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06/15/2019 – Davison – 2019 Dances with Films Festival – “Two Ways Home” Premiere – Arrivals – TCL Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Boulevard – Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Guillermo Proano / PR Photos
Birth Name: Bruce Allen Davison
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 28, 1946
Ethnicity: English, as well as distant Dutch
Bruce Davison is an American actor and director. His roles include the films The Strawberry Statement , Willard (1971), The Jerusalem File , Brass Target , Crimes of Passion (1984), Spies Like Us , The Ladies Club , Longtime Companion , Short Cuts , Six Degrees of Separation , Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog , Grace of My Heart , The Crucible (1996), Paulie (1998), Apt Pupil , At First Sight , The King Is Alive , X-Men (2000), Crazy/Beautiful , Summer Catch , High Crimes , Dahmer (2002), Willard (2003), Runaway Jury , Hate Crime (2005), Breach (2007), A Golden Christmas , Camp Hell , Munger Road , The Lords of Salem , Saving Lincoln , The Leisure Class , Get A Job , Insidious: The Last Key , Along Came the Devil , Itsy Bitsy , Wish Man , We Still Say Grace , Influence (2020), The Manor (2021), and Suitable Flesh ; and the shows Harry and the Hendersons , Those Who Kill , and Ozark .
He is the son of Marian (Holmes/Holman), a secretary, and Clair Davison, a musician, architect, and draftsman for the Army Engineers. Bruce is married to Michele Correy. He has a son with his former wife, actress Lisa Pelikan ; and a daughter with Michele.
Bruce’s paternal grandfather was James C. “Jay” Davison (the son of James Clifford Davison and Frances Arzelia Sherd). Bruce’s grandfather James was born in Minnesota. Bruce’s great-grandfather James was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of James Rockwell Davison and Eunice Jenks. Frances was the daughter of Uriah Sherd and Mary E. Mumford.
Bruce’s paternal grandmother was Mattie Gertrude Allen (the daughter of Edwin Allen and Sarah Lorraine Banker). Mattie was born in Wisconsin. Edwin was the son of Josiah Page Allen and Rosina Daniels. Sarah was the daughter of George L. Banker and Phebe Atkins.
Source: Genealogy of Bruce Davison (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com