Bruce Davison
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Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. He portrayed Senator Robert Kelly in X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). Davison is also well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film Willard (1971), 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
Credits
La La Land (2016)
as Mia's Father (uncredited)
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
as Christian Rainier
Runaway Jury (2003)
as Durwood Cable
High Crimes (2002)
as General Bill Marks
Knight Rider (2008)
as Charles Graiman
Breach (2007)
as John O'Neill
Titanic II (2010)
as James Maine
Crimes of Passion (1984)
as Donny Hopper
X-Men: The Mutant Watch (2000)
as Sen. Robert Kelly
Paulie (1998)
as Dr. Reingold
Arctic Blast (2010)
as Winslaw
Captors (2020)
as Silas Visler
The Lords of Salem (2013)
as Francis Matthias
Apt Pupil (1998)
as Richard Bowden
Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
as Tom Oakley
The Cure (1995)
as Dr. Stevens
The Crucible (1996)
as Reverend Parris
Bender (2016)
as Mayor Prentiss
Short Cuts (1993)
as Howard Finnigan
Lady in a Corner (1989)
as Bill Guthrie
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)
as President Wilson (voice)
Spies Like Us (1985)
as Ruby
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
as Larkin
8MM 2 (2005)
as Ambassador Harrington
LoveLife (1997)
as Bruce
The Dead Girl (2006)
as Leah's Father
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)
as Self
Along Came the Devil (2018)
as Reverend Michael
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
as Lt. Garnett DeBuin
Godmother (—)
as Mr. Martinson
Summer Catch (2001)
as Rand Parrish
Last Summer (1969)
as Dan
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
as Watson
Camp Hell (2010)
as Fr. Phineas McAllister
Wish Man (2019)
as Frank Shankwitz Sr.
Suitable Flesh (2023)
as Ephraim Waite
The Misfit Brigade (1987)
as Porta
Get a Job (2016)
as Lawrence Wilheimer
The Lightning Code (2025)
as Nikola Tesla
Someone Else's Child (1994)
as Nick Callahan
The Millionaire Tour (2012)
as The Roman
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
as Professor Lazlo
Earth's Final Hours (2011)
as Rothman
Grace of My Heart (1996)
as John Murray
The Good Neighbor (2022)
as Grant
The Congregation (2011)
as Amos Christner
Mame (1974)
as Patrick as an adult
Longtime Companion (1989)
as David
Dahmer (2002)
as Lionel Dahmer
The Clinic (2004)
as Martin Landrum
It's My Party (1996)
as Rodney Bingham
Words and Pictures (2014)
as Walt
At First Sight (1999)
as Dr. Charles Aaron
Too Young to Be a Dad (2002)
as Dan Freeman
Last Rampage (2017)
as Cooper
Vendetta (1999)
as Thomas Semmes
The Bronx Bull (2016)
as D.A. Bonomi
9/11 (2017)
as Monohan
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016)
as Richard
3 Holiday Tails (2011)
as Rod Wright
The Great Alaskan Race (2019)
as Governor Bone
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
as John McCormick
A Golden Christmas (2009)
as Rod Wright
Bigfoot (2012)
as Sheriff Walt Henderson
Condor's Nest (2023)
as Gerhardt Schrude
The Strawberry Statement (1970)
as Simon
Tales from the Darkside (1990)
as Richard Hagstrom
The Last Survivors (1975)
as Michael Larsen
Hidden in America (1996)
as Michael
The Manor (2021)
as Roland
Christmas at the Plaza (2019)
as Reginald Brookwater
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing (2012)
as Self
Locked in Silence (1999)
as Jim
Game of Power (—)
as Ballard Wright
Summer of My German Soldier (1978)
as Anton Reiker
MegaFault (2009)
as Dr. Mark Rhodes
Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
as Leroy
Kingdom Hospital (2004)
as Dr. Stegman
Persecuted (2014)
as Senator Donald Harrison
A Memory in My Heart (1999)
as Chase Stewart
The Skateboard Kid II (1995)
as Burt Squires
Touched (2005)
as Robert Davis
Corbin Nash (2018)
as Jack
Christmas Angel (2009)
as Nick Anderson
Willard (1971)
as Willard Stiles
The Leisure Class (2015)
as Edward
The Line (2009)
as Anthony
Itsy Bitsy (2019)
