William B. Davidson
Acting
Biography
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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 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.
As actor 250
MGM Parade
1955
Scarface
1932
Housewife
1934
My Darling Clementine
1946
In the Navy
1941
Gentleman Jim
1942
They Were Expendable
1945
I'm No Angel
1933
Hell's Angels
1930
Special Agent
1935
Hold That Ghost
1941
The Hurricane
1937
Man-Made Monster
1941
The Most Dangerous Game
1932
You and Me
1938
Hello, Everybody!
1933
Invisible Stripes
1939
Easy Living
1937
Marked Woman
1937
Captain Applejack
1931
Her Debt of Honor
1916
Dishonored
1931
Greenwich Village
1944
Lady Killer
1933
Highway West
1941
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934
Florian
1940
Lady Barnacle
1917
Central Park
1932
Hollywood Hotel
1938
Dangerous
1935
Seven Sinners
1940
That Hagen Girl
1947
Careful, Soft Shoulders
1942
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
A Magdalene of the Hills
1917
Imitation of Life
1934
Each Dawn I Die
1939
Torch Singer
1933
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947
The Cat Creeps
1946
Hired Wife
1940
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946
Marry the Girl
1937
In Person
1935
Dillinger
1945
Week-End in Havana
1941
Larceny, Inc.
1942
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Tail Spin
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
Recompense
1925
The St. Louis Kid
1934
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
In This Our Life
1942
Keep 'Em Flying
1941
Mission to Moscow
1943
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
Thieves Fall Out
1941
Remember the Day
1941
Woman Wanted
1935
In Society
1944
That's My Man
1947
Over My Dead Body
1942
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
A Man from Wyoming
1930
Up in Arms
1944
There Goes My Heart
1938
Lady with Red Hair
1940
Hook, Line and Sinker
1930
The Silver Horde
1930
My Love Came Back
1940
Lillian Russell
1940
Go Into Your Dance
1935
Road Gang
1936
The Pretenders
1916
The Male Animal
1942
Three Girls About Town
1941
The Dragon Murder Case
1934
Tin Pan Alley
1940
Blockade
1938
Graft
1931
Naughty but Nice
1939
Sudden Money
1939
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
Cradle Snatchers
1927
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
Letter of Introduction
1938
Illegal Traffic
1938
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Nobody
1921
My Little Chickadee
1940
On Their Own
1940
Sun Valley Serenade
1941
Calaboose
1943
Friend Husband
1918
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
On Trial
1939
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
The Storm Daughter
1924
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
The Animal Kingdom
1932
Death Flies East
1935
Blonde Alibi
1946
Laughing Boy
1934
The Honeymoon's Over
1939
Hers to Hold
1943
Satan Met a Lady
1936
Blackwell's Island
1939
Sweet Music
1935
Bordertown
1935
Straight from the Heart
1935
Oh, for a Man!
1930
Private Detective
1939
No Limit
1931
Fog Over Frisco
1934
Fatal Lady
1936
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
The Affairs of Martha
1942
The Secret Bride
1934
You May Be Next!
1936
Blonde Ransom
1945
Midnight Court
1937
The Singing Kid
1936
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931
Girl in 313
1940
The Call of Her People
1917
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
The Great Man's Lady
1941
Good Morning, Judge
1928
Redheads on Parade
1935
Half Holiday
1931
Ports of Call
1925
Granny Get Your Gun
1940
Sailor's Lady
1940
Sky Devils
1932
Woman Trap
1929
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
Playboy of Paris
1930
For the Defense
1930
Half a Sinner
1940
Female
1933
Maryland
1940
A Gentleman of Paris
1927
The Billion Dollar Scandal
1933
Racket Busters
1938
Scarlet Pages
1930
Persuasive Peggy
1917
Upperworld
1934
Ever Since Eve
1937
Make Your Own Bed
1944
Ding Dong Williams
1946
The Gold Cure
1919
The Big Noise
1936
Meet the Baron
1933
Murder on the Waterfront
1943
San Francisco Docks
1940
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945
A Modern Cinderella
1917
The Child of Destiny
1916
Melody for Two
1937
The Judge Steps Out
1947
Is My Face Red?
1932
Tell It to a Star
1945
The Menace
1932
Love on a Bet
1936
Over the Wall
1943
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
The Thirteenth Guest
1932
Smashing the Money Ring
1939
The Last Trail
1927
Off the Record
1939
More Truth Than Poetry
1917
Let Them Live
1937
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
The Road Back
1937
The Jury's Secret
1938
Her Mad Night
1932
Sunny
1930
The Capitol
1919
The Big Shakedown
1934
Partners of the Night
1920
The Girl from Nowhere
1921
Men Are Like That
1930
Our Little Wife
1918
Earthworm Tractors
1936
The White Raven
1917
See My Lawyer
1945
A Woman There Was
1919
Something to Sing About
1937
The Price of Malice
1916
The Secret Call
1931
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
Sing Your Way Home
1945
A Night of Adventure
1944
Show Them No Mercy!
1935
A Night at the Ritz
1935
Adam and Eva
1923
The Lifted Veil
1917
In Pursuit of Polly
1918
The Magnificent Dope
1942
Behind the Mike
1937
Murder by an Aristocrat
1936
The Greatest Power
1917
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
Truck Busters
1943
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
Ashes of Love
1918
A Yellow Streak
1915
Sandy Gets Her Man
1940
The Sport Parade
1932
The Intruder
1933
Cocoanut Grove
1938
Charter Pilot
1940
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
1938
The Vice Squad
1931
Dangerously Yours
1933
Sergeant Murphy
1938
Her Second Husband
1917
Impossible Catherine
1919
Uncle Joe
1941
The Carnation Kid
1929
Hidden Power
1939
A Night at Earl Carroll's
1940
Paradise Isle
1937
American Maid
1917
Queen of the Night Clubs
1929
The Good Fellows
1943
Women and Gold
1925
The Lost Squadron
1932
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
1931
The Pride of the Legion
1932
Love on Toast
1937
The Dumb-Bell
1922
La belle Russe
1919
Lure of Ambition
1919
The Costello Case
1930
In the Diplomatic Service
1916
Dorian's Divorce
1916
Always Faithful
1929
Hearts and Spurs
1925
Blaze o' Glory
1929
The Valley of Doubt
1924
Guilty or Not Guilty
1932
Sharp Tools
1928
Mary Lawson's Secret
1917
For the Honor of the Crew
1915
Why I Would Not Marry
1918
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action
1933