
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.

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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
177
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-06-28
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Bruce Davidson