Nathan Davis (May 22, 1917 – October 15, 2008) was an American

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and

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. He was featured in

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, Stony Island.

Life and career

Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Romanian-Jewish immigrants, Rose (

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Marcus) and Fred Davis.Nathan Davis Biography (1917-)
/ref> He served in Europe during World War II and performed on the local stage and in radio productions after the war. Davis was also a pharmaceutical sales rep by trade but pursued acting after being fired from his sales job in the late '70s. Davis started acting in the late 1970s. He appeared on ''

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'' in 1975 and in films such as '' Dunston Checks In'', ''

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and many others. He was nominated for a 1980 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for his performance in '' Buried Child'' at the Northlight Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. He was again nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for '' The Sunshine Boys'' at the National Jewish Theater in Chicago, Illinois in 1991. He was nominated for the last time for a 2001 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for ''2 1/2 Jews'' at the Apple Tree Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. He was married to Metta (

Talmy). They had three children: Chicago musician Richard "Richie" Peter Davis, Hollywood film director Andrew Davis, and Jo Ellen Davis Friedman. Mr. Davis also left behind Seven Grandchildren (Jessica, Danny, Jason, Julian, Gena, Jackie and Emilio) as well as Nine Great Grand Children (Jakob, Noah, Matt, Miles, Zachary, Edie, Devon, George, and Leo). Davis died from

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and complications of

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in Chicago at age 91.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Nathan 1917 births 2008 deaths American male film actors American male television actors American people of Romanian-Jewish descent Deaths from emphysema Deaths from pneumonia in Illinois Male actors from Chicago 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors