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Goose on the Loose!, a Chevy Chase comedy shot years ago will finally be released in Ontario in August. Davis has a scene with the legendary Joan Plowright. Or did once, we don't know if it's still in the film since it's been in post production for about five years!
Davis is now writing his memoir, trying to compress his sixty years in the profession into one volume!
Davis' first short film, Exchange has been selected as a finalist in the VeryShortMovies contest. You can see it and vote for it at Very Short Movies. It's a sexy, gripping story of a professor who catches his young student cheating on an essay. Have a look!
2008 was a busy year for Davis. Despite playing Donald Rumsfeld in Stuff Happens at The Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver he is delighted that Obama is the new president!
After shooting an episode of Fear Itself he shot Caprica, the prequel to Battlestar Galactica and a movie, Web of Desire. He was off to Regina in July to shoot, The Shortcut, an excellent new horror film. As Davis says, "I hate horror films but I love this one!". After playing a character that couldn't stop himself from killing people, Davis then moved to a film called Death Among Friends where he played Mr. Dutton, the nicest butler you could imagine. After that he went to Toronto for another horror film, Medium Raw. He has some wonderful scenes in that film, dresses up as a wolf, and gets killed yet again. Fourth time in 2008!
Davis new short film, Reverse, played in both the Vancouver and Whistler film festivals. For more information go to William B. Davis Productions.
Davis recently directed a reading of the explosive Australian play, Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America, at the Firehall Theatre.
Numb is now available on DVD. Davis plays Mathew Perry's father.
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| Davis in Shortcut | Davis as Mr. Dutton |
The six new episodes of 49th and Main wrapped shooting on April 2, 2006, and were broadcast by the CBC in July. Davis co-wrote the episodes with head writer, Barbara Ellison, and directed three of them.
Davis recently shot Passengers with Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson. Guess what? Davis plays a mysterious stranger hovering in the background. (But he doesn't smoke) Passengers is now available on DVD.
Davis shot another movie for Insight Films, Judicial Indiscretion, recently seen on The Movie Channel and now available on DVD. Once again directed by George Mendeluk, Davis had a wonderful time working with Anne Archer.
