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Don S. Davis

1942 - 2008

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Donald Sinclair Davis (August 4, 1942 – June 29, 2008) was an American character actor best known for playing General Hammond in the television series Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007), and earlier for playing Major Garland Briggs on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991). In animation, he was also known as Wild Bill in the 2003 direct-to-video animated movie G.I. Joe: Spy Troops and its 2004 sequel, G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don S. Davis has received more than 1,360,814 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Don S. Davis is the 1,267th most popular actor (up from 1,325th in 2019), the 2,198th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,339th in 2019) and the 597th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Don S. Davis by language

Over the past year Don S. Davis has had the most page views in the with 175,460 views, followed by German (32,299), and French (25,958). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (145.54%), Afrikaans (48.56%), and Hungarian (42.05%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Don S. Davis ranks 1,267 out of 13,578. Before him are John Barrymore, Momoko Kōchi, Connie Nielsen, Vladimír Menšík, Patricia Clarkson, and Michael Emerson. After him are Linda Blair, Linda Evans, Kim Hunter, Edmund Kean, Kate Capshaw, and Patrick Duffy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Don S. Davis ranks 163. Before him are Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Karen Uhlenbeck, Stefanie Powers, Giuseppe Bertello, and Adil Abdul-Mahdi. After him are Linda Evans, Herbjørg Wassmo, Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Valeriy Brumel, Jozef Adamec, and Zhou Yongkang. Among people deceased in 2008, Don S. Davis ranks 75. Before him are Henry Molaison, Jean-Marie Balestre, Eartha Kitt, Mate Parlov, Bettie Page, and Anthony Minghella. After him are Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Bernardin Gantin, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Kiyosi Itô, Michael DeBakey, and Leyla Gencer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don S. Davis ranks 2,198 out of 20,380. Before him are Dexter Gordon (1923), Paul Cohen (1934), Dorothy Parker (1893), Maxwell D. Taylor (1901), Patricia Clarkson (1959), and Michael Emerson (1954). After him are Linda Blair (1959), Richard Ramirez (1960), Linda Evans (1942), Richard Ford (1944), Paul Marcinkus (1922), and Billy Gibbons (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Don S. Davis ranks 597. Before him are Stefanie Powers (1942), Jack Warden (1920), Fess Parker (1924), John Barrymore (1882), Patricia Clarkson (1959), and Michael Emerson (1954). After him are Linda Blair (1959), Linda Evans (1942), Kim Hunter (1922), Kate Capshaw (1953), Patrick Duffy (1949), and Stockard Channing (1944).

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Television and Movie Roles

Look Who's Talking
Dr. Fleischer
Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late.
Oct 12o 19896.3 / 10
Stargate SG-1
George Hammond
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.
8.246 / 10
Hook
Dr. Fields
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland.
Apr 10o 19916.831 / 10