Bruce Davison
Born
June 28, 1946 (79 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Camera
Frank Flynn
2024
The Good Neighbor
Grant
2022
Influence
Walter Klein
2020
Charlie's Gift
2016
The Lords of Salem
Francis Matthias
2013
Return of the Killer Shrews
Jerry Farrell
2012
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
Self
2012
The Millionaire Tour
The Roman
2012
Munger Road
Chief Kirkhoven
2011
Camp Hell
Fr. Phineas McAllister
2010
Titanic II
James Maine
2010
Arctic Blast
Winslaw
2010
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
President Wilson (voice)
2010
A Golden Christmas
Rod Wright
2009
Christmas Angel
Nick Anderson
2009
MegaFault
Dr. Mark Rhodes
2009
The Line
Anthony
2009
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
Professor Lazlo
2008
The Dead Girl
Leah's Father
2006
Confession
Father Thomas Parker
2005
8MM 2
Ambassador Harrington
2005
Touched
Robert Davis
2005
Hate Crime
Pastor Boyd
2005
X2
Senator Kelly
2003
Out of the Ashes
Peter Schuman, Interrogator
2003
Runaway Jury
Durwood Cable
2003
Dahmer
Lionel Dahmer
2002
High Crimes
Brig. Gen. Bill Marks
2002
Off Season
Dr. Zimmer
2001
Summer Catch
Rand Parrish
2001
Crazy/Beautiful
Tom Oakley
2001
X-Men
Senator Kelly
2000
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Sen. Robert Kelly
2000
The King Is Alive
Ray
2000
Locked in Silence
Jim
1999
Apt Pupil
Richard Bowden
1998
Paulie
Dr. Reingold
1998
Lovelife
Bruce
1997
The Crucible
Reverend Parris
1996
The Baby-Sitters Club
Watson
1995
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
John McCormick
1995
Short Cuts
Howard Finnigan
1993
Live! From Death Row
Laurence Dvorak
1992
Steel and Lace
Albert Morton
1991
The Misfit Brigade
Porta
1987
Spies Like Us
Ruby
1985
Crimes of Passion
Donny Hopper
1984
Ghost Dancing
Calvin Oberst
1983
Tomorrow's Child
Cliff Bender
1982
The Wave
Ben Ross
1981
High Risk
Dan
1981
The Lathe of Heaven
George Orr
1980
The Gathering, Part II
George
1979
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
1979
Brass Target
Col. Robert Dawson
1978
The Gathering
George
1977
Short Eyes
Clark Davis
1977
Mame
Patrick as an adult
1974
Ulzana's Raid
Lt. Garnett DeBuin
1972
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Fitzgore
1971
Willard
Willard Stiles
1971
The Strawberry Statement
Simon
1970
Last Summer
Dan
1969
The Roommates
Arthur
Suitable Flesh
Ephraim Waite
2023
From the Shadows
Dr. Joseph Cawl
2023
Condor's Nest
Gerhardt Schrude
2023
Along Came the Devil
Reverend Michael
2018
Insidious: The Last Key
Christian Rainier
2018
Last Rampage
Cooper
2017
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
P'Torr The Exile (voice)
2017
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent
Pastor Ezekiel
2016
The Mystery of Casa Matusita
Victor
2016
Displacement
Prof. Peter Deckard
2016
The Bronx Bull
D.A. Bonomi
2016
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
Richard
2016
Get a Job
Lawrence Wilheimer
2016
The Leisure Class
Edward
2015
Black Beauty
Grandpa
2015
37
Psychic
2014
Words and Pictures
Walt
2014
Persecuted
Senator Donald Harrison
2014
Beyond the Heavens
Oliver Henry (adult)
2013
Saving Lincoln
William H. Seward
2013
Bigfoot
Sheriff Walt Henderson
2012
Stealing Roses
Mr. Lowell
2012
3 Holiday Tails
Rod Wright
2011
A Schizophrenic Love Story
Dr. Bob
2011
Knight Rider
Charles Graiman
2008
Breach
John O'Neill
2007
Kingdom Hospital
Dr. Stegman
2004
The Clinic
Martin Landrum
2004
Evergreen
Frank
