Charles Davis (31 August 1925 – 12 December 2009) was an Irish character actor, writer and director. He was born in

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Career

Davis started his acting career at the

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in Dublin and had over 1,000 performances on Broadway. Davis appeared in over 20 movies and over 100 TV shows. Among his movies were ''

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'', '' The King's Thief'', '' The Young Stranger'' and '' The Wreck of the Mary Deare''. The TV shows he appeared in included ''

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'', '' Lock-Up'', ''

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'', '' The Cara Williams Show'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Davis was also a writer, director and film producer. He wrote, directed and produced feature films including ''Kennedy’s Ireland'', ''Thunder Run'', ''

Happy as the Grass Was Green ''Happy as the Grass Was Green'', later renamed ''Hazel's People'', is a 1973 American drama film directed by Charles Davis and starring Geraldine Page, Pat Hingle and Graham Beckel. The film is one of the few Mennonite Mennonites are a grou ...

'' (also released under the title ''Hazel’s People'') and ''

The Violent Ones ''The Violent Ones'' is a 1967 film directed by and starring Fernando Lamas. The story was written and created by Charles Davis, Fred Freiberger, Herman Miller, and Doug Wilson. The film was shot in the Alabama Hills, Mojave Desert and Lone Pin ...

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Death

Davis died from a

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on 12 December 2009, aged 84, in

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Charles 1925 births 2009 deaths Irish male film actors Irish male stage actors Irish male television actors Irish expatriate male actors in the United States Male actors from County Dublin