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William B. Davidson was an American film actor.
Birth Name
William Beatman Davidson
Born
Saturday, 16 June 1888
Died
Sunday, 28 September 1947
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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She's Gotta Have It | Man Buying Cigar | 2017 |
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | (archive footage) | 1994 |
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy | (archive footage) | 1981 |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
MGM Parade | Judge | 1955 |
My Wild Irish Rose | Brewster - Three Tycoons | 1947 |
The Judge Steps Out | Colonel Bright / Col. Bright | 1947 |
That Hagen Girl | Mr. Bowman | 1947 |
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Mr. Overholtz | 1947 |
The Trouble with Women | Mr. Peabody | 1947 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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She's Gotta Have It | Man Buying Cigar | 2017 |
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | (archive footage) | 1994 |
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy | (archive footage) | 1981 |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
MGM Parade | Judge | 1955 |
My Wild Irish Rose | Brewster - Three Tycoons | 1947 |
The Judge Steps Out | Colonel Bright / Col. Bright | 1947 |
That Hagen Girl | Mr. Bowman | 1947 |
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Mr. Overholtz | 1947 |
The Trouble with Women | Mr. Peabody | 1947 |
That's My Man | Monte - Racing Steward | 1947 |
Dick Tracy's Dilemma | Peter Premium | 1947 |
The Farmer's Daughter | Eckers | 1947 |
Plainsman and the Lady | Mr. Russell / Russell | 1946 |
My Darling Clementine | Saloon Owner | 1946 |
In Old Sacramento | Fargo | 1946 |
The Cat Creeps | James Walsh | 1946 |
Her Kind of Man | Newspaper Editor Seelig | 1946 |
Ding Dong Williams | Mr. Saul Dana | 1946 |
The Hoodlum Saint | Annoyed Man | 1946 |
Blonde Alibi | Police Capt. Hurley / Police Captain Hurley (Uncredited) | 1946 |
The Notorious Lone Wolf | Inspector Crane (as William Davidson) / Inspector Crane | 1946 |
They Were Expendable | Hotel Manager | 1945 |
Saratoga Trunk | Mr. Stone | 1945 |
Sing Your Way Home | F.T. Johnson | 1945 |
Shady Lady | Danton | 1945 |
Ziegfeld Follies | 2nd Judge ('Pay the Two Dollars') | 1945 |
Tell It to a Star | Brannigan | 1945 |
Incendiary Blonde | Mr. Davidson - Businessman | 1945 |
You Came Along | Airport Official | 1945 |
Penthouse Rhythm | Doorman- Junior's Building | 1945 |
Swing Out, Sister | Doorman | 1945 |
Blonde Ransom | Police Captain | 1945 |
Dillinger | Bank President | 1945 |
Circumstantial Evidence | Chairman | 1945 |
The Man Who Walked Alone | The Governor / Governor | 1945 |
See My Lawyer | Judge | 1945 |
Leave It to Blondie | Butler | 1945 |
Night Club Girl | Brenner | 1945 |
Youth for the Kingdom | Mr. Manson | 1945 |
San Diego I Love You | General | 1944 |
Greenwich Village | Bert Hendricks, Dance Director | 1944 |
In Society | Parker | 1944 |
Song of Nevada | Worthington | 1944 |
Allergic to Love | Mr. Henderson | 1944 |
Since You Went Away | Taxpayer | 1944 |
A Night of Adventure | Gilbert J. Regan / Gilbert J. 'Gil' Regan | 1944 |
Make Your Own Bed | Mr. Linklater | 1944 |
Up in Arms | Maxwell | 1944 |
Shine on Harvest Moon | Tim Donovan | 1944 |
Strange Confession | Adjutant | 1944 |
And the Angels Sing | Theatrical Agent | 1944 |
In Old Oklahoma | Master of Ceremonies | 1943 |
A Scream in the Dark | Landlord | 1943 |
Murder on the Waterfront | Capt. David Towne / Capt. Towne | 1943 |
The Good Fellows | Blake | 1943 |
Let's Face It | Man in Boat | 1943 |
Hers to Hold | Al, a Guest | 1943 |
Mission to Moscow | Senator | 1943 |
Calaboose | Sheriff George Lane (as William Davidson) / Sheriff George Lane | 1943 |
Truck Busters | Stephen S. Gray | 1943 |
City Without Men | Prison Warden | 1943 |
Happy Go Lucky | Husband | 1943 |
Tennessee Johnson | Vice President Breckenridge | 1942 |
Gentleman Jim | Donovan | 1942 |
Careful, Soft Shoulders | Mr. Aldrich | 1942 |
The Magnificent Dope | Mr. Reindel | 1942 |
The Affairs of Martha | Homer Jacell | 1942 |
Juke Girl | Paley | 1942 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy | New York Stage Manager | 1942 |
In This Our Life | Jim Purdy | 1942 |
Larceny, Inc | McCarthy | 1942 |
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Cyrus Ballard | 1942 |
The Male Animal | Alumnus | 1942 |
A Gentleman at Heart | Tiny | 1942 |
Over My Dead Body | Crole (as William Davidson) / Crole | 1942 |
Remember the Day | Committeeman | 1941 |
Keep 'Em Flying | Gonigle | 1941 |
The Great Man's Lady | Sen. Knobs | 1941 |
Three Girls About Town | Labor Leader | 1941 |
Uncle Joe | Mr. Day / J. K. Day | 1941 |
Week-End in Havana | Captain Moss | 1941 |
We Go Fast | Nightclub Manager | 1941 |
Sun Valley Serenade | Murray / Jack Murray | 1941 |
Hold That Ghost | Moose Matson | 1941 |
Highway West | Gorman | 1941 |
Three Sons o' Guns | Baxter / Henry Baxter | 1941 |
In the Navy | Capt. Richards | 1941 |
Thieves Fall Out | Harry Eckles / Harrison "Harry" Eckles | 1941 |
The Lady from Cheyenne | Nye Dunbar | 1941 |
Man Made Monster | District Attorney Ralph B. Stanley | 1941 |
Nice Girl? | Man with Van Dyke | 1941 |
San Francisco Docks | Dist. Atty. Craig / District Attorney R.L. Craig | 1940 |
A Night at Earl Carroll's | Mayor Green of San Bernadino | 1940 |
Charter Pilot | Wentword | 1940 |
Lady with Red Hair | Stock Company Manager | 1940 |
Tin Pan Alley | Hotel Manager | 1940 |
Sandy Gets Her Man | Councilman Charles J. Clark | 1940 |
Seven Sinners | Police Chief | 1940 |
Hired Wife | Mumford (as William Davidson) / Mumford | 1940 |
My Love Came Back | Agent | 1940 |
Maryland | John Addison | 1940 |
Sailor's Lady | Judge Hinsdale | 1940 |
Florian | Archduke Franz Ferdinand | 1940 |
Girl in 313 | George Grayson | 1940 |
Lillian Russell | President Cleveland | 1940 |
On Their Own | Judge Bull | 1940 |
Half a Sinner | Slick Capasco / Slick | 1940 |
My Little Chickadee | Sheriff of Little Bend | 1940 |
3 Cheers for the Irish | Police Commissioner | 1940 |
Granny Get Your Gun | Fitzgerald | 1940 |
Invisible Stripes | Montgomery | 1939 |
The Honeymoon's Over | Crane | 1939 |
Private Detective | Inspector Evans | 1939 |
Smashing the Money Ring | Warden Denby | 1939 |
Honeymoon in Bali | Store Detective | 1939 |
Hidden Power | Foster | 1939 |
Dust Be My Destiny | Warden / Work Farm Warden | 1939 |
When Tomorrow Comes | Army Captain | 1939 |
Each Dawn I Die | Bill Mason | 1939 |
Indianapolis Speedway | Duncan Martin | 1939 |
Naughty But Nice | Sam' Hudson / Samuel 'Sam' 'Simsy' Hudson - Music Publisher | 1939 |
On Trial | Mr. Gray | 1939 |
Sudden Money | Sam | 1939 |
Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Stock Broker | 1939 |
Blondie Meets the Boss | Elderly Man in Café | 1939 |
Tail Spin | Sales Manager / Sales Manager (Uncredited) | 1939 |
Blackwell's Island | Hempel | 1939 |
They Made Me a Criminal | Ennis | 1939 |
Off the Record | Scotty | 1939 |
Illegal Traffic | Dalton | 1938 |
There Goes My Heart | Skipper Jackson | 1938 |
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off | Ellory Bugs - Jimmie's Father / Ellory Bugs | 1938 |
The Texans | Mr. Jessup - Railroad Man | 1938 |
Letter of Introduction | Mr. Raleigh | 1938 |
Racket Busters | Manhatten Trucking Chairman | 1938 |
Cowboy from Brooklyn | Mr. Alvey / Mr. 'W.P.' Alvey | 1938 |
Blockade | Commandant | 1938 |
You and Me | N.G. Borton, Attorney-at-Law / N. G. Orton - Attorney-at-Law | 1938 |
Cocoanut Grove | Hawtrey | 1938 |
Happy Landing | Manager | 1938 |