2004
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
ManFast
Rupert Iris
2003
L.A. Law: The Movie
Lawrence Diebenkorn
2002
On the Edge
(segment "The Other Side")
2001
A Memory in My Heart
Chase Stewart
1999
At First Sight
Dr. Charles Aaron
1999
Little Girl Fly Away
Frank
1998
Hidden in America
Michael
1996
After Jimmy
Sam Stapp
1996
Grace of My Heart
John Murray
1996
It's My Party
Rodney Bingham
1996
Widow's Kiss
Justin Sager
1996
Down, Out and Dangerous
Brad Harrington
1995
Homage
Joseph Smith
1995
The Cure
Dr. Stevens
1995
The Skateboard Kid II
Burt Squires
1995
Someone Else's Child
Nick Callahan
1994
Six Degrees of Separation
Larkin
1993
A Mother's Revenge
Bill Sanders
1993
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Richard Robbins
1992
Stolen: One Husband
Dr. Peter Foley
1990
Lies
Stuart Russell
1983
Kiss My Grits
Dolin T. Pike
1982
Mind Over Murder
Jason
1979
Summer of My German Soldier
Anton Reiker
1978
French Quarter
Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
1978
Deadman's Curve
Dean Torrence
1978
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
Bruce - as a Young Man
1977
Grand Jury
Bobby Allen
1977
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Leroy
1976
The Last Survivors
Michael Larsen
1975
The Affair
Jamie Patterson
1973
Peege
1973
The Jerusalem File
David Armstrong
1972
Game of Power
Ballard Wright
The Lightning Code
Nikola Tesla
2025
Evil at the Door
John Doe
2022
The Manor
Roland
2021
My True Fairytale
Martin Goodwin
2021
We Still Say Grace
Harold
2020
The Gift of Christmas
Bob Rodgers
2020
Captors
Silas Visler
2020
Await the Dawn
David
2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Self
2020
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
Colin
2020
Christmas at the Plaza
Reginald Brookwater
2019
Along Came the Devil II
Reverend Michael
2019
Itsy Bitsy
Walter
2019
Wish Man
Frank Shankwitz Sr.
2019
The Great Alaskan Race
Governor Bone
2019
A Violent Man
Benjamin Green
2019
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
2018
Any Bullet Will Do
Jonathan Carrington
2018
A Fairy's Game
Spindly (voice)
2018
Corbin Nash
Jack
2018
Abnormal Attraction
Dr. Stanley Cole
2018
The Slider
Ispector Wiesel
2017
9/11
Monohan
2017
Love Locks
Hugo Blanchet
2017
La La Land
Mia's Father (uncredited)
2016
Bender
Mayor Prentiss
2016
Oceanus: Act One
Commander Mitch Conrad
2015
108 Stitches
Coach Scott Deshields
2014
Elwood
Congressman Barber
2014
God Don't Make the Laws
Bud Kelly / Mayor
2011
Coffin
Garrison
2011
Earth's Final Hours
Rothman
2011
The Congregation
Amos Christner
2011
Castle
Lou Karnacki · (1 episode)
2009
Special Ops: Delta Force
General Preston Rossdale
2006
Going Shopping
Adam
2005
Ghost Whisperer
Josh Bedford · (5 episodes)
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Peter Betts · (1 episode)
2005
Battlestar Galactica
Dr. Michael Robert · (1 episode)
2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Dr. Stegman · (13 episodes)
2004
CSI: Miami
Dane Daniels · (1 episode)
2002
Too Young to Be a Dad
Dan Freeman
2002
Star Trek: Enterprise
Menos · (1 episode)
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Graham Mandell · (1 episode)
1999
Vendetta
Thomas Semmes
1999
Color of Justice
Frank Gainer
1997
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Yehiel Dinur (voice)
1997
Star Trek: Voyager
Jareth · (1 episode)
1995
Cybill
(1 episode)
1995
An Ambush of Ghosts
Bill Betts
1993
Tales from the Darkside
Richard Hagstrom
1990
Lady in a Corner
Bill Guthrie
1989
Longtime Companion
David
1989
Seinfeld
Wyck Thayer · (3 episodes)
1989
Tales from the Crypt
Luden Sandelton · (1 episode)
1989
thirtysomething
(1 episode)
1987
The Ladies Club
Richard Harrison
1986
Stephen King's Golden Tales
Richard Hagstrom
1985
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Tranio
1983
Incident at Crestridge
Clint Larsen
1981
On The Couch
Daddy
25 Miles to Normal
John
Don’t Look Inside
Universal Basic Guys
(voice) · (2 episodes)
2024
1923
Arthur · (3 episodes)
2022
The Lincoln Lawyer
Judge Walter Abrams · (1 episode)
2022
Bosch: Legacy
James Rafferty · (2 episodes)
2022
Creepshow
Avery Whitlock · (1 episode)
2019
Ozark
Senator Randall Schafer · (6 episodes)
2017
The Son
ENDICOTT · (1 episode)
2017
Designated Survivor
Ray Beckett · (1 episode)
2016
Blindspot
Jean-Paul Bruyere · (2 episodes)
2015
Kingdom
Ron Prince · (4 episodes)
2014
Sequestered
(12 episodes)
2014
TripTank
Daytona Jack (voice) · (1 episode)
2014
Those Who Kill
Howard Burgess · (1 episode)
2014
Mozart in the Jungle
Hesby Ennis · (3 episodes)
2014
Crossing Lines
Tactical Leader · (1 episode)
2013
The Fosters
Stewart Adams · (5 episodes)
2013
Last Resort
ARTHUR SHEPARD · (1 episode)
2012
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Gabe Sharpe · (1 episode)
2012
Unforgettable
Dr. Edward Wythe · (1 episode)
2011
Hawaii Five-0
Steven Carver · (1 episode)
2010
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · (1 episode)
2009
Drop Dead Diva
Judge Cyrus Maxwell · (1 episode)
2009
Childrens Hospital
Narrator · (1 episode)
2008
Leverage
Dan Blackwell · (1 episode)
2008
Knight Rider
Charles Graiman · (17 episodes)
2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Dr. Peter Silberman · (1 episode)
2008
Psych
Walter Snowden · (1 episode)
2006
The Triangle
Stan Lathem · (3 episodes)
2005
Criminal Minds
Father Davison · (1 episode)
2005
Close to Home
Doug Hellman · (11 episodes)
2005
The Closer
Russell Clark · (1 episode)
2005
Numb3rs
Robert Oliver · (1 episode)
2005
Lost
Douglas Brooks · (2 episodes)
2004
The L Word
Leonard Kroll · (3 episodes)
2004
Without a Trace
Paul Cartwright · (1 episode)
2002
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Avery Tinsdale · (1 episode)
2000
The Hunger
New Lighthouse Keeper · (1 episode)
1997
The Practice
Scott Wallace · (9 episodes)
1997
JAG
Dr. Morris Sperling · (1 episode)
1995
The Outer Limits
Dr. 'Mac' McEnerney · (1 episode)
1995
Touched by an Angel
Jake Weiss · (1 episode)
1994
Chicago Hope
(2 episodes)
1994
Harry and the Hendersons
George Henderson · (72 episodes)
1991
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Jimmy Donahue · (6 episodes)
1989
Designing Women
(1 episode)
1986
Amazing Stories
Richard · (1 episode)
1985
V
John Langley · (3 episodes)
1984
Murder, She Wrote
David Carroll · (1 episode)
1984
Tales from the Darkside
Richard Hagstrom · (1 episode)
1984
Hunter
Deputy Chief Wyler · (1 episode)
1984
Hunter
Capt. Wyler · (13 episodes)
1984
Hotel
(1 episode)
1982
Mourning Becomes Electra
Orin Mannon · (5 episodes)
1978
Lou Grant
Andrew Raines · (1 episode)
1977
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
(4 episodes)
1974
Police Woman
(1 episode)
1974
Police Story
(2 episodes)
1973
The Waltons
(1 episode)
1972
Glow and Darkness
Papa Urbano III · (3 episodes)
The Waltons
Bob Hill · (1 episode)
1972
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1944