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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 D
Gender: Male
Born On: 16-Jun-1888
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William B. Davidson's Filmography on TV
List of programs starring William B. Davidson on tv. Programs are sorted in order of last seen on tv. Last updated: Jun 16, 2024 9:32 PM
They Were Expendable (1945)
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.
Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
OFF THE RECORD (1939)
After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.
Paura d'amare (1935)
Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play.
Lo specchio della vita (1934)
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Lady Killer (1933)
An ex-gangster tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal activities after he accidentally becomes a movie star.
La maschera di cera (1933)
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
Guilty Or Not Guilty (1932)
Ruth Payne, innocent to begin with, is trying to extradite herself from the clutches of a gang-mob who obtained her release from prison on a falsified confession because they thought she knew something they didn't want known.
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.
Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.