as Walter
The King Is Alive (2000)
as Ray
X-Men: Premieres Around the World (2003)
as Self
Return of the Killer Shrews (2012)
as Jerry Farrell
The Gathering (1977)
as George
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann (1997)
as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
Saving Lincoln (2013)
as William H. Seward
High Risk (1981)
as Dan
Along Came the Devil II (2019)
as Reverend Michael
Incident at Crestridge (1981)
as Clint Larsen
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971)
as Fitzgore
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken (2020)
as Colin
Evil at the Door (2022)
as John Doe
Hate Crime (2005)
as Pastor Boyd
Out of the Ashes (2003)
as Peter Schuman, Interrogator
Coffin (2011)
as Garrison
Stephen King's Golden Tales (1993)
as Richard Hagstrom
Going Shopping (2005)
as Adam
Little Girl Fly Away (1998)
as Frank
On the Edge (2001)
as (segment "The Other Side")
Off Season (2001)
as Dr. Zimmer
Steel and Lace (1991)
as Albert Morton
Short Eyes (1977)
as Clark Davis
Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2017)
as P'Torr The Exile (voice)
Live! From Death Row (1992)
as Laurence Dvorak
Kiss My Grits (1982)
as Dolin T. Pike
Munger Road (2011)
as Chief Kirkhoven
Portrait of Grandpa Doc (1977)
as Bruce - as a Young Man
Stolen: One Husband (1990)
as Dr. Peter Foley
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)
as Richard Robbins
Stealing Roses (2012)
as Mr. Lowell
A Violent Man (2019)
as Benjamin Green
Mind Over Murder (1979)
as Jason
Widow's Kiss (1996)
as Justin Sager
L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)
as Lawrence Diebenkorn
French Quarter (1978)
as Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik
ManFast (2003)
as Rupert Iris
A Mother's Revenge (1993)
as Bill Sanders
We Still Say Grace (2020)
as Harold
The Slider (2017)
as Ispector Wiesel
The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
as George Orr
Love Locks (2017)
as Hugo Blanchet
Brass Target (1978)
as Col. Robert Dawson
The Gift of Christmas (2020)
as Bob Rodgers
25 Miles to Normal (2026)
as John
Abnormal Attraction (2018)
as Dr. Stanley Cole
Confession (2005)
as Father Thomas Parker
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men (2003)
Actor
Don’t Look Inside (—)
Actor
Deadman's Curve (1978)
as Dean Torrence
The Gathering, Part II (1979)
as George
X-Men (2000)
as Senator Kelly
Await the Dawn (2020)
as David
Oceanus: Act One (2015)
as Commander Mitch Conrad
God Don't Make the Laws (2011)
as Bud Kelly / Mayor
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent (2016)
as Pastor Ezekiel
From the Shadows (2023)
as Dr. Joseph Cawl
After Jimmy (1996)
as Sam Stapp
A Fairy's Game (2018)
as Spindly (voice)
Any Bullet Will Do (2018)
as Jonathan Carrington
Color of Justice (1997)
as Frank Gainer
An Ambush of Ghosts (1993)
as Bill Betts
Down, Out and Dangerous (1995)
as Brad Harrington
37 (2014)
as Psychic
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
The Affair (1973)
as Jamie Patterson
Camera (2024)
as Frank Flynn
My True Fairytale (2021)
as Martin Goodwin
Black Beauty (2015)
as Grandpa
The Ladies Club (1986)
as Richard Harrison
Tomorrow's Child (1982)
as Cliff Bender
On The Couch (2004)
as Daddy
Ghost Dancing (1983)
as Calvin Oberst
The Mystery of Casa Matusita (2016)
as Victor
A Schizophrenic Love Story (2011)
as Dr. Bob
Special Ops: Delta Force (2006)
as General Preston Rossdale
X2 (2003)
as Senator Kelly
The Wave (1981)
as Ben Ross
Influence (2020)
as Walter Klein
108 Stitches (2014)
as Coach Scott Deshields
The Roommates (—)
as Arthur
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters (2018)
Actor
Elwood (2014)
as Congressman Barber
Homage (1995)
as Joseph Smith
Displacement (2016)
as Prof. Peter Deckard
Beyond the Heavens (2013)
as Oliver Henry (adult)
Lies (1983)
as Stuart Russell
Evergreen (2004)
as Frank
The Jerusalem File (1972)
as David Armstrong
Charlie's Gift (2016)
Actor
Grand Jury (1977)
as Bobby Allen
Peege (1973)
Actor
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1983)
as Tranio