Bruce Davison

Biography

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

Howard Finnigan

Short Cuts

Ray

The King Is Alive

Tom Oakley

Crazy/Beautiful

Reverend Parris

The Crucible

Dr. Mark Rhodes

MegaFault

Porta

The Misfit Brigade

Anthony

La Linea

President Wilson (voice)

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Brig. Gen. Bill Marks

High Crimes

Ambassador Harrington

8MM 2

Ben Ross

The Wave

Durwood Cable

Runaway Jury

Albert Morton

Steel and Lace

Richard Bowden

Apt Pupil

Ruby

Spies Like Us

Lionel Dahmer

Dahmer

Pastor Boyd

Hate Crime

Rand Parrish

Summer Catch

Charlie's Gift

Grant

The Good Neighbor

(archive footage)

The Horror Show

George Orr

The Lathe of Heaven

John McCormick

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

Leah's Father

The Dead Girl

Donny Hopper

Crimes of Passion

Patrick as an adult

Mame

Dr. Reingold

Paulie

Senator Kelly

X-Men

Senator Kelly

X2

Lt. Garnett DeBuin

Ulzana's Raid

Willard Stiles

Willard

George

The Gathering, Part II

Professor Lazlo

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

Dan

Last Summer

James Maine

Titanic II

Winslaw

Arctic Blast

Fr. Phineas McAllister

Camp Hell

Frank Flynn

Camera

Dan

High Risk

Watson

The Baby-Sitters Club

Father Thomas Parker

Confession

Peter Schuman, Interrogator

Out of the Ashes

Robert Davis

Touched

Rod Wright

A Golden Christmas

Nick Anderson

Christmas Angel

Simon

The Strawberry Statement

Clark Davis

Short Eyes

Walter Klein

Influence

Col. Robert Dawson

Brass Target

Dr. Zimmer

Off Season

Chief Kirkhoven

Munger Road

Cliff Bender

Tomorrow's Child

Fitzgore

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

Arthur

The Roommates

The Roman

The Millionaire Tour

Francis Matthias

The Lords of Salem

Self

That Guy... Who Was in That Thing

Jim

Locked in Silence

Calvin Oberst

Ghost Dancing

Sen. Robert Kelly

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

Laurence Dvorak

Live! From Death Row

Bruce

Lovelife

Jerry Farrell

Return of the Killer Shrews

George

The Gathering

Sheriff Walt Henderson

Bigfoot

Burt Squires

The Skateboard Kid II

Rod Wright

3 Holiday Tails

William H. Seward

Saving Lincoln

(segment "The Other Side")

On the Edge

Peege

Dean Torrence

Deadman's Curve

Bobby Allen

Grand Jury

Charles Graiman

Knight Rider

Walt

Words and Pictures

Dr. Joseph Cawl

From the Shadows

Chase Stewart

A Memory in My Heart

Oliver Henry (adult)

Beyond the Heavens

Nick Callahan

Someone Else's Child

John Murray

Grace of My Heart

Anton Reiker

Summer of My German Soldier

Senator Donald Harrison

Persecuted

David Armstrong

The Jerusalem File

Michael

Hidden in America

Jamie Patterson

The Affair

Martin Landrum

The Clinic

Ballard Wright

Game of Power

Mr. Lowell

Stealing Roses

Michael Larsen

The Last Survivors

Ephraim Waite

Suitable Flesh

Larkin

Six Degrees of Separation

Psychic

37

Bill Sanders

A Mother's Revenge

Justin Sager

Widow's Kiss

Joseph Smith

Homage

Brad Harrington

Down, Out and Dangerous

Stuart Russell

Lies

John O'Neill

Breach

Dr. Stevens

The Cure

Grandpa

Black Beauty

P'Torr The Exile (voice)

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

Frank

Evergreen

Frank

Little Girl Fly Away

Bruce - as a Young Man

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

Richard Robbins

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child

Jason

Mind Over Murder

Gerhardt Schrude

Condor's Nest

Leroy

Mother, Jugs & Speed

Sam Stapp

After Jimmy

Lawrence Wilheimer

Get a Job

Edward

The Leisure Class

Rupert Iris

ManFast

Dr. Peter Foley

Stolen: One Husband

Dr. Stegman

Kingdom Hospital

Lawrence Diebenkorn

L.A. Law: The Movie

Kid Ross / Inspector Sordik

French Quarter

Richard

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty

Prof. Peter Deckard

Displacement

Rodney Bingham

It's My Party

Dr. Bob

A Schizophrenic Love Story

Dr. Charles Aaron

At First Sight

Dolin T. Pike

Kiss My Grits

Reverend Michael

Along Came the Devil

Pastor Ezekiel

Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

Christian Rainier

Insidious: The Last Key

D.A. Bonomi

The Bronx Bull

Victor

The Mystery of Casa Matusita

Cooper

Last Rampage

Bill Guthrie

Lady in a Corner

Hugo Blanchet

Love Locks

Commander Mitch Conrad

Oceanus: Act One

Amos Christner

The Congregation

David

Longtime Companion

Benjamin Green

A Violent Man

Monohan

9/11

Richard Hagstrom

Stephen King's Golden Tales

Jack

Corbin Nash

Richard Harrison

The Ladies Club

Bud Kelly / Mayor

God Don't Make the Laws

Adam

Going Shopping

Tranio

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

Mayor Prentiss

Bender

Walter

Itsy Bitsy

Garrison

Coffin

Thomas Semmes

Vendetta

Dan Freeman

Too Young to Be a Dad

Bill Betts

An Ambush of Ghosts

Governor Bone

The Great Alaskan Race

Jonathan Carrington

Any Bullet Will Do

Colin

More Beautiful for Having Been Broken

Richard Hagstrom

Tales from the Darkside

Frank Gainer

Color of Justice

Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters

Dr. Stanley Cole

Abnormal Attraction

Reverend Michael

Along Came the Devil II

Frank Shankwitz Sr.

Wish Man

Spindly (voice)

A Fairy's Game

Silas Visler

Captors

Reginald Brookwater

Christmas at the Plaza

Ispector Wiesel

The Slider

Clint Larsen

Incident at Crestridge

Coach Scott Deshields

108 Stitches

Self

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

David

Await the Dawn

Harold

We Still Say Grace

Roland

The Manor

Bob Rodgers

The Gift of Christmas

Martin Goodwin

My True Fairytale

John Doe

Evil at the Door

Rothman

Earth's Final Hours

Yehiel Dinur (voice)

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Congressman Barber

Elwood

Nikola Tesla

The Lightning Code

John

25 Miles to Normal

Mia's Father (uncredited)

La La Land

Don’t Look Inside

General Preston Rossdale

Special Ops: Delta Force

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

177

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-06-28

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Bruce Davidson