William B. Davidson

William B. Davidson

Birthday: 1888-06-15

Deathday: 1947-09-28

Place of birth: Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA

Also known as: Wm. B. Davidson, Wm. Davidson, William Davidson, Bill Davidson, William Beatman Davidson

imdb_id: nm0203527

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.

Played in movies:

Men Are Like That

Score: 9.0

A Man from Wyoming

Score: 9.0

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

Score: 9.0

Housewife

Score: 7.7

In Pursuit of Polly

Score: 7.5

Scarface

Score: 7.5

My Darling Clementine

Score: 7.4

Oil for the Lamps of China

Score: 7.3

Gentleman Jim

Score: 7.2

The Magnificent Dope

Score: 7.2

There Goes My Heart

Score: 7.1

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Score: 7.1

Imitation of Life

Score: 7.0

The Judge Steps Out

Score: 7.0

Easy Living

Score: 7.0

Playboy of Paris

Score: 7.0

The Vice Squad

Score: 7.0

Love on a Bet

Score: 7.0

Show Them No Mercy!

Score: 7.0

Sun Valley Serenade

Score: 7.0

The Most Dangerous Game

Score: 6.9

Larceny, Inc.

Score: 6.9

Hers to Hold

Score: 6.9

Dishonored

Score: 6.8

Each Dawn I Die

Score: 6.8

In This Our Life

Score: 6.8

Hold That Ghost

Score: 6.8

Hired Wife

Score: 6.8

Lady Killer

Score: 6.8

Go Into Your Dance

Score: 6.8

Dangerous

Score: 6.7

Week-End in Havana

Score: 6.7

They Were Expendable

Score: 6.6

Remember the Day

Score: 6.6

The Hurricane

Score: 6.6

You and Me

Score: 6.6

Marked Woman

Score: 6.5

Illegal Traffic

Score: 6.5

Hell's Angels

Score: 6.5

Lady with Red Hair

Score: 6.5

Sunny

Score: 6.5

Captain Applejack

Score: 6.5

Road Gang

Score: 6.5

Scarlet Pages

Score: 6.5

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Score: 6.5

Devil Dogs of the Air

Score: 6.4

I'm No Angel

Score: 6.4

My Little Chickadee

Score: 6.4

In the Navy

Score: 6.4

Female

Score: 6.3

The Road Back

Score: 6.3

Invisible Stripes

Score: 6.3

Upperworld

Score: 6.3

In Person

Score: 6.3

Woman Wanted

Score: 6.3

The Lost Squadron

Score: 6.3

The Great Man's Lady

Score: 6.3

Fog Over Frisco

Score: 6.2

Maryland

Score: 6.2

Honeymoon in Bali

Score: 6.2

Naughty But Nice

Score: 6.2

The Affairs of Martha

Score: 6.2

Special Agent

Score: 6.2

Dust Be My Destiny

Score: 6.2

They Made Me a Criminal

Score: 6.2

Man-Made Monster

Score: 6.1

Lillian Russell

Score: 6.1

It Happened in Hollywood

Score: 6.1

Shine on Harvest Moon

Score: 6.0

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

Score: 6.0

San Francisco Docks

Score: 6.0

See My Lawyer

Score: 6.0

Truck Busters

Score: 6.0

Off the Record

Score: 6.0

Careful, Soft Shoulders

Score: 6.0

Private Detective

Score: 6.0

Keep 'Em Flying

Score: 6.0

That's My Man

Score: 6.0

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

Score: 6.0

Charter Pilot

Score: 6.0

Greenwich Village

Score: 6.0

Up in Arms

Score: 6.0

The Dumb-Bell

Score: 6.0

Guilty or Not Guilty

Score: 6.0

Hello, Everybody!

Score: 6.0

Uncle Joe

Score: 6.0

The Pride of the Legion

Score: 6.0

The White Raven

Score: 6.0

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

Score: 6.0

Something to Sing About

Score: 5.9

Bordertown

Score: 5.9

The Secret Bride

Score: 5.9

Make Your Own Bed

Score: 5.8

Gold Diggers of 1937

Score: 5.8

Satan Met a Lady

Score: 5.8

Blondie Meets the Boss

Score: 5.8

Tail Spin

Score: 5.8

Ever Since Eve

Score: 5.8

The St. Louis Kid

Score: 5.8

No Limit

Score: 5.8

Highway West

Score: 5.8

In Society

Score: 5.8

Seven Sinners

Score: 5.8

Oh, for a Man!

