John Davidson

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The Devil Bat (1940)

The Genius Pierre (1919)

The Black Circle (1919)

Dinner at Eight (1933)

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Actor (151 titles)

1963 A Gathering of Eagles
Hadley - S.A.C. Observer (uncredited)

1959 A Stranger in My Arms
Bit Role (uncredited)

1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Extra (uncredited)

1954 Prince Valiant
Patriarch (uncredited)

1952 Thunder in the East
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1952 Untamed Frontier
Townsman (uncredited)

1951 Golden Girl
Croupier (uncredited)

1951 People Will Talk
Faculty Board Member (uncredited)

1951 Half Angel
Best Man (uncredited)

1951 Katie Did It
Bit Role (uncredited)

1951 The Sword of Monte Cristo
Artist

1951 Front Page Detective (TV series)
Fritz Muller

– The Devil's Bible (1951) … Fritz Muller

1949 Dancing in the Dark
Board Member (uncredited)

1949 Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Davis - Steiner's Secretary (uncredited)

1949 Slattery's Hurricane
Maitre D' (uncredited)

1949 You're My Everything
Headwaiter (uncredited)

1949 A Letter to Three Wives
John, First Waiter (uncredited)

1948 That Wonderful Urge
Whitson's Butler (uncredited)

1948 Bungalow 13
Mr. Eden

1948 The Luck of the Irish
Reporter (uncredited)

1948 One Touch of Venus
Customer (uncredited)

1948 The Iron Curtain
Secretary to the Minister of Justice (uncredited)

1947 Daisy Kenyon
Mervyn, O'Mara's Butler (uncredited)

1947 Suddenly It's Spring
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

1946 The Razor's Edge
Banker (uncredited)

1946 Sentimental Journey
Floorwalker (uncredited)

1946 Smooth as Silk
Sam (uncredited)

1946 Shock
Mr. Edwards (uncredited)

1945 The Purple Monster Strikes
Emperor of Mars [Chs. 2, 10-11]

1945 Easy to Look at
Drunk (uncredited)

1945 Captain Eddie
Reporter (uncredited)

1945 Where Do We Go from Here?
General Benedict Arnold (uncredited)

1945 Circumstantial Evidence
Lawyer (uncredited)

1944 Wilson
Princeton Team Doctor (uncredited)

1944 Call of the Jungle
Harley

1944 Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Carl Karzoff/Kurt Karzoff

1944 Captain America
Gruber

1943 Secret Service in Darkest Africa
Sheik [Ch. 2] (uncredited)

1942 Perils of Nyoka
Lhoba - Tuareg High Priest [Chs.4-7,12-13]

1941 Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Lucifer

1941 Niagara Falls (short)
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1941 Singapore Woman (uncredited)

1941 Adventures of Captain Marvel
Tal Chotali

1940 The Devil Bat
Prof. Percival Garland Raines

1940 The Great Dictator
Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)

1940 King of the Royal Mounted
Dr. Shelton [Chs 4, 5]

1940 Saps at Sea (uncredited)

1939 Miracles for Sale
Weird Voice (voice) (uncredited)

1939 Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Prince Suleid

1939 Duel Personalities (short)
Prof. William Delmore (hypnotist)

1939 Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Hakin

1939 Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Gumba - Bird Seller (uncredited)

1938 Sharpshooters
Stableman (uncredited)

1938 Storm Over Bengal
Aide to Ramin Khan (uncredited)

1938 The Fighting Devil Dogs
Lin Wing [Ch. 1]

1938 Come Across (short)
Bonds Fence (uncredited)

1937 Live, Love and Learn
Mr. Wingate (uncredited)

1937 Jungle Menace
Doctor Coleman

1937 Confession
Actor (uncredited)

1936 Mummy's Boys
Cafe Manager in Cairo (uncredited)

1935 A Tale of Two Cities
Morveau

1935 The Last Days of Pompeii
Phoebus, Runaway Slave

1935 Death from a Distance
Ahmad Haidru

1935 Charlie Chan in Egypt
Chemist Daoud Atrash

1935 Reckless
Sid - Mona's Lawyer (uncredited)

1935 The Call of the Savage
Prince Samu [Chs. 11-12]

1935 Behind the Green Lights
Beasley

1935 A Shot in the Dark
Prof. Brand

1934/II Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Chase - Thug (uncredited)

1934 Lightning Strikes Twice
Phillips, the Butler

1934 Tailspin Tommy
Wade 'Tiger' Taggart

1934 The Moonstone
Yandoo

1934 Hollywood Hoodlum
Siegfried Sonoff

1934/I Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Tom Chase - Race Car Henchman [Chs. 1-2, 5] (uncredited)

1934 Murder in Trinidad
Gookol Moah

1934 The Scarlet Empress
Marquis de la Chetardie (uncredited)

1934 Stand Up and Cheer!
Blue Nose Hour Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1934 Viva Villa!
Gen. Lopez - Statesman (uncredited)

1934 Hold That Girl
Ackroyd

1934 Bombay Mail
R. Xavier

1933 Perils of Pauline
Dr. Bashan

1933 The Mad Game
Doctor

1933 Ladies Must Love
One of Bill's Friends (uncredited)

1933 Dinner at Eight
Mr. Hatfield

1933 The Devil's in Love
Kasim-Native (uncredited)

1933 Reunion in Vienna
Officer (uncredited)

1933 Gabriel Over the White House
Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)

1933 Oliver Twist (uncredited)

1933 Broadway Bad
The Prince (uncredited)

1932 Behind Jury Doors
George Fisher

1932 6 Hours to Live
Kellner

1932 Blondie of the Follies
Party Guest (uncredited)

1932 Jewel Robbery
Robbery Accomplice (uncredited)

1932 Grand Hotel
Hotel Manager (uncredited)

1932 Arsène Lupin
Gourney-Martin's Butler

1932 Docks of San Francisco
Vance

1930 The Life of the Party
Mr. Smith

1929 The Thirteenth Chair
Edward Wales

1929 Skin Deep
Blackie Culver

1929 The Time, the Place and the Girl
Pete Ward

1929 Honky Tonk
Trailer Host (uncredited)

1929 Queen of the Night Clubs
Don Holland

1929 Kid Gloves
Stone

1929 The Rescue
Hassim

1924 Ramshackle House
Ernest Riever

1924 Monsieur Beaucaire
Richelieu

1923 His Children's Children
Florian

1922 Under Two Flags
Sheik Ben Ali Hammed

1922 The Woman Who Walked Alone
Otis Yeardley

1922 Saturday Night
The Count Demitry Scardoff

1921 The Idle Rich
Dillingham Coolidge

1921 Fool's Paradise
Prince Talaat-Ni

1921 No Woman Knows
Theodore Brandeis

1921 The Bronze Bell
Salig Singh

1921 Cheated Love
Mischa Grossman

1920 The Great Lover
Sonino

1920 The Tiger's Cub
Lone Wolf

1920 A Woman's Business (as Jack Davidson)

1920 Romance
Beppo

1919 The Black Circle

1919 Forest Rivals
Pierre Dubois

1919 Through the Toils
Walter Tressler

1919 The Stronger Vow
José de Co0rdova

1919 The Bluffer
Edmond Curtiss (as Jack Davidson)

1919 The Genius Pierre

1918/I The Grouch
Narciso

1918 The Winning of Beatrice
John Maddox Jr.

1918 The Spurs of Sybil
Paul Berwick

1917 Shame
Cabaret Dancer

1917/I The Awakening
Horace Chapron

1917 The Wild Girl
Undetermined Role>

1917 Souls Adrift
Maberly Todd

1917 The Beautiful Lie
Howard Hayes

1917 The Power of Decision
Wood Harding

1916 The Brand of Cowardice
Navarete

1916/II Romeo and Juliet
Paris

1916 The Caravan (short)

1916 A Million a Minute
Duke de Reves

1916 The Wall Between
Captain Burkett

1916 Pawn of Fate
André Lesar

1916 The Red Mouse (as J.W. Davidson)

1916 Man and His Soul
Stephen Might Jr.

1915 The Danger Signal
Rodman Cadbury

1915 The Sentimental Lady
Norman Van Aulsten

1915 The Green Cloak
Paul Duncan

1915 The Wonderful Adventure
M. Cheivasse (as Jack Davidson)

1915 The Ruse (short)
John Folsom (as Jack Davidson)

1915 Hearts and Swords (short)
Maxim Gonzales - Rosa's Brother (as Jack Davidson)

1915 The Secret of Lost River (short)
Padre Francisco (as Jack Davidson)

1915 A Piece of Amber (short)
Achmid (as Jack Davidson)

1915 The Alien
Robbins (as Jack Davidson)

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J.W. Davidson | Jack Davidson

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Character actor, on stage from 1911. Entered films in 1915 to portray an assortment of emotionless, piercing-eyed villains. He was very active in Republic serials from the late 1930s, including Dick Tracy and Captain Marvel. See more »

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John Davidson (I) (1886–1968)

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