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Davis spoke on Skepticism and The X-Files at the Vancouver Library on Friday, November 27 at 7:30. This was a reprise of the talk he gave to Atheists Alliance earlier this year in LA and coverd various skeptic related subjects including a defense of the show against attacks from Richard Dawkins.

Davis recently shot a major role in the tv movie, Behemoth.

Matters Domestic completed its run at the Vancouver International Fringe Festival in September and played two holdover performances at The Jericho Arts Centre. Two terrific short plays by partner, Barbara Ellison, (49th and Main), with an excellent cast of graduates from The William Davis Centre, D.N.A. and Download present different and highly unusual versions of the conflict between single parenthood and career. Davis returned to his roots, directing for the theatre.

Davis recently shot the low budget feature Amazon Falls for Katrin Bowen. Pretty evil guy - what can I say?

Goose on the Loose!, a Chevy Chase comedy shot years ago was finally released 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!

Davis and April Telek in Amazon Falls

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 in Shortcut	Davis as Mr. Dutton

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.