William B. Davidson

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA, 1888-06-15

Died: 1947-09-28

William B. Davidson

Film

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1915	For the Honor of the Crew	Robert Brent	0
2	1915	A Yellow Streak	Jack Rader	0
3	1916	Her Debt of Honor	John Hartfield	0
4	1916	The Price of Malice	Capt. Mills	0
5	1916	Dorian's Divorce	Henry Morgan (as William Davidson)	0
6	1916	The Pretenders	Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)	0
7	1916	In the Diplomatic Service	Lynn Hardi	0
8	1917	A Modern Cinderella		0
9	1917	The White Raven	The Stranger	60
10	1917	Mary Lawson's Secret	Dr. Brundage	0
11	1917	The Call of Her People	Nicholas Van Kleet	0
12	1917	The Greatest Power	John Conrad	0
13	1917	The Lifted Veil	Malcolm Grant	10
14	1917	Persuasive Peggy	Ed Trowbridge	0
15	1917	American Maid	David Starr	0
16	1917	Her Second Husband	John Kirby	0
17	1918	Ashes of Love		0
18	1918	In Pursuit of Polly	Larry O'Malley	75
19	1918	Why I Would Not Marry	Undetermined Role	0
20	1919	A Woman There Was	Rev. Winthrop Stark	0
21	1919	La belle Russe	Brand	0
22	1919	Impossible Catherine	John Henry Jackson	0
23	1919	Lure of Ambition	Hon. Cyril Ralston	0
24	1919	The Capitol	Congressman Blake	0
25	1920	Partners of the Night	Robert Clifford	0
26	1921	The Girl from Nowhere	Jimmy Ryder	0
27	1922	The Dumb-Bell		60
28	1923	Adam and Eva	Dr. Delamater	0
29	1924	The Valley of Doubt	Macy	0
30	1925	Ports of Call	Randolph Sherman	0
31	1925	Recompense	Col. Donovan	0
32	1925	Hearts and Spurs	Victor Dufresne	0
33	1927	The Last Trail	Kurt Morley	0
34	1927	Cradle Snatchers	Roy Ladd	35
35	1927	A Gentleman of Paris	Henri Dufour	0
36	1928	Good Morning, Judge	Elton (as William Davidson)	0
37	1928	Sharp Tools		0
38	1929	The Carnation Kid	Blythe	0
39	1929	Queen of the Night Clubs	Assistant District Attorney (as William Davidson)	0
40	1929	Woman Trap	Watts	48
41	1929	Always Faithful	George W. Mason	0
42	1929	Blaze o' Glory	District Attorney (as William Davidson)	0
43	1930	Men Are Like That	Frank Hyland	90
44	1930	A Man from Wyoming	Major	90
45	1930	For the Defense	Dist. Atty. Stone	48
46	1930	Scarlet Pages	Jackson	65
47	1930	The Costello Case	Saunders	0
48	1930	Playboy of Paris	Monsieur Bannack (uncredited)	70
49	1930	The Silver Horde	Tom Hilliard	53
50	1930	Sunny	First Ship's Officer	65
51	1930	Hell's Angels	Staff Major	65
52	1930	Oh, for a Man!	Kerry Stokes	57
53	1930	Hook, Line and Sinker	Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)	52
54	1931	No Limit	Wilkie	60
55	1931	Captain Applejack	Bill Dennett	65
56	1931	Dishonored		68
57	1931	How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'	Himself - Golfer	0
58	1931	Windy Riley Goes Hollywood		50
59	1931	The Vice Squad	Magistrate Tom Morrison	70
60	1931	The Secret Call	Jim Blake	0
61	1931	Graft	M.H. Thomas	45
62	1931	Half Holiday	Jerry - Andy's Pal	0
63	1932	The Menace	John Utterson	45
64	1932	The Lost Squadron	Lelewer	63
65	1932	Sky Devils	Captain	55
66	1932	Scarface	Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)	74
67	1932	Is My Face Red?	O'Sullivan	50
68	1932	The Thirteenth Guest	Police Captain Brown (uncredited)	49
69	1932	The Most Dangerous Game	Captain	69
70	1932	Her Mad Night	District Attorney	10
71	1932	The Pride of the Legion	Sgt. Arnold	60
72	1932	The Sport Parade	Kendricks (uncredited)	53
73	1932	Guilty or Not Guilty	Chief	60
74	1932	Central Park	Police Lieutenant (uncredited)	52
75	1932	The Animal Kingdom	Chess Player	56
76	1933	The Billion Dollar Scandal	Jim Lawrence	0
77	1933	Hello, Everybody!	Mr. Parker	60
78	1933	Mystery of the Wax Museum	Detective (Uncredited)	65
79	1933	Dangerously Yours	George Carr	0
