William B. Davidson
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.
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TV Series
Movies
The Good Fellows
0
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
6
Dust Be My Destiny
6.2
The Call of Her People
0
The White Raven
6
The Greatest Power
0
The Lifted Veil
1
I'm No Angel
6.4
Hidden Power
0
La belle Russe
0
The Pretenders
0
Lure of Ambition
0
In Pursuit of Polly
7.5
Seven Sinners
5.803
Good Morning, Judge
0
Circumstantial Evidence
4.8
Hook, Line and Sinker
5.167
Queen of the Night Clubs
0
Sun Valley Serenade
6.981
Lady Killer
6.8
Hollywood Hotel
5.4
Earthworm Tractors
5
Dangerously Yours
0
Highway West
5.8
Hearts and Spurs
0
The Dragon Murder Case
5.8
Larceny, Inc.
6.9
Blackwell's Island
5
Special Agent
6.2
Ports of Call
0
The Great Man's Lady
6.3
The Notorious Lone Wolf
5.5
The Lost Squadron
6.3
Letter of Introduction
5.667
Her Mad Night
1
Paradise Isle
5
A Yellow Streak
0
Show Them No Mercy!
7
Sergeant Murphy
5
Sweet Music
5.7
Sky Devils
5.5
Graft
4.5
Tell It to a Star
0
Scarlet Pages
6.5
The Animal Kingdom
5.6
Love on a Bet
7
Murder on the Waterfront
5
The Menace
4.5
Midnight Court
4.8
Laughing Boy
3.6
The Pride of the Legion
6
Marry the Girl
5
Woman Trap
4.8
Road Gang
6.5
My Love Came Back
5.2
For the Defense
4.8
Uncle Joe
6
Florian
1
The Vice Squad
7
The Affairs of Martha
5.8
For the Honor of the Crew
0
The Plainsman and the Lady
3
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
9
That Hagen Girl
5.2
Indianapolis Speedway
5
Woman Wanted
6.3
Captain Applejack
6.5
In the Navy
6.3
Hello, Everybody!
6
The Most Dangerous Game
6.945
No Limit
6
Blockade
5.636
Guilty or Not Guilty
6
Playboy of Paris
7
The Dumb-Bell
6
The St. Louis Kid
5.8
A Man from Wyoming
9
Her Debt of Honor
0
In the Diplomatic Service
0
Death Flies East
5
Murder by an Aristocrat
3
Ding Dong Williams
5
The Price of Malice
0
A Modern Cinderella
0
The Carnation Kid
0
Partners of the Night
0
Cradle Snatchers
3.5
Ever Since Eve
5.8
It Happened in Hollywood
6.1
Easy Living
7
Lillian Russell
6.1
In Person
6.3
They Made Me a Criminal
6.1
The Intruder
4.2
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
5
The Hurricane
6.6
Racket Busters
5.1
Fatal Lady
0
Cowboy from Brooklyn
4
Cocoanut Grove
0
Sunny
6.5
Melody for Two
0
Naughty But Nice
6.2
Up in Arms
6
Adam and Eva
0
Greenwich Village
6
Smashing the Money Ring
5
The Sport Parade
5.3
Oil for the Lamps of China
7.3
Charter Pilot
6
The Big Noise
5
Hired Wife
6.8
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
6
Tail Spin
5.8
Blondie Meets the Boss
5.8
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
7.143
Three Sons o' Guns
5
Each Dawn I Die
6.795
That's My Man
6
Honeymoon in Bali
6.2
There Goes My Heart
7.143
Man-Made Monster
6.1
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
0
The Last Trail
0
The Girl from Nowhere
0
Hers to Hold
6.857
The Judge Steps Out
7
On Their Own
0
A Night of Adventure
4.9
Calaboose
0
Bordertown
5.9
Devil Dogs of the Air
6.4
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
5.4
Love on Toast
5.5
The Secret Bride
6.1
Dangerous
6.7
A Woman There Was
0
Over My Dead Body
0
Keep 'Em Flying
5.9
Mary Lawson's Secret
0
Scarface
7.4
My Darling Clementine
7.448
The Lady from Cheyenne
5.2
My Little Chickadee
6.438
Hold That Ghost
6.754
Half a Sinner
5.182
Tin Pan Alley
4.75
The Singing Kid
4
Gentleman Jim
7.2
A Night at the Ritz
3
Lady with Red Hair
6.5
Girl in 313
5.6
Maryland
6.2
Meet the Baron
4.3
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action
0
Private Detective
6
Satan Met a Lady
5.8
Three Girls About Town
5.3
The Silver Horde
5.3
Something to Sing About
5.912
The Secret Call
0
Always Faithful
0
Remember the Day
6.6
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
0
Upperworld
6.3
Sharp Tools
0
Gold Diggers of 1937
5.8
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7
Oh, for a Man!
5.7
Sudden Money
5
Careful, Soft Shoulders
6
Housewife
7.7
Off the Record
6
The Costello Case
0
Men Are Like That
9
On Trial
5.5
Half Holiday
0
Week-End in Havana
6.6
The Cat Creeps
4.8
Fog Over Frisco
6.2
Thieves Fall Out
5.5
Hell's Angels
6.468
Mission to Moscow
5.306
Sailor's Lady
4
Marked Woman
6.521
Torch Singer
5.2
Over the Wall
0
Go Into Your Dance
6.75
Truck Busters
6
Blonde Alibi
3.9
The Jury's Secret
4.5
See My Lawyer
6
Sandy Gets Her Man
4
Behind the Mike
0
Let Them Live
0
Why I Would Not Marry
0
Recompense
0
Make Your Own Bed
5.8
Impossible Catherine
0
The Billion Dollar Scandal
0
The Big Shakedown
5.6
You May Be Next!
2.5
Imitation of Life
7
In Society
5.8
San Francisco Docks
6
The Man Who Walked Alone
5.5
Granny Get Your Gun
3.5
The Capitol
0
Central Park
5.2
Invisible Stripes
6.3
In This Our Life
6.8
Blaze o' Glory
0
Dorian's Divorce
0
They Were Expendable
6.6
Is My Face Red?
5
A Gentleman of Paris
0
The Male Animal
4.1
Female
6.328
Mystery of the Wax Museum
6.5
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
6
Illegal Traffic
6.5
The Magnificent Dope
7.2
Dishonored
6.8
The Thirteenth Guest
4.947
Sing Your Way Home
5.2
The Road Back
6.333
The Valley of Doubt
0
Persuasive Peggy
0
Her Second Husband
0
American Maid
0
Ashes of Love
0
Redheads on Parade
0
You and Me
6.679
Straight from the Heart
0
A Night at Earl Carroll's
3.5