Английская Википедия:Brad Davis (actor)
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Robert Creel Davis (November 6, 1949 – September 8, 1991), known professionally as Brad Davis, was an American actor and a Golden Globe award winner. He is known for starring in the films Midnight Express (1978), Chariots of Fire (1981) and Querelle (1982).
Early life
He was born in Tallahassee, Florida, to Eugene Davis, a dentist whose career declined due to alcoholism, and his wife, Anne (née Creel) Davis. His brother Gene is also an actor. According to an interview with his widow, Susan Bluestein Davis, discussing her book about his life, After Midnight: The Life and Death of Brad Davis, in The New York Times published in 1997, she claimed that Davis told her that he suffered physical abuse from his father and sexual abuse from his mother. As an adult, Brad Davis was an alcoholic and an intravenous drug user, then became sober in 1981.[1] Davis was known as Bobby during his youth, but took Brad as his stage name in 1973.[1] Davis attended and graduated from Titusville High School.
Career
At 16, after winning a music-talent contest, Davis worked at Theater Atlanta. He later moved to New York City and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and the American Place Theater where he studied acting. After a role on the soap opera How to Survive a Marriage, he performed in Off-Broadway plays.
In 1976, he was cast in the television mini-series Roots, then as Sally Field's love interest in the television film Sybil. In 1977 he was cast as John Rambo in First Blood when John Frankenheimer was scheduled to direct the film before it was cancelled due to Orion Pictures' acquisition of Filmways.[2][3] In 1981, he played American track star Jackson Scholz in the Academy Award-winning film Chariots of Fire. He played the lead role in The Normal Heart (1985), Larry Kramer's play about AIDS. His most successful film role was as the main character Billy Hayes in Midnight Express (1978), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Acting Debut – Actor. He was nominated for a similar award at that year's BAFTA Awards, in addition to receiving Best Actor nominations at both ceremonies (Richard Dreyfuss won for The Goodbye Girl).[4]
Personal life
Davis married casting director Susan Bluestein in 1976. They had one child, Alex Blue Davis (born 1983), a musician and actor.[1][5]
Brad Davis was bisexual.[6][7] He is the brother of actor Eugene M. Davis.
Death
Diagnosed with HIV in 1985, Davis kept his condition private until shortly before his death at age 41 on September 8, 1991, in Los Angeles. It was revealed in a book proposal that Davis had written before his death that he had to keep his HIV-positive status a secret to be able to continue to work and support his family.[8] He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.[9] In 1997, his wife Susan revealed that he probably contracted HIV through intravenous drug use, and that he committed assisