Donald Davis (actor)

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Donald George Davis (February 26, 1928 – January 23, 1998) was a Canadian actor.

Career

He was born in

and on radio and television.

He was also a member of the acting company at the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut. In 1959, he began performing off-Broadway. He played Krapp in the North American premiere production of Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, for which he won an Obie Award.^[1] He performed in regional theatres in Canada and the United States. He appeared on television in "The Wild Wild West" S3 E18 "The Night of the Vipers" as the scheming Mayor Vance Beaumont. The episode aired on 1/10/1968.

Death

Davis died of

opened the Donald Davis Theatre posthumously in his honour.

Selected filmography

• San Diego, I Love You (1944)
• The Return of Rusty (1946)
• Joy in the Morning (1965)

References

External links

• Entry from the Canadian Encyclopedia
• Donald Davis: Canadian Actor, Producer, Director
• "Donald Davis, 69, Actor in Challenging Roles", by Mel Gussow, January 28, 1998, in The New York Times.
• UK National Portrait Gallery
• Goodwin, Jill Tomasson. "A Career in Review: Donald Davis Canadian Actor, Producer, Director." Theatre Research in Canada 10.2 (1989): 132–151.
• Donald Davis at
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