Score: 5.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Score: 5.7

Sweet Music

Score: 5.7

Letter of Introduction

Score: 5.7

The Dragon Murder Case

Score: 5.7

The Man Who Walked Alone

Score: 5.6

The Big Shakedown

Score: 5.6

Girl in 313

Score: 5.6

The Animal Kingdom

Score: 5.6

Thieves Fall Out

Score: 5.5

On Trial

Score: 5.5

Love on Toast

Score: 5.5

Sky Devils

Score: 5.5

The Notorious Lone Wolf

Score: 5.5

Blockade

Score: 5.4

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

Score: 5.4

Hollywood Hotel

Score: 5.4

Mission to Moscow

Score: 5.3

The Silver Horde

Score: 5.3

Three Girls About Town

Score: 5.3

The Sport Parade

Score: 5.3

Sing Your Way Home

Score: 5.2

Central Park

Score: 5.2

Torch Singer

Score: 5.2

The Lady from Cheyenne

Score: 5.2

That Hagen Girl

Score: 5.2

My Love Came Back

Score: 5.2

Half a Sinner

Score: 5.2

Hook, Line and Sinker

Score: 5.2

Racket Busters

Score: 5.1

A Night of Adventure

Score: 5.1

Is My Face Red?

Score: 5.0

Sudden Money

Score: 5.0

Three Sons o' Guns

Score: 5.0

The Big Noise

Score: 5.0

Smashing the Money Ring

Score: 5.0

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

Score: 5.0

Ding Dong Williams

Score: 5.0

Death Flies East

Score: 5.0

Indianapolis Speedway

Score: 5.0

Marry the Girl

Score: 5.0

Murder on the Waterfront

Score: 5.0

Sergeant Murphy

Score: 5.0

Paradise Isle

Score: 5.0

Blackwell's Island

Score: 5.0

Earthworm Tractors

Score: 5.0

The Thirteenth Guest

Score: 4.9

The Cat Creeps

Score: 4.8

For the Defense

Score: 4.8

Woman Trap

Score: 4.8

Midnight Court

Score: 4.8

Circumstantial Evidence

Score: 4.8

Tin Pan Alley

Score: 4.8

The Jury's Secret

Score: 4.5

The Menace

Score: 4.5

Graft

Score: 4.5

Meet the Baron

Score: 4.3

The Intruder

Score: 4.2

The Male Animal

Score: 4.1

Sandy Gets Her Man

Score: 4.0

Sailor's Lady

Score: 4.0

The Singing Kid

Score: 4.0

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Score: 4.0

Blonde Alibi

Score: 3.9

Laughing Boy

Score: 3.6

A Night at Earl Carroll's

Score: 3.5

Granny Get Your Gun

Score: 3.5

Cradle Snatchers

Score: 3.5

A Night at the Ritz

Score: 3.0

Murder by an Aristocrat

Score: 3.0

The Plainsman and the Lady

Score: 3.0

You May Be Next!

Score: 2.5

Florian

Score: 1.0

Her Mad Night

Score: 1.0

The Lifted Veil

Score: 1.0

Straight from the Heart

Score: 0.0

Redheads on Parade

Score: 0.0

Ashes of Love

Score: 0.0

American Maid

Score: 0.0

Her Second Husband

Score: 0.0

Persuasive Peggy

Score: 0.0

The Valley of Doubt

Score: 0.0

A Gentleman of Paris

Score: 0.0

Dorian's Divorce

Score: 0.0

Blaze o' Glory

Score: 0.0

The Capitol

Score: 0.0

The Billion Dollar Scandal

Score: 0.0

Impossible Catherine

Score: 0.0

Recompense

Score: 0.0

Why I Would Not Marry

Score: 0.0

Let Them Live

Score: 0.0

Behind the Mike

Score: 0.0

Over the Wall

Score: 0.0

Half Holiday

Score: 0.0

The Costello Case

Score: 0.0

Sharp Tools

Score: 0.0

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'

Score: 0.0

Always Faithful

Score: 0.0

The Secret Call

Score: 0.0

How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action

Score: 0.0

Mary Lawson's Secret

Score: 0.0

Over My Dead Body

Score: 0.0

A Woman There Was

Score: 0.0

Calaboose

Score: 0.0

On Their Own

Score: 0.0

The Girl from Nowhere

Score: 0.0

The Last Trail

Score: 0.0

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

Score: 0.0

Adam and Eva

Score: 0.0

Melody for Two

Score: 0.0

Cocoanut Grove

Score: 0.0

Fatal Lady

Score: 0.0

Partners of the Night

Score: 0.0

The Carnation Kid

Score: 0.0

A Modern Cinderella

Score: 0.0

The Price of Malice

Score: 0.0

In the Diplomatic Service

Score: 0.0

Her Debt of Honor

Score: 0.0

For the Honor of the Crew

Score: 0.0

Tell It to a Star

Score: 0.0

A Yellow Streak

Score: 0.0

Ports of Call

Score: 0.0

Hearts and Spurs

Score: 0.0

Dangerously Yours

Score: 0.0

Queen of the Night Clubs

Score: 0.0

Good Morning, Judge

Score: 0.0

Lure of Ambition

Score: 0.0

The Pretenders

Score: 0.0

La belle Russe

Score: 0.0

Hidden Power

Score: 0.0

The Greatest Power

Score: 0.0

The Call of Her People

Score: 0.0

The Good Fellows

Score: 0.0

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