The Jury's Secret | Page | 1938 |
Sergeant Murphy | Major Gruff | 1938 |
Hollywood Hotel | Director Kelton | 1937 |
Love on Toast | Jonathan | 1937 |
The Hurricane | Abusive Drunk | 1937 |
Something to Sing About | Mr. Richards (as William Davidson) / Mr. Richards | 1937 |
Behind the Mike | Cyrus Wittles | 1937 |
It Happened in Hollywood | Al Howard | 1937 |
Paradise Isle | Hoener | 1937 |
Ever Since Eve | Henderson | 1937 |
Marry the Girl | Drake | 1937 |
Easy Living | Mr. Hyde | 1937 |
The Road Back | Bartscher | 1937 |
Affairs of Cappy Ricks | Waldo P. Bottomly Sr. | 1937 |
Melody for Two | Mr. Hale | 1937 |
Let Them Live | The Editor | 1937 |
Marked Woman | Bob Crandall / Crandall | 1937 |
Midnight Court | Alfred H. Kruger | 1937 |
Gold Diggers of 1937 | Andy Callahan | 1936 |
Mind Your Own Business | Undetermined Supporting Role | 1936 |
Earthworm Tractors | Mr. Jackson | 1936 |
Satan Met a Lady | City Fathers Committee Spokesman | 1936 |
The Big Noise | Welford Andrews | 1936 |
Murder by an Aristocrat | Bayard Thatcher (as William Davidson) / Bayard Thatcher | 1936 |
Fatal Lady | Detective | 1936 |
The Singing Kid | Barney Hammond | 1936 |
Love on a Bet | A.W. Hutchinson | 1936 |
Road Gang | Atty. Gen. Marsden / Attorney General Mardsen | 1936 |
You May Be Next! | Official | 1936 |
Dangerous | Reed Walsh | 1935 |
Show Them No Mercy! | Chief Haggerty (as William Davidson) / Chief Haggerty | 1935 |
In Person | Director Bill Sutter | 1935 |
The Crusades | Amir | 1935 |
Special Agent | Charlie Young / Charlie Young - Carston's Lawyer | 1935 |
Redheads on Parade | Theatre Manager | 1935 |
Woman Wanted | Collins | 1935 |
Bright Lights | The Ventriloquist | 1935 |
Oil for the Lamps of China | E.H. Swaley | 1935 |
Go Into Your Dance | Tom McGee | 1935 |
A Night at the Ritz | Connolly, an Editor | 1935 |
Roberta | Ship's Officer | 1935 |
Death Flies East | Police Captain Barrie / Captain Daniel J. Barrie | 1935 |
Sweet Music | Billy Madison / Billie Madison | 1935 |
The Woman in Red | Mr. Goodyear - Guest on Yacht | 1935 |
Devil Dogs of the Air | Adjutant (as William Davidson) / Adjutant | 1935 |
Bordertown | Dr. Carter | 1935 |
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head | Charles (as William Davidson) / Charles | 1934 |
The Secret Bride | Representative McPherson | 1934 |
Imitation of Life | Man Buying Cigar | 1934 |
The St. Louis Kid | Joe Hunter | 1934 |
The Dragon Murder Case | Greeff | 1934 |
Housewife | Nan's Attorney / Nan's Lawyer | 1934 |
Friends of Mr. Sweeney | Stephen Prime | 1934 |
Midnight Alibi | Nick - Angie's Henchman | 1934 |
Fog Over Frisco | Joe Hogue - Editor / Editor Joe Hogue | 1934 |
Twenty Million Sweethearts | Bill - Manager of Woodcliff Inn | 1934 |
Upperworld | City Editor | 1934 |
Laughing Boy | George Hartshorne / Hartshone (as William Davidson) | 1934 |
Success at Any Price | Ryan - Private Detective | 1934 |
Massacre | Sen. Beale | 1934 |
Easy to Love | Dr. Donald W. Swope | 1934 |
The Big Shakedown | District Attorney | 1934 |
Lady Killer | Director Williams | 1933 |
Sitting Pretty | Film Director | 1933 |
Female | Department Head / Department Head (Uncredited) | 1933 |
Meet the Baron | General Broadcasting Representative | 1933 |
I'm No Angel | The Chump Ernest Brown / Ernest Brown | 1933 |
Torch Singer | Jarrett | 1933 |
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action | Himself / Self - Bill Davidson | 1933 |
The Intruder | Det. Lt. Samson | 1933 |
Hello, Everybody! | Mr. Parker | 1933 |
Mystery of the Wax Museum | Detective / Detective (Uncredited) | 1933 |
The Billion Dollar Scandal | Lawrence / Jim Lawrence | 1933 |
The Animal Kingdom | Grace's Husband | 1932 |
Central Park | Police Lieutenant | 1932 |
Guilty or Not Guilty | Chief | 1932 |
The Sport Parade | Kendricks | 1932 |
Madison Square Garden | Head, MSG Board of Directors | 1932 |
The Pride of the Legion | Police Sgt. Arnold / Sgt. Arnold | 1932 |
Her Mad Night | District Attorney | 1932 |
The Most Dangerous Game | Captain | 1932 |
The Thirteenth Guest | Police Capt. Brown / Police Captain Brown (Uncredited) | 1932 |
Guilty as Hell | Governor | 1932 |
Is My Face Red? | O'Sullivan - Managing Editor / O'Sullivan | 1932 |
Scarface | Citizens Committee Member | 1932 |
Scandal for Sale | Banker Mason | 1932 |
The Lost Squadron | Lelewer | 1932 |
Sky Devils | Captain | 1932 |
The Menace | John Utterson | 1932 |
Graft | M.H. Thomas | 1931 |
The Secret Call | Jim Blake | 1931 |
The Vice Squad | Magistrate Tom Morrison | 1931 |
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood | (as William Davidson) | 1931 |
How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones, No. 2: 'Chip Shots' | Himself - Golfer / Self - Golfer | 1931 |
Dishonored | 2nd Firing Squad Officer | 1931 |
Captain Applejack | Bill Dennett | 1931 |
No Limit | Wilkie / Wilkie (building superintendent) | 1931 |
Hook, Line and Sinker | Frank Dukette / Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson) | 1930 |
Oh, for a Man! | Kerry Stokes | 1930 |
Sunny | First Ship's Officer | 1930 |
Hell's Angels | Staff Major | 1930 |
The Silver Horde | Tom Hilliard | 1930 |
Playboy of Paris | Monsieur Bannack | 1930 |
The Costello Case | Saunders | 1930 |
Scarlet Pages | Jackson | 1930 |
Common Clay | Sympathetic Judge | 1930 |
For the Defense | Dist. Atty. Stone / District Attorney Herbert L. Stone | 1930 |
A Man from Wyoming | Major | 1930 |
Czar of Broadway | Club Manager | 1930 |
Men Are Like That | Frank Hyland | 1930 |
Painted Faces | Ringmaster | 1929 |
Woman Trap | Watts | 1929 |
Queen of the Night Clubs | Assistant District Attorney (as William Davidson) / Assistant District Attorney | 1929 |
The Carnation Kid | Blythe | 1929 |
The Noose | Bill Chase | 1928 |
The Gaucho | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1927 |
A Gentleman of Paris | Henri Dufour | 1927 |
The Cradle Snatchers | Roy Ladd | 1927 |
Nobody | John Rossmore | 1927 |
Love Makes 'Em Wild | Mamie's Ex-husband | 1927 |
The Last Trail | Kurt Morley | 1927 |
All Abroad | Elliot | 1925 |
Hearts and Spurs | Victor Dufresne | 1925 |
Recompense | Col. Donovan | 1925 |
Women and Gold | Señor Ortego | 1925 |
Ports of Call | Randolph Sherman | 1925 |
The Storm Daughter | Rennert (First Mate [mutineer]) | 1924 |
Adam and Eva | Dr. Delamater | 1923 |
The Dumb-Bell | 1922 | |
Destiny's Isle | Lazus | 1922 |
Conceit | William Crombie | 1921 |
The Girl from Nowhere | Jimmy Ryder | 1921 |
The Valley of Doubt | Macy | 1920 |
A Child for Sale | Dr. Gordon | 1920 |
Partners of the Night | Robert Clifford | 1920 |
Lure of Ambition | Hon. Cyril Ralston | 1919 |
Impossible Catherine | John Henry Jackson | 1919 |
La belle Russe | Brand | 1919 |
A Woman There Was | Rev. Winthrop Stark | 1919 |
Why I Would Not Marry | Undetermined Role | 1918 |
In Pursuit of Polly | Larry O'Malley | 1918 |
Ashes of Love | 1918 | |
Friend Husband | John Sparr | 1918 |
Our Little Wife | Dr. Elliott | 1918 |
Her Second Husband | John Kirby | 1917 |
More Truth Than Poetry | Allen Danby | 1917 |
The Lifted Veil | Malcolm Grant | 1917 |
The Greatest Power | John Conrad | 1917 |
Lady Barnacle | Krishna Dhwaj | 1917 |
The Call of Her People | Nicholas Van Kleet | 1917 |
A Magdalene of the Hills | Bud Weaver | 1917 |
Mary Lawson's Secret | Dr. Brundage | 1917 |
A Modern Cinderella | 1917 | |
Persuasive Peggy | Ed Trowbridge | 1917 |
In the Diplomatic Service | Lynn Hardi | 1916 |
The Child of Destiny | Calvin Baker | 1916 |
Dorian's Divorce | Henry Morgan / Henry Morgan (as William Davidson) | 1916 |
Her Debt of Honor | John Hartfield | 1916 |
Thou Art the Man | Khitmatgar | 1916 |
A Yellow Streak | Jack Rader | 1915 |