Roger Davis (actor, 1939)
Jon Roger Davis (born April 5, 1939 in Bowling Green , Kentucky ) is an American actor .
Life
Roger Davis is the son of Edwin and Virginia Davis. The family soon moved to Louisville , Kentucky, so Louisville is also listed as his place of birth. He graduated from Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon , Tennessee . He then studied American and British literature with architecture as a minor at Columbia University and at the University of California, Los Angeles . At that time, he was also thinking of teaching in college. Upon graduation, he received a contract with Warner Brothers . He had his first television role in the series The Gallant Men . He also had recurring roles in the series Redigo and the daily soap Dark Shadows ; as a guest actor he was seen in series such as Twilight Zone or Bonanza . In Alias Smith and Jones he was first used as a narrator and in one episode as a guest star, but took over his leading role as Hannibal Heyes alias Joshua Smith after the death of his friend Pete Duel . After this was mainly as a guest star in series like McCloud , Rockford - just call , Quincy or Matlock to see. For the series The Seven Million Dollar Woman , he was earmarked for a leading role, but had to cancel after the first episode due to a serious illness. Since the late 1970s, he worked more and more in the real estate industry. Among other things, he played a key role in the renovation of the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville from 1978 to 1982 . His last film so far is Beyond the Pale .
Roger Davis married four times: 1968 the actress Jaclyn Smith (divorced 1975 or 1978), 1979 Suzanne C. Irwin (Emerson, divorced 1983, daughter Margaret, born 1981), 1985 Alice Henry LeGette (divorced 1988) and 1991 Donna Jenis.
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1963: patrol boat PT 109 (PT 109)
- 1964: Ride the Wild Surf
- 1970: The Young Country
- 1970: The Castle of the Vampires (House of Dark Shadows)
- 1974: This Is the West that Was
- 1975: The Buggy-Bumser (Flash and the Firecat)
- 1976: Nashville Girl
- 1977: Bloody Ruby - The Spirit of Death (Ruby)
- 2000: Beyond the Pale
TV Shows
- 1962–1963: The Gallant Men (26 episodes)
- 1963: Redigo (10 episodes)
- 1964: Twilight Zone ( The Twilight Zone , episode 5x21)
- 1965: Dr. Kildare (episode 4x20)
- 1966, 1971: Bonanza (episodes 8x10 and 12x17)
- 1967: Big Valley ( The Big Valley , episode 2x21)
- 1968–1970: Dark Shadows (128 episodes)
- 1970, 1972: The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (episodes 1x07 and 3x08)
- 1971–1973: Alias Smith and Jones ( Alias Smith and Jones , 48 episodes)
- 1973: A Sheriff in New York ( McCloud , episode 4x01)
- 1973: Fire station 23 ( Firehouse , episode 1x11)
- 1973: Owen Marshall - criminal defense attorney ( Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law , episode 2x21)
- 1974: Detective Rockford - just give us a call ( The Rockford Files , episode 1x01)
- 1974: The Boss ( Ironside , episode 7x15)
- 1976: The Seven Million Dollar Woman ( The Bionic Woman , episode 1x01)
- 1977: Quincy ( Quincy, ME , episode 2x04)
- 1977: Wonder Woman (episode 2x09)
- 1980: Battlestar Galactica 1980 ( Galactica 1980 , episodes 1x07 and 1x08)
- 1988: Highwayman (episode 1x08)
- 1989: Matlock (episode 3x18)
Web links
- Roger Davis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- official homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Sandra K. Sagala, JoAnne M. Bagwell: Alias Smith & Jones The Story of Two Pretty Good Bad Men . BearManor Media, Albany 2005, ISBN 978-1-59393-031-8 , pp. 234-237 (English).
- ↑ Roger Davis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Kurt Lassen: Roger Davis Figures He'll Have Something To Thu . In: The Dispatch . Lexington April 24, 1972 ( online [accessed September 22, 2016]).
- ↑ Laura Moretti: Interview with Roger Davis. In: Remembering Pete Duel. Retrieved September 22, 2016 .
- ^ A b c Sandra K. Sagala, JoAnne M. Bagwell: Alias Smith & Jones The Story of Two Pretty Good Bad Men . BearManor Media, Albany 2005, ISBN 978-1-59393-031-8 , pp. 356-358 (English).
- ^ The Seelbach Hilton Louisville. In: Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved September 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Celebrating Seniors - Jaclyn Smith is 70. In: 50+ World. October 26, 2015, accessed May 10, 2019 .
- ^ A b c Roger Davis Biography. In: IMDb. Retrieved September 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Roger Davis. In: metacritic. Retrieved September 22, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davis, Roger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davis, Jon Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bowling Green , Kentucky , United States |