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Brad Davis

1949 - 1991

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Robert Creel Davis (November 6, 1949 – September 8, 1991), known professionally as Brad Davis, was an American actor. For his debut film role as Billy Hayes in the 1978 film Midnight Express, he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor and was nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, along with BAFTA Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. Davis subsequently played the title role in the Rainer Werner Fassbinder film Querelle (1982), and appeared in such films as A Small Circle of Friends (1980), Chariots of Fire (1981), and Cold Steel (1987). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brad Davis has received more than 45,853 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Brad Davis is the 1,100th most popular actor (up from 1,277th in 2019), the 1,888th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,264th in 2019) and the 513th most popular American Actor.

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  • 58.29

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brad Davis ranks 1,100 out of 13,578. Before him are Martin Short, Victoria Abril, Marika Rökk, Hervé Villechaize, Angie Dickinson, and Shih Kien. After him are Stephen Fry, Victor French, Liv Tyler, Emily Blunt, Gary Busey, and Don Murray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Brad Davis ranks 111. Before him are Hamida Djandoubi, Leopoldo Luque, Andy Kaufman, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Fernando Collor de Mello, and Victor Garber. After him are Brigitte Bierlein, Kgalema Motlanthe, Sergei Bagapsh, Walid Jumblatt, Armand Assante, and John Toshack. Among people deceased in 1991, Brad Davis ranks 60. Before him are Gene Roddenberry, Christian de Castries, George Stigler, Aladár Gerevich, Eric Carr, and W. Arthur Lewis. After him are Boris Pugo, Jerzy Kosiński, Lee Remick, William Heinesen, Jean Arthur, and Henri de Lubac.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brad Davis ranks 1,888 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Avedon (1923), Stanley Kramer (1913), Angie Dickinson (1931), Hank Williams (1923), Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), and Jeff Kinney (1971). After him are Ron Paul (1935), Charles W. Morris (1903), Cyrus Vance (1917), Victor French (1934), Jim Garrison (1921), and Liv Tyler (1977).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Brad Davis ranks 513. Before him are Stacy Keach (1941), Megan Fox (1986), Robert Ryan (1909), Betty Grable (1916), Tony Shalhoub (1953), and Angie Dickinson (1931). After him are Victor French (1934), Liv Tyler (1977), Gary Busey (1944), Don Murray (1929), Ernie Hudson (1945), and Jerry Stiller (1927).

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Television and Movie Roles

Midnight Express
Billy Hayes
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Aug 31st 19787.5 / 10
Querelle
Querelle
A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug-smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.
Sep 8th 19826.6 / 10
Chariots of Fire
Jackson Scholz
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
May 15th 19816.8 / 10