Brad Davis
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Tallahassee, Florida, USA
American actor Brad Davis set out for a show-business life after winning a music talent contest in his teens. After studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Davis worked in a number of New York stage productions. On TV, he was one of many cast members of the 1977 miniseries Roots, in the 1981 TV movie A Rumor of War he played an American soldier in Vietnam, he essayed the title role in 1985's Robert Kennedy and His Times, and played the classic paranoid Lt. Cmdr. Queeg in Robert Altman's 1988 production of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. In films, Davis' stardom was secured by his intense portrayal of Billy, a young American imprisoned in Turkey for drug charges in Midnight Express (1978); he also shone in a brief but memorable appearance in Chariots of Fire (1981), and in the lead of Querelle (1983), Rainer Werner Fassbinder's adaptation of a once-censorable Jean Genet novel. Davis died of AIDS at the age of 42.
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Highest Rated Movies
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93%
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82%
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62%
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56%
Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7% | Prom Night |
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$43.9M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | The Habitation of Dragons |
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— | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | When the Time Comes |
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— | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Child of Darkness, Child of Light |
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— | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Hangfire |
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— | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | The Plot to Kill Hitler |
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— | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | Unspeakable Acts |
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— | 1990 |
| 56% | Rosalie Goes Shopping |
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— | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo |
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— | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial |
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— | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Cold Steel |
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— | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | Heart |
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— | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | Blood Ties |
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— | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | Robert Kennedy and His Times |
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— | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | The Wizard of Babylon (Der Bauer von Babylon - Rainer Werner Fassbinder dreht Querelle) |
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— | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | Chiefs |
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— | 1983 |
| 62% | Querelle |
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— | 1982 |
| 82% | Chariots of Fire |
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— | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | American Short Story |
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— | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | A Small Circle of Friends |
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— | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | A Rumor of War |
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— | 1980 |
| 93% | Midnight Express |
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— | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | The Hazing |
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— | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | Sybil |
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— | 1976 |
TV
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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| No Score Yet |
The Twilight Zone
1985-1989
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| 78% |
Roots
1977
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| No Score Yet |
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-1977
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| No Score Yet |
The Transformers
1984-1987
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Quotes from Brad Davis' Characters
| Billy Hayes: | Jesus Christ forgave the bastards, but I can't! |
| Jimmy Booth: | The second way out, I need you guy's help, and that's under. |
| Billy Hayes: | You mean tunnel? Are you serious? |
| Max: | This is Shagmahr prison, not Stalag 17. |
| Jimmy Booth: | Well that's where you're wrong fuckface, 'cause it's already built! |
| Max: | The best thing to do is to get your ass out of here. Best way that you can. |
| Billy Hayes: | Yeah, but how? |
| Max: | Catch the midnight express. |
| Billy Hayes: | What's that? |
| Max: | Well, it's not a train. It's a prison word for... escape. But it doesn't stop around here. |
| Max: | Well, it's not a train. It's a prison word for escape. But it doesn't stop around here. |
| Billy Hayes: | (in letter to Susan) I find loneliness is a physical pain that hurts all over. You can't isolate it in one part of your body. |
| Billy Hayes: | I find loneliness is a physical pain that hurts all over. You can't isolate it in one part of your body. |