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Bruce Davison

Born · June 28, 1946 (78 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Bio

Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. He's known for his role as Senator Robert Kelly in the X-Men film franchise – through X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). He's also well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film Willard (1971) and his Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance in Longtime Companion (1989), and as Thomas Semmes in the HBO original movie Vendetta. His other notable film roles are as Grandpa in Black Beauty (2015), Brig. Gen. Bill Marks in High Crimes, Durwood Cable in Runaway Jury, Dr. Charles Aaron in At First Sight, Richard Bowden in Apt Pupil, Reverend Parris in The Crucible, Ruby in Spies Like Us, and Richard Hagstrom in Stephen King's Golden Tales and Tales from the Darkside - the TV movie and originally in an episode of the anthology series. His best known TV roles are as Dr. Charles Graiman on the TV movie and series Knight Rider (2008), Doug Hellman on Close to Home (2005-2007), Dr. Stegman on Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (2004-2005), George Henderson on the series Harry and the Hendersons (1991-1993), and Scott Wallace on The Practice.

Known for

Camera

Frank Flynn

7.6

2024

The Good Neighbor

Grant

6.6

2022

Influence

Walter Klein

6.0

2020

Charlie's Gift

0.0

2016

The Lords of Salem

Francis Matthias

5.5

2013

That Guy... Who Was in That Thing

Self

6.6

2012

The Millionaire Tour

The Roman

6.3

2012

Munger Road

Chief Kirkhoven

4.5

2011

Camp Hell

Fr. Phineas McAllister

3.8

2010

Titanic II

James Maine

5.0

2010

Arctic Blast

Winslaw

5.6

2010

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

President Slade Wilson (voice)

7.3

2010

A Golden Christmas

Rod Wright

5.1

2009

Christmas Angel

Nick Anderson

7.1

2009

MegaFault

Dr. Mark Rhodes

5.3

2009

The Line

Anthony

4.8

2009

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

Professor Lazlo

6.3

2008

The Dead Girl

Leah's Father

6.0

2006

Confession

Father Thomas Parker

5.4

2005

8MM 2

Ambassador Harrington

4.8

2005

Touched

Robert Davis

7.1

2005

Hate Crime

Pastor Boyd

5.9

2005

X2

Senator Kelly

7.0

2003

Out of the Ashes

Peter Schuman, Interrogator

6.5

2003

Runaway Jury

Durwood Cable

6.9

2003

Dahmer

Lionel Dahmer

5.3

2002

High Crimes

Brig. Gen. Bill Marks

Dr. Reingold

6.8

1998

Lovelife

Bruce

5.5

1997

The Crucible

Reverend Parris

6.6

1996

The Baby-Sitters Club

Watson

5.4

1995

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

John McCormick

6.1

1995

Short Cuts

Howard Finnigan

7.2

1993

Live! From Death Row

Laurence Dvorak

9.0

1992

Steel and Lace

Albert Morton

5.0

1991

The Misfit Brigade

Porta

5.9

1987

Spies Like Us

Ruby

6.2

1985

Crimes of Passion

Donny Hopper

6.3

1984

Ghost Dancing

Calvin Oberst

0.0

1983

Tomorrow's Child

Cliff Bender

0.0

1982

The Wave

Ben Ross

6.9

1981

High Risk

Dan

5.9

1981

The Lathe of Heaven

George Orr

6.8

1980

The Gathering, Part II

George

0.0

1979

The Horror Show

(archive footage)

6.0

1979

Brass Target

Col. Robert Dawson

5.6

1978

Short Eyes

Clark Davis

6.8

1977

Mame

Patrick as an adult

6.0

1974

Ulzana's Raid

Lt. Garnett DeBuin

7.0

1972

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

Fitzgore

3.5

1971

Willard

Willard Stiles

6.1

1971

The Strawberry Statement

Simon

6.3

1970

Last Summer

Dan

6.4

1969

The Roommates

Arthur

10.0

Game of Power

Ballard Wright

0.0

2025

Evil at the Door

John Doe

3.9

2022

The Manor

Roland

5.5

2021

My True Fairytale

Martin Goodwin

6.6

2021

We Still Say Grace

Harold

5.8

2020

The Gift of Christmas

Bob Rodgers

5.3

2020

Captors

Silas Visler

4.8

2020

Await the Dawn

David

4.3

2020

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

Self

6.6

2020

More Beautiful for Having Been Broken

Colin

6.9

2020

Christmas at the Plaza

Reginald Brookwater

6.4

2019

Along Came the Devil II

Reverend Michael

5.9

2019

Itsy Bitsy

Walter

5.0

2019

Wish Man

Frank Shankwitz Sr.

7.1

2019

The Great Alaskan Race

Governor Bone

5.9

2019

A Violent Man

Benjamin Green

6.0

2019

Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters

0.0

2018

Any Bullet Will Do

Jonathan Carrington

4.8

2018

A Fairy's Game

Spindly (voice)

8.0

2018

Corbin Nash

Jack

4.6

2018

Abnormal Attraction

Dr. Stanley Cole

4.8

2018

Insidious: The Last Key

Christian Rainier

6.3

2018

The Slider

Ispector Wiesel

6.0

2017

Last Rampage

Cooper

5.6

2017

9/11

Monohan

5.1

2017

Love Locks

Hugo Blanchet

5.9

2017

Bender

Mayor Prentiss

5.0

2016

The Mystery of Casa Matusita

Victor

5.0

2016

The Bronx Bull

D.A. Bonomi

5.0

2016

Oceanus: Act One

Commander Mitch Conrad

7.6

2015

108 Stitches

Coach Scott Deshields

2.5

2014

God Don't Make the Laws

Bud Kelly / Mayor

5.1

2011

Coffin

Garrison

4.3

2011

Earth's Final Hours

Rothman

4.4

2011

The Congregation

Amos Christner

0.0

2011

Castle

Lou Karnacki · (2 episodes)

8.0

2009

Going Shopping

Adam

4.5

2005

Ghost Whisperer

Josh Bedford · (5 episodes)

8.1

2005

Battlestar Galactica

Dr. Michael Robert · (1 episode)

8.2

2004

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

Dr. Stegman · (13 episodes)

7.0

2004

CSI: Miami

Dane Daniels · (1 episode)

7.7

2002

Too Young to Be a Dad

Dan Freeman

7.4

2002

Star Trek: Enterprise

Menos · (1 episode)

7.6

2001

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Dr. Graham Mandell · (1 episode)

7.9

1999

Vendetta

Thomas Semmes

6.3

1999

Color of Justice

Frank Gainer

5.5

1997

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Yehiel Dinur (voice)

6.6

1997

Star Trek: Voyager

Jareth · (1 episode)

7.8

1995

Cybill

(1 episode)

5.8

1995

An Ambush of Ghosts

Bill Betts

6.0

1993

Tales from the Darkside

Richard Hagstrom

6.8

1990

Lady in a Corner

Bill Guthrie

0.0

1989

Longtime Companion

David

6.8

1989

Seinfeld

Wyck Thayer · (3 episodes)

8.3

1989

Tales from the Crypt

Luden Sandelton · (1 episode)

8.0

1989

thirtysomething

(1 episode)

6.3

1987

The Ladies Club

Richard Harrison

6.2

1986

Stephen King's Golden Tales

Richard Hagstrom

5.1

1985

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(segment "An Unlocked Window")

0.0

1985

Murder, She Wrote

David Carroll · (1 episode)

7.5

1984

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

Tranio

4.0

1983

Incident at Crestridge

Clint Larsen

5.0

1981

On The Couch

Daddy

0.0

Universal Basic Guys

(voice) · (2 episodes)

4.0

2024

Suitable Flesh

Ephraim Waite

5.4

2023

From the Shadows

Dr. Joseph Cawl

2.8

2023

Condor's Nest

Gerhardt Schrude

5.6

2023

1923

Arthur · (3 episodes)

8.1

2022

The Lincoln Lawyer

Judge Walter Abrams · (1 episode)

7.7

2022

Bosch: Legacy

James Rafferty · (1 episode)

8.0

2022

Creepshow

Avery Whitlock · (1 episode)

7.5

2019

Along Came the Devil

Reverend Michael

5.7

2018

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

P'Torr The Exile

4.1

2017

Ozark

Senator Randall Schafer · (6 episodes)

8.2

2017

The Son

ENDICOTT · (1 episode)

6.7

2017

Designated Survivor

Ray Beckett · (1 episode)

7.1

2016

Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent

Pastor Ezekiel

7.1

2016

Displacement

Prof. Peter Deckard

5.2

2016

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty

Richard

5.1

2016

Get a Job

Lawrence Wilheimer

5.3

2016

The Leisure Class

Edward

4.0

2015

Blindspot

Jean-Paul Bruyere · (2 episodes)

7.4

2015

Black Beauty

Grandpa

6.4

2015

Kingdom

Ron Prince · (4 episodes)

6.8

2014

37

Psychic

3.8

2014

Sequestered

(12 episodes)

6.3

2014

Words and Pictures

Walt

6.4

2014

Persecuted

Senator Donald Harrison

4.5

2014

TripTank

Daytona Jack (voice) · (1 episode)

5.3

2014

Those Who Kill

Howard Burgess · (1 episode)

5.9

2014

Mozart in the Jungle

Hesby Ennis · (3 episodes)

7.5

2014

Beyond the Heavens

Oliver Henry (adult)

5.6

2013

Crossing Lines

Tactical Leader · (1 episode)

6.7

2013

The Fosters

Stewart Adams · (5 episodes)

7.6

2013

Saving Lincoln

William H. Seward

5.2

2013

Return of the Killer Shrews

Jerry Farrell

5.4

2012

Bigfoot

Sheriff Walt Henderson

3.0

2012

Last Resort

ARTHUR SHEPARD · (1 episode)

6.7

2012

Stealing Roses

Mr. Lowell

0.0

2012

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

Gabe Sharpe · (1 episode)

6.7

2012

3 Holiday Tails

Rod Wright

5.3

2011

Unforgettable

Dr. Edward Wythe · (1 episode)

7.2

2011

A Schizophrenic Love Story

Dr. Bob

0.0

2011

Hawaii Five-0

Steven Carver · (1 episode)

7.7

2010

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Self · (1 episode)

7.3

2009

Drop Dead Diva

Judge Cyrus Maxwell · (1 episode)

7.7

2009

Childrens Hospital

Narrator · (1 episode)

7.2

2008

Leverage

Dan Blackwell · (1 episode)

7.6

2008

Knight Rider

Dr. Charles Graiman · (17 episodes)

7.4

2008

Knight Rider

Charles Graiman

6.4

2008

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Dr. Peter Silberman · (1 episode)

7.5

2008

Breach

John O'Neill

6.6

2007

Psych

Walter Snowden · (1 episode)

7.9

2006

The Triangle

Stan Lathem · (3 episodes)

6.2

2005

Criminal Minds

Father Davison · (1 episode)

8.3

2005

Close to Home

Doug Hellman · (11 episodes)

Lawrence Diebenkorn

8.4

2002

On the Edge

(segment "The Other Side")

6.1

2001

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Avery Tinsdale · (1 episode)

7.6

2000

A Memory in My Heart

Chase Stewart

5.8

1999

At First Sight

Dr. Charles Aaron

6.0

1999

Little Girl Fly Away

Frank

8.0

1998

The Hunger

New Lighthouse Keeper · (1 episode)

5.7

1997

The Practice

Scott Wallace · (9 episodes)

7.7

1997

Hidden in America

2.4

1995

Someone Else's Child

Nick Callahan

0.0

1994

Touched by an Angel

Jake Weiss · (1 episode)

7.2

1994

Chicago Hope

(2 episodes)

7.2

1994

Six Degrees of Separation

Larkin

6.4

1993

A Mother's Revenge

Bill Sanders

5.8

1993

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

Richard Robbins

5.8

1992

Harry and the Hendersons

George Henderson · (72 episodes)

5.6

1991

Stolen: One Husband

Dr. Peter Foley

3.0

1990

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

Jimmy Donahue · (6 episodes)

4.5

1989

Designing Women

(1 episode)

6.7

1986

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Betty Ames / Man · (1 episode)

7.3

1985

Amazing Stories

Richard · (1 episode)

7.5

1985

V

John Langley · (3 episodes)

6.9

1984

Tales from the Darkside

Richard Hagstrom · (1 episode)

7.2

1984

Hunter

Deputy Chief Wyler · (1 episode)

7.2

1984

Hunter

Capt. Wyler · (12 episodes)

7.2

1984

Lies

Stuart Russell

5.2

1983

Hotel

(1 episode)

6.8

1982

Kiss My Grits

Dolin T. Pike

4.7

1982

Mind Over Murder

Jason

6.7

1979

Mourning Becomes Electra

Orin Mannon · (5 episodes)

1.0

1978

Summer of My German Soldier

Anton Reiker

6.3

1978

French Quarter

Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik

3.8

1978

Deadman's Curve

Dean Torrence

5.9

1978

The Gathering

George

4.5

1977

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

5.5

1973

Peege

6.2

1973

Police Story

(2 episodes)

7.1

1973

The Waltons

(1 episode)

7.1

1972

The Jerusalem File

5.0

1972

Glow and Darkness

Papa Urbano III · (1 episode)

0.0

The Waltons

Bob Hill · (1 episode)

7.1

1972

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)

6.8

1944

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Winner · (1 episode)

6.8

1944