oberst
A Schizophrenic Love Story (2011)
as Dr. Bob
Stealing Roses (2012)
as Mr. Lowell
Peege (1973)
Actor
Stolen: One Husband (1990)
as Dr. Peter Foley
Charlie's Gift (2016)
Actor
X2 (2003)
as Senator Kelly
Oceanus: Act One (2015)
as Commander Mitch Conrad
Grand Jury (1977)
as Bobby Allen