80	1933	The Intruder	Det. Lt. Samson	42
81	1933	How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action	Himself	0
82	1933	Torch Singer	Jarrett	52
83	1933	I'm No Angel	Ernest Brown	64
84	1933	Meet the Baron	General Broadcasting Representative	43
85	1933	Female	Department Head (Uncredited)	63
86	1933	Lady Killer	Director Williams	68
87	1934	The Big Shakedown	District Attorney (uncredited)	56
88	1934	Laughing Boy	Hartshone (as William Davidson)	36
89	1934	Upperworld	City Editor (uncredited)	63
90	1934	Fog Over Frisco	Editor Joe Hogue	62
91	1934	Friends of Mr. Sweeney	Stephen Prime	60
92	1934	Housewife	Nan's Attorney	77
93	1934	The Dragon Murder Case	Greeff	57
94	1934	The St. Louis Kid	Joe Hunter	58
95	1934	Imitation of Life	Man Buying Cigar (uncredited)	70
96	1934	The Secret Bride	Representative McPherson	59
97	1934	The Man Who Reclaimed His Head	Charles (as William Davidson)	60
98	1935	Bordertown	Dr. Carter	59
99	1935	Devil Dogs of the Air	Adjutant	64
100	1935	Sweet Music	Billie Madison	57
101	1935	Death Flies East	Police Captain Barrie	50
102	1935	Straight from the Heart	Prosecuting Attorney	0
103	1935	A Night at the Ritz	Connolly	30
104	1935	Go Into Your Dance	Tom McGee	68
105	1935	Oil for the Lamps of China	E.H. Swaley	73
106	1935	Woman Wanted	Collins	63
107	1935	Redheads on Parade	Theatre Manager	0
108	1935	Special Agent	Charlie Young - Carston's Lawyer	62
109	1935	In Person	Director Bill Sutter	63
110	1935	Show Them No Mercy!	Chief Haggerty (as William Davidson)	70
111	1935	Dangerous	Reed Walsh	67
112	1936	You May Be Next!	Official (uncredited)	25
113	1936	Love on a Bet	A.W. Hutchinson	70
114	1936	Road Gang	Attorney General Mardsen	65
115	1936	The Singing Kid	Barney Hammond	40
116	1936	Fatal Lady	Detective (uncredited)	0
117	1936	Murder by an Aristocrat	Bayard Thatcher (as William Davidson)	30
118	1936	The Big Noise	Welford Andrews	50
119	1936	Satan Met a Lady	City Fathers Committee Spokesman (uncredited)	58
120	1936	Earthworm Tractors	Mr. Jackson	50
121	1936	Gold Diggers of 1937	Andy Callahan	58
122	1937	Midnight Court	Alfred H. Kruger	48
123	1937	Marked Woman	Bob Crandall	65
124	1937	Let Them Live	The Editor	0
125	1937	Melody for Two	Mr. Hale	0
126	1937	The Road Back	Bartscher	63
127	1937	Marry the Girl	Drake	50
128	1937	Ever Since Eve	Henderson	58
129	1937	Easy Living	Mr. Hyde	70
130	1937	Paradise Isle	Hoener	50
131	1937	It Happened in Hollywood	Al Howard	61
132	1937	Behind the Mike	Cyrus Wittles	0
133	1937	Something to Sing About	Mr. Richards (as William Davidson)	59
134	1937	The Hurricane	The Bully (uncredited)	66
135	1937	Love on Toast	Jonathan	55
136	1938	Sergeant Murphy	Maj. Gruff (uncredited)	50
137	1938	Hollywood Hotel	Director Kelton	54
138	1938	The Jury's Secret	Page	45
139	1938	Cocoanut Grove	Hawtrey	0
140	1938	You and Me	N. G. Orton, Attorney-at-Law (uncredited)	67
141	1938	Blockade	Commandant	54
142	1938	Cowboy from Brooklyn	Mr. 'W.P.' Alvey	40
143	1938	Racket Busters	Trucking Chairman (uncredited)	51
144	1938	Letter of Introduction	Mr. Raleigh (uncredited)	57
145	1938	Mr. Doodle Kicks Off	Ellory Bugs	90
146	1938	There Goes My Heart	Skipper Jackson (uncredited)	71
147	1938	Illegal Traffic	Dalton	65
148	1939	They Made Me a Criminal	Ennis	61
149	1939	Off the Record	Scotty	60
150	1939	Blackwell's Island	Hempel	50
151	1939	Tail Spin	Sales Manager (Uncredited)	58
152	1939	Blondie Meets the Boss	Elderly Man in Café (uncredited)	58
153	1939	Three Smart Girls Grow Up	Stock Broker	71
154	1939	Sudden Money	Sam	50
155	1939	On Trial	Mr. Gray	55
156	1939	Naughty But Nice	Samuel 'Sam' 'Simsy' Hudson - Music Publisher	62
157	1939	Indianapolis Speedway	Duncan Martin	50
158	1939	Each Dawn I Die	Bill Mason	68
159	1939	Hidden Power	Foster	0
160	1939	Dust Be My Destiny	Work Farm Warden	62
161	1939	Honeymoon in Bali	Store Detective	62
162	1939	Smashing the Money Ring	Warden Denby	50
163	1939	Private Detective	Inspector Evans	60
164	1939	Invisible Stripes	Montgomery (uncredited)	63
165	1940	My Little Chickadee	Sheriff of Little Bend (uncredited)	64
166	1940	Granny Get Your Gun	Fitzgerald	35
167	1940	Half a Sinner	Slick	52
168	1940	On Their Own	Judge Bull	0
169	1940	Lillian Russell	President Cleveland	61
170	1940	Girl in 313	George Grayson	56
171	1940	Florian	Archduke Franz Ferdinand	10
172	1940	Sailor's Lady	Judge Hinsdale	40
173	1940	My Love Came Back	Agent	52
174	1940	Maryland	John Addison	62
175	1940	Hired Wife	Mumford (as William Davidson)	68
176	1940	Seven Sinners	Police Chief	58
177	1940	Sandy Gets Her Man	Councilman Charles J. Clark	40
178	1940	Tin Pan Alley	Hotel Manager	48
179	1940	Lady with Red Hair	Stock Company Manager (uncredited)	65
180	1940	Charter Pilot	Mr. Wentworth	60
181	1940	A Night at Earl Carroll's	Mayor Green of San Bernardino	35
182	1940	San Francisco Docks	Dist. Atty. Craig	60
183	1941	Man-Made Monster	District Attorney Ralph B. Stanley	61
184	1941	The Lady from Cheyenne	Nye Dunbar	52
185	1941	Thieves Fall Out	Harrison "Harry" Eckles	55
186	1941	In the Navy	Capt. Richards (uncredited)	63
187	1941	Three Sons o' Guns	Henry Baxter	50
188	1941	Highway West	Gorman	58
189	1941	Hold That Ghost	Moose Matson	68
190	1941	Sun Valley Serenade	Jack Murray	70
191	1941	Week-End in Havana	Captain Moss	67
192	1941	Uncle Joe	Mr. Day	60
193	1941	Three Girls About Town	Labor Leader	53
194	1941	The Great Man's Lady	Sen. Knobs	63
195	1941	Keep 'Em Flying	Gonigle	59
196	1941	Remember the Day	Committeeman	66
197	1942	Over My Dead Body	Crole (as William Davidson)	0
198	1942	The Male Animal	Alumnus	41
199	1942	The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine	Cyrus Ballard	60
200	1942	Larceny, Inc.	McCarthy	69
201	1942	In This Our Life	Jim Purdy	68
202	1942	The Affairs of Martha	Homer Jacell	58
203	1942	The Magnificent Dope	Mr. Reindel	72
204	1942	Careful, Soft Shoulders	Mr. Aldrich	60
205	1942	Gentleman Jim	Donovan (uncredited)	72
206	1943	Truck Busters	Stephen S. Gray	60
207	1943	Calaboose	Sheriff George Lane (as William Davidson)	0
208	1943	Mission to Moscow	Senator (uncredited)	53
209	1943	Hers to Hold	Al	69
210	1943	The Good Fellows	Blake	0
211	1943	Murder on the Waterfront	Capt. Towne	50
212	1943	Over the Wall	Warden Ed	0
213	1944	Up in Arms	Maxwell (uncredited)	60
214	1944	A Night of Adventure	Gilbert J. Regan (uncredited)	51
215	1944	Make Your Own Bed	Mr. Linklater	58
216	1944	In Society	Parker	58
217	1944	Greenwich Village	Dance Director	60
218	1945	See My Lawyer	Judge	60
219	1945	The Man Who Walked Alone	Governor	55
220	1945	Circumstantial Evidence	Board of Appeals Chairman	48
221	1945	Tell It to a Star	Brannigan	0
222	1945	Sing Your Way Home	F.T. Johnson	52
223	1945	They Were Expendable	Hotel Manager (uncredited)	66
224	1946	The Notorious Lone Wolf	Inspector Crane (as William Davidson)	55
225	1946	Blonde Alibi	Police Captain Hurley (Uncredited)	39
226	1946	Ding Dong Williams	Mr. Saul Dana	50
227	1946	The Cat Creeps	James Walsh	48
228	1946	My Darling Clementine	Saloon Owner (uncredited)	75
229	1946	The Plainsman and the Lady	Russell	30
230	1947	Dick Tracy's Dilemma	Peter Premium	54
231	1947	That's My Man	Steward	60
232	1947	That Hagen Girl	Mr. Bowman (uncredited)	52
233	1947	The Judge Steps Out	Colonel Bright (uncredited)	70
234	1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)	57
235	1994	Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her	Self (archive footage)	0