Davidson, Jack 1936-

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Davidson, Jack 1936-

PERSONAL

Born July 17, 1936, in Worcester, MA; son of Stanley Jack and Helen Mildred Davidson. Education: Boston University, B.F.A., 1963.

Career:

Actor. Circle Repertory Company, New York City, member of company.

Awards, Honors:

Best Actor Award, Columbia University Film Festival, 2003.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

United Nations reporter, The Next Man (also known as The Arab Conspiracy and Double Hit), Allied Artists, 1976.

Congressman, The Front, Columbia, 1976.

Norman, Shock Waves (also known as Almost Human and Death Corps), Joseph Brenner Associates, 1977.

Husband, Tattoo, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981.

Eric Clavel, I, the Jury, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982.

Dr. Rosen, Baby, It's You, Paramount, 1983.

Third trader, Trading Places, Paramount, 1983.

George Spofford, Reuben, Reuben, Twentieth Century-Fox International Classics, 1983.

Boat man, Harem, 1985.

Davidson, The Secret of My Succe$s, Universal, 1987.

Lee Thomas, Autumn Heart, Arrow Releasing, 1999.

Stage Appearances:

A Fair Country, Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City, 1998.

Twelfth Night, Lincoln Center Theatre, 1998.

Salesman, Ah, Wilderness!, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1998.

The Little Foxes, Lincoln Center Theatre, 1998.

James, Passion Play, Actors Studio Free Theatre, New York City, 1999.

Chrysalle, The Learned Ladies, McCarter Theatre, 1999.

Enobarbus, Antony and Cleopatra, Berkeley Repertory Company, Berkeley, CA, 1999.

General Merrin, Judgment at Nuremberg, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 2001.

Appeared as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, Love Letters, Alaska Theatre Festival; as standby, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Broadway production; and as understudy, The Price, Roundabout Theatre, New York City; appeared in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Virginia Stage Company; The Clearing, New York Stage and Film Theatre; The Dybbuk, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA; Long Day's Journey into Night, Intiman Theatre, Seattle, WA; Minutes from the Blue Route, New York Stage and Film Theatre; Oedipus the King, Wilma Theatre; Picnic, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT; Romeo and Juliet, Hartford Stage Company; Shadowlands, Pioneer Theatre Company; The Tempest, Virginia Stage Company; and Three Hotels, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City; also appeared in Broadway productions of Anna Christie and Captain Brassbound's Conversion, and an off-Broadway production of The Unexpected Man.

Television Appearances; Series:

Hotel manager, As the World Turns, CBS, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Judge Sorenson, "Substantial Justice," Spenser: For Hire, ABC, 1988.

Mr. Torrens, "Severance," Law & Order, NBC, 1992.

George Berman, "The Pursuit of Happiness," Law & Order, NBC, 1993.

Blumberg, "Pro Se," Law & Order, NBC, 1996.

Spense Carlyle, "Blood," Law & Order, NBC, 1997.

Bank manager, "Blood Money," Law & Order, NBC, 1999.

Duckman, "Home Is Where the Ducks Are," Ed, NBC, 2000.

Appeared in episodes of Cagney & Lacey and The Equalizer.

Other Television Appearances:

Judge Lawrence Hughes, The Demon Murder Case (also known as The Rhode Island Murders), NBC, 1983.

Priest, Twelfth Night, 1998.

Radio Appearances; Series:

Reader for the series Symphony Space's Selected Shorts, National Public Radio.

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