William B Davis

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Biography

Davis put a new face on villainy, an institutional, eerily real incarnation of evil identified ominously by wafting smoke and the glow of a cigarette. A native Ontarian, Davis trained as an actor in esteemed company in the U.K. during the 1960s before returning to Canada to work as a theatrical director and drama teacher, eventually relocating to Hollywood North, Vancouver, BC. The 1980s saw him garnering small parts in inauspicious …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

January 13, 1938

Career Milestones

2007

Starred in the suspense thriller, "The Messengers" directed by the Pang brothers

2005

Cast in two episodes of "Stargate SG-1" on the sci-fi channel

2004

Cast in Stephen King's "Kingdom Hospital" (ABC)

2002

Guest-starred as Mayor Tate in two episodes of "Smallville" (WB)

1998

Reprised role in "The X-Files" feature

1993

Played the recurring role of Smoking Man/Cancer Man on Fox's "The X-Files"

1990

Had featured role in the ABC miniseries "Stephen King's IT"

1989

Appeared in "Look Who's Talking"

1985

Had role in the made-for-Canadian-TV-movie "The Cuckoo Bird"

1980

Resumed acting career

Became artistic director at the National Theatre School of Canada

1966

Returned to Canada

1965

Joined London's National Theatre

1949

Acting debut at a summer stock theater run by his cousins

Born and raided in Toronto

Awards

1999

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The X-Files

1998

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The X-Files

1997

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The X-Files