William B. Davidson

Known for Acting

Details

Birthday: June 15, 1888

Deathday: September 28, 1947

Place of birth: 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.

Actor

1994

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1947

That Hagen Girl

1947

That's My Man

1947

The Judge Steps Out

1947

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

1946

The Notorious Lone Wolf

1946

The Plainsman and the Lady

1946

Ding Dong Williams

1946

My Darling Clementine

1946

The Cat Creeps

1946

Blonde Alibi

1945

Circumstantial Evidence

1945

Tell It to a Star

1945

See My Lawyer

1945

The Man Who Walked Alone

1945

They Were Expendable

1945

Sing Your Way Home

1945

Dillinger

1945

Blonde Ransom

1944

Up in Arms

1944

Greenwich Village

1944

A Night of Adventure

1944

Make Your Own Bed

1944

In Society

1944

Shine on Harvest Moon

1943

The Good Fellows

1943

Murder on the Waterfront

1943

Hers to Hold

1943

Calaboose

1943

Mission to Moscow

1943

Over the Wall

1943

Truck Busters

1942

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

1942

Larceny, Inc.

1942

The Affairs of Martha

1942

Over My Dead Body

1942

Gentleman Jim

1942

Careful, Soft Shoulders

1942

In This Our Life

1942

The Male Animal

1942

The Magnificent Dope

1941

Sun Valley Serenade

1941

Highway West

1941

The Great Man's Lady

1941

Uncle Joe

1941

In the Navy

1941

Three Sons o' Guns

1941

Man-Made Monster

1941

Keep 'Em Flying

1941

The Lady from Cheyenne

1941

Hold That Ghost

1941

Three Girls About Town

1941

Remember the Day

1941

Week-End in Havana

1941

Thieves Fall Out

1940

Seven Sinners

1940

My Love Came Back

1940

Florian

1940

Lillian Russell

1940

Charter Pilot

1940

Hired Wife

1940

On Their Own

1940

My Little Chickadee

1940

Half a Sinner

1940

Tin Pan Alley

1940

Lady with Red Hair

1940

Girl in 313

1940

Maryland

1940

Sailor's Lady

1940

Sandy Gets Her Man

1940

San Francisco Docks

1940

Granny Get Your Gun

1940

A Night at Earl Carroll's

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

1939

Hidden Power

1939

Blackwell's Island

1939

Indianapolis Speedway

1939

They Made Me a Criminal

1939

Naughty But Nice

1939

Smashing the Money Ring

1939

Tail Spin

1939

Blondie Meets the Boss

1939

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939

Each Dawn I Die

1939

Honeymoon in Bali

1939

Private Detective

1939

Sudden Money

1939

Off the Record

1939

On Trial

1939

Invisible Stripes

1939

The Honeymoon's Over

1938

Hollywood Hotel

1938

Letter of Introduction

1938

Sergeant Murphy

1938

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

1938

Blockade

1938

Racket Busters

1938

Cowboy from Brooklyn

1938

Cocoanut Grove

1938

There Goes My Heart

1938

The Jury's Secret

1938

Illegal Traffic

1938

You and Me

1937

Paradise Isle

1937

Midnight Court

1937

Marry the Girl

1937

Ever Since Eve

1937

It Happened in Hollywood

1937

Easy Living

1937

The Hurricane

1937

Melody for Two

1937

Love on Toast

1937

Something to Sing About

1937

Marked Woman

1937

Behind the Mike

1937

Let Them Live

1937

The Road Back

1936

Earthworm Tractors

1936

Love on a Bet

1936

Road Gang

1936

Murder by an Aristocrat

1936

Fatal Lady

1936

The Big Noise

1936

The Singing Kid

1936

Satan Met a Lady

1936

Gold Diggers of 1937

1936

You May Be Next!

1935

Special Agent

1935

Show Them No Mercy!

1935

Sweet Music

1935

Woman Wanted

1935

Death Flies East

1935

In Person

1935

Oil for the Lamps of China

1935

Bordertown

1935

Devil Dogs of the Air

1935

Dangerous

1935

A Night at the Ritz

1935

Go Into Your Dance

1935

Redheads on Parade

1935

Straight from the Heart

1934

The Dragon Murder Case

1934

Laughing Boy

1934

The St. Louis Kid

1934

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

1934

The Secret Bride

1934

Housewife

1934

Fog Over Frisco

1934

The Big Shakedown

1934

Imitation of Life

1934

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

1934

Upperworld

1933

I'm No Angel

1933

Lady Killer

1933

Dangerously Yours

1933

Hello, Everybody!

1933

The Intruder

1933

Meet the Baron

1933

How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action

1933

Torch Singer

1933

The Billion Dollar Scandal

1933

Female

1933

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1932

The Lost Squadron

1932

Her Mad Night

1932

Sky Devils

1932

The Animal Kingdom

1932

The Menace

1932

The Pride of the Legion

1932

The Most Dangerous Game

1932

Guilty or Not Guilty

1932

The Sport Parade

1932

Scarface

1932

Central Park

1932

Is My Face Red?

1932

The Thirteenth Guest

1931

Graft

1931

The Vice Squad

1931

Captain Applejack

1931

No Limit

1931

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

1931

The Secret Call

1931

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

1931

Half Holiday

1931

Dishonored

1930

Hook, Line and Sinker

1930

Scarlet Pages

1930

For the Defense

1930

Playboy of Paris

1930

A Man from Wyoming

1930

Sunny

1930

The Silver Horde

1930

Oh, for a Man!

1930

The Costello Case

1930

Men Are Like That

1930

Hell's Angels

1929

Queen of the Night Clubs

1929

Woman Trap

1929

The Carnation Kid

1929

Always Faithful

1929

Blaze o' Glory

1928

Good Morning, Judge

1928

Sharp Tools

1927

Cradle Snatchers

1927

The Last Trail

1927

A Gentleman of Paris

1925

Hearts and Spurs

1925

Ports of Call

1925

Recompense

1925

Women and Gold

1924

The Valley of Doubt

1924

The Storm Daughter

1923

Adam and Eva

1922

The Dumb-Bell

1921

The Girl from Nowhere

1921

Nobody

1920

Partners of the Night

1919

La belle Russe

1919

Lure of Ambition

1919

A Woman There Was

1919

Impossible Catherine

1919

The Capitol

1919

The Gold Cure

1918

In Pursuit of Polly

1918

Why I Would Not Marry

1918

Ashes of Love

1918

Our Little Wife

1918

Friend Husband

1917

The Greatest Power

1917

The Call of Her People

1917

The White Raven

1917

The Lifted Veil

1917

A Modern Cinderella

1917

Mary Lawson's Secret

1917

Persuasive Peggy

1917

Her Second Husband

1917

American Maid

1917

Lady Barnacle

1917

A Magdalene of the Hills

1917

More Truth Than Poetry

1916

The Pretenders

1916

Her Debt of Honor

1916

In the Diplomatic Service

1916

The Price of Malice

1916

Dorian's Divorce

1916

The Child of Destiny

1915

A Yellow Streak

1915

For the Honor of the Crew