William B. Davidson
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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.
Known for
Credits
Scarface (1932)
as Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
as Saloon Owner (uncredited)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
as Captain
They Were Expendable (1945)
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Hell's Angels (1930)
as Staff Major
Dishonored (1931)
Actor
Housewife (1934)
as Nan's Attorney
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
as Detective (Uncredited)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
as Moose Matson
Imitation of Life (1934)
as Man Buying Cigar (uncredited)
I'm No Angel (1933)
as Ernest Brown
In This Our Life (1942)
as Jim Purdy
In the Navy (1941)
as Capt. Richards (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
as Donovan (uncredited)
Marked Woman (1937)
as Bob Crandall
Man-Made Monster (1941)
as District Attorney Ralph B. Stanley
Special Agent (1935)
as Charlie Young - Carston's Lawyer
Greenwich Village (1944)
as Dance Director
Easy Living (1937)
as Mr. Hyde
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
as Bill Mason
You and Me (1938)
as N. G. Orton, Attorney-at-Law (uncredited)
Calaboose (1943)
as Sheriff George Lane (as William Davidson)
Hello, Everybody! (1933)
as Mr. Parker
Satan Met a Lady (1936)
as City Fathers Committee Spokesman (uncredited)
The Hurricane (1937)
as The Bully (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
as Peter Premium
Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Montgomery (uncredited)
Friend Husband (1918)
as John Sparr
Dangerous (1935)
as Reed Walsh
Seven Sinners (1940)
as Police Chief
Blonde Alibi (1946)
as Police Captain Hurley (Uncredited)
Careful, Soft Shoulders (1942)
as Mr. Aldrich
Nobody (1921)
as John Rossmore
Remember the Day (1941)
as Committeeman
Up in Arms (1944)
as Maxwell (uncredited)
Lady Killer (1933)
as Director Williams
In Person (1935)
as Director Bill Sutter (uncredited)
Road Gang (1936)
as Attorney General Mardsen
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
as McCarthy
Naughty but Nice (1939)
as Samuel 'Sam' 'Simsy' Hudson - Music Publisher
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
as Gonigle
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
as Jack Murray
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
That Hagen Girl (1947)
as Mr. Bowman (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as Work Farm Warden
Hired Wife (1940)
as Mumford (as William Davidson)
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
as Ennis
Lillian Russell (1940)
as President Cleveland
In Society (1944)
as Parker
The Affairs of Martha (1942)
as Homer Jacell
Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
as Warden Denby
My Love Came Back (1940)
as Agent
Bordertown (1935)
as Dr. Carter
Fog Over Frisco (1934)
as Editor Joe Hogue
Tail Spin (1939)
as Sales Manager (Uncredited)
Letter of Introduction (1938)
as Mr. Raleigh (uncredited)
Recompense (1925)
as Col. Donovan
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
as Director Kelton
Torch Singer (1933)
as Jarrett
Meet the Baron (1933)
as General Broadcasting Representative
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
as Stock Company Manager (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady (1941)
as Sen. Knobs
Dillinger (1945)
as Bank President (uncredited)
Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
as Tim Donovan (uncredited)
That's My Man (1947)
as Steward
Racket Busters (1938)
as Trucking Chairman (uncredited)
The Animal Kingdom (1932)
as Chess Player (uncredited)
The Child of Destiny (1916)
as Calvin Baker
Redheads on Parade (1935)
as Theatre Manager
Mission to Moscow (1943)
as Senator (uncredited)
Central Park (1932)
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)
as Stephen Prime
The Male Animal (1942)
as Alumnus
Week-End in Havana (1941)
as Captain Moss
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
as Cyrus Ballard
The Magnificent Dope (1942)
as Mr. Reindel
Highway West (1941)
as Gorman
Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
as Board of Appeals Chairman
It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
as Al Howard
Death Flies East (1935)
as Police Captain Barrie
There Goes My Heart (1938)
as Skipper Jackson (uncredited)
Sky Devils (1932)
as Captain
Upperworld (1934)
as City Editor (uncredited)
The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
as Inspector Crane (as William Davidson)
Granny Get Your Gun (1940)
as Fitzgerald
Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
as Duncan Martin
Sing Your Way Home (1945)
as F.T. Johnson (uncredited)
Sailor's Lady (1940)
as Judge Hinsdale
The Secret Bride (1934)
as Representative McPherson
Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
as Andy Callahan
The Singing Kid (1936)
as Barney Hammond
Thieves Fall Out (1941)
as Harrison "Harry" Eckles
Three Girls About Town (1941)
as Labor Leader
Our Little Wife (1918)
as Dr. Elliott
Female (1933)
as Department Head (Uncredited)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
as Stock Broker
Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
as Adjutant
Ding Dong Williams (1946)
as Mr. Saul Dana
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
as Colonel Bright (uncredited)
The Road Back (1937)
as Bartscher
The Cat Creeps (1946)
as James Walsh
The St. Louis Kid (1934)
as Joe Hunter
Truck Busters (1943)
as Stephen S. Gray
On Trial (1939)
as Mr. Gray
Her Debt of Honor (1916)
as John Hartfield
Blockade (1938)
as Commandant
The Menace (1932)
as John Utterson
Charter Pilot (1940)
as Mr. Wentworth
Girl in 313 (1940)
as George Grayson
Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
as Mr. 'W.P.' Alvey
The Storm Daughter (1924)
as Rennert
Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
as Elderly Man in Café (uncredited)
Fatal Lady (1936)
as Detective (uncredited)
The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
as Governor
Over My Dead Body (1942)
as Crole (as William Davidson)
Woman Wanted (1935)
as Collins
The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
as Greeff
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
as Hotel Manager
Illegal Traffic (1938)
as Dalton
Straight from the Heart (1935)
as Prosecuting Attorney
Hers to Hold (1943)
as Al
Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)
as E.H. Swaley
Maryland (1940)
as John Addison
Marry the Girl (1937)
as Drake
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Sheriff of Little Bend (uncredited)
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
as Store Detective
Florian (1940)
as Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Something to Sing About (1937)
as Café Manager
The Plainsman and the Lady (1946)
as Russell
The Honeymoon's Over (1939)
as Crane
Make Your Own Bed (1944)
as Mr. Linklater
See My Lawyer (1945)
as Judge
The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933)
as Jim Lawrence
The Gold Cure (1919)
as Michael Darcy
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
as Police Captain Brown (uncredited)
Cradle Snatchers (1927)
as Roy Ladd
Blackwell's Island (1939)
as Hempel
Let Them Live (1937)
as The Editor
San Francisco Docks (1940)
as Dist. Atty. Craig
Murder by an Aristocrat (1936)
as Bayard Thatcher
The Call of Her People (1917)
as Nicholas Van Kleet
The Big Shakedown (1934)
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Midnight Court (1937)
as Alfred H. Kruger
Uncle Joe (1941)
as Mr. Day
Woman Trap (1929)
as Watts
You May Be Next! (1936)
as Official (uncredited)
The Pride of the Legion (1932)
as Sgt. Arnold
More Truth Than Poetry (1917)
as Allen Danby
A Man from Wyoming (1930)
as Major
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
as Mr. Jackson
The Lost Squadron (1932)
as Lelewer
Blonde Ransom (1945)
as Police Captain
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
as Nye Dunbar
A Modern Cinderella (1917)
Actor
Off the Record (1939)
as Scotty
Sudden Money (1939)
as Sam
Love on a Bet (1936)
as A.W. Hutchinson
Oh, for a Man! (1930)
as Kerry Stokes
A Gentleman of Paris (1927)
as Henri Dufour
Half a Sinner (1940)
as Slick
A Night at the Ritz (1935)
as Connolly
Guilty or Not Guilty (1932)
as Chief
The Last Trail (1927)
as Kurt Morley
The Jury's Secret (1938)
as Page
Laughing Boy (1934)
as Hartshone (as William Davidson)
Private Detective (1939)
as Inspector Evans
Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
as Chief Haggerty (as William Davidson)
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
as Tom McGee
The Big Noise (1936)
as Welford Andrews
For the Defense (1930)
as Dist. Atty. Stone
The Sport Parade (1932)
as Kendricks (uncredited)
The Vice Squad (1931)
as Magistrate Tom Morrison
Scarlet Pages (1930)
as Jackson
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
as Charles (as William Davidson)
Sergeant Murphy (1938)
as Maj. Gruff (uncredited)
The Silver Horde (1930)
as Tom Hilliard
Is My Face Red? (1932)
as O'Sullivan
Over the Wall (1943)
as Warden Ed
Men Are Like That (1930)
as Frank Hyland
Ever Since Eve (1937)
as Henderson
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
as Ellory Bugs
On Their Own (1940)
as Judge Bull
Dangerously Yours (1933)
as George Carr
Sunny (1930)
as First Ship's Officer
Hidden Power (1939)
as Foster
Graft (1931)
as M.H. Thomas
No Limit (1931)
as Wilkie
Impossible Catherine (1919)
as John Henry Jackson
Melody for Two (1937)
as Mr. Hale
Sweet Music (1935)
as Billie Madison
Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
as Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)
Blaze o' Glory (1929)
as District Attorney (as William Davidson)
Three Sons o' Guns (1941)
as Henry Baxter
The Secret Call (1931)
as Jim Blake
Captain Applejack (1931)
as Bill Dennett
The Intruder (1933)
as Det. Lt. Samson
A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940)
as Mayor Green of San Bernardino
A Night of Adventure (1944)
as Gilbert J. Regan (uncredited)
Murder on the Waterfront (1943)
as Capt. Towne
The Carnation Kid (1929)
as Blythe
Tell It to a Star (1945)
as Brannigan
The Valley of Doubt (1924)
as Macy
The Good Fellows (1943)
as Blake
Behind the Mike (1937)
as Cyrus Wittles
The Capitol (1919)
as Congressman Blake
Her Second Husband (1917)
as John Kirby
Good Morning, Judge (1928)
as Elton (as William Davidson)
Cocoanut Grove (1938)
as Hawtrey
Queen of the Night Clubs (1929)
as Assistant District Attorney (as William Davidson)
In Pursuit of Polly (1918)
as Larry O'Malley
Playboy of Paris (1930)
as Monsieur Bannack (uncredited)
Sandy Gets Her Man (1940)
as Councilman Charles J. Clark
The Girl from Nowhere (1921)
as Jimmy Ryder
Sharp Tools (1928)
Actor
Paradise Isle (1937)
as Hoener
The Costello Case (1930)
as Saunders
Love on Toast (1937)
as Jonathan
A Magdalene of the Hills (1917)
as Bud Weaver
Her Mad Night (1932)
as District Attorney
In the Diplomatic Service (1916)
as Lynn Hardi
Hearts and Spurs (1925)
as Victor Dufresne
A Yellow Streak (1915)
as Jack Rader
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931)
Actor
The Lifted Veil (1917)
as Malcolm Grant
The Pretenders (1916)
as Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)
Adam and Eva (1923)
as Dr. Delamater
Partners of the Night (1920)
as Robert Clifford
Dorian's Divorce (1916)
as Henry Morgan (as William Davidson)
Lady Barnacle (1917)
as Krishna Dhwaj
Why I Would Not Marry (1918)
as Undetermined Role
La belle Russe (1919)
as Brand
A Woman There Was (1919)
as Rev. Winthrop Stark
The Price of Malice (1916)
as Capt. Mills
Always Faithful (1929)
as George W. Mason
Lure of Ambition (1919)
as Hon. Cyril Ralston
Half Holiday (1931)
as Jerry - Andy's Pal
Ports of Call (1925)
as Randolph Sherman
Women and Gold (1925)
as Señor Ortego
Ashes of Love (1918)
Actor
Persuasive Peggy (1917)
as Ed Trowbridge
The Greatest Power (1917)
as John Conrad
For the Honor of the Crew (1915)
as Robert Brent
The Dumb-Bell (1922)
Actor
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots' (1931)
as Himself - Golfer
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action (1933)
as Himself
The White Raven (1917)
as The Stranger
Mary Lawson's Secret (1917)
as Dr. Brundage
American Maid (1917)
as David Starr