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Bruce Davison
Known for: ActingBruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. He portrayed Senator Robert Kelly in X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). Davison is also well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film Willard (1971), his Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance in Longtime Companion (1989), and as Thomas Semmes in the HBO original movie Vendetta. His other notable film roles are as Grandpa in Black Beauty (2015), Brig. Gen. Bill Marks in High Crimes, Durwood Cable in Runaway Jury, Dr. Charles Aaron in At First Sight, Richard Bowden in Apt Pupil, Reverend Parris in The Crucible, Ruby in Spies Like Us, and Richard Hagstrom in Stephen King's Golden Tales and Tales from the Darkside - the TV movie and originally in an episode of the anthology series. His best known TV roles are as Dr. Charles Graiman on the TV movie and series Knight Rider (2008), Doug Hellman on Close to Home (2005-2007), Dr. Stegman on Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (2004-2005), George Henderson on the series Harry and the Hendersons (1991-1993), and Scott Wallace on The Practice.
Filmography 122
Runaway Jury
as Durwood Cable 
Insidious: The Last Key
as Christian Rainier 
Knight Rider
as Charles Graiman 
Harry and the Hendersons
as George Henderson 
High Crimes
as General Bill Marks 
The Triangle
as Stan Lathem 
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
as President Wilson (voice) 
Breach
as John O'Neill 
Crimes of Passion
as Donny Hopper 
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
as Jimmy Donahue 
The Crucible
as Reverend Parris 
Words and Pictures
as Walt 
Ulzana's Raid
as Lt. Garnett DeBuin 
Camp Hell
as Fr. Phineas McAllister 
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
as Professor Lazlo 
Summer Catch
as Rand Parrish 
Itsy Bitsy
as Walter 
At First Sight
as Dr. Charles Aaron 
Crazy/Beautiful
as Tom Oakley 
Short Cuts
as Howard Finnigan 
Vendetta
as Thomas Semmes 
The Cure
as Dr. Stevens 
Get a Job
as Lawrence Wilheimer 
The Dead Girl
as Leah's Father 
The Good Neighbor
as Grant 
Spies Like Us
as Ruby 
The Lords of Salem
as Francis Matthias 
Apt Pupil
as Richard Bowden 
Paulie
as Dr. Reingold 
Six Degrees of Separation
as Larkin 
Along Came the Devil
as Reverend Michael 
Wish Man
as Frank Shankwitz Sr. 
Titanic II
as James Maine 
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
as Richard 
9/11
as Monohan 
The Manor
as Roland 
Suitable Flesh
as Ephraim Waite 
Arctic Blast
as Winslaw 
8MM 2
as Ambassador Harrington 
The Baby-Sitters Club
as Watson 
Confession
as Father Thomas Parker 
Grace of My Heart
as John Murray 
Earth's Final Hours
as Rothman 
Condor's Nest
as Gerhardt Schrude 
The King Is Alive
as Ray 
Christmas at the Plaza
as Reginald Brookwater 
The Misfit Brigade
as Porta 
On the Edge
as (segment "The Other Side") 
Willard
as Willard Stiles 
High Risk
as Dan 
Mame
as Older Patrick 
Hate Crime
as Pastor Boyd 
Any Bullet Will Do
as Jonathan Carrington 
The Great Alaskan Race
as Governor Bone 
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
as John McCormick 
Last Rampage
as Cooper 
The Leisure Class
as Edward 
Dahmer
as Lionel Dahmer 
Brass Target
as Col. Robert Dawson 
The Line
as Anthony 
Out of the Ashes
as Peter Schuman, Interrogator 
A Golden Christmas
as Rod Wright 
We Still Say Grace
as Harold 
Love Locks
as Hugo Blanchet 
A Memory in My Heart
as Chase Stewart 
The Lightning Code
as Nikola Tesla 
From the Shadows
as Dr. Joseph Cawl 
The Bronx Bull
as D.A. Bonomi 
Color of Justice
as Frank Gainer 
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as P'Torr The Exile (voice) 
Persecuted
as Senator Donald Harrison 
Camera
as Frank Flynn 
Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent
as Pastor Ezekiel 
Christmas Angel
as Nick Anderson 
3 Holiday Tails
as Rod Wright 
Coffin
as Garrison 
The Strawberry Statement
as Simon 
The Wave
as Ben Ross 
MegaFault
as Dr. Mark Rhodes 
The Millionaire Tour
as The Roman 
Captors
as Silas Visler 
Corbin Nash
as Jack 
Along Came the Devil II
as Reverend Michael 
The Congregation
as Amos Christner 
Evil at the Door
as John Doe 
The Gift of Christmas
as Bob Rodgers 
Abnormal Attraction
as Dr. Stanley Cole 
Bender
as Mayor Prentiss 
Lady in a Corner
as Bill Guthrie 
Short Eyes
as Clark Davis 
A Mother's Revenge
as Bill Sanders 
God Don't Make the Laws
as Bud Kelly / Mayor 
Hidden in America
as Michael 
Black Beauty
as Grandpa 
The Gathering
as George 
My True Fairytale
as Martin Goodwin 
Bigfoot
as Sheriff Walt Henderson 
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Fitzgore 
Too Young to Be a Dad
as Dan Freeman 
LoveLife
as Bruce 
A Fairy's Game
as Spindly (voice) 
Off Season
as Dr. Zimmer 
The Slider
as Ispector Wiesel 
Deadman's Curve
as Dean Torrence 
Mind Over Murder
as Jason 
The Affair
as Jamie Patterson 
Beyond the Heavens
as Oliver Henry (adult) 
Saving Lincoln
as William H. Seward 
Munger Road
as Chief Kirkhoven 
The Gathering, Part II
as George 
Return of the Killer Shrews
as Jerry Farrell 
Await the Dawn
as David 
A Violent Man
as Benjamin Green 
X-Men
as Senator Kelly 
Incident at Crestridge
as Clint Larsen 
Displacement
as Prof. Peter Deckard 
X2
as Senator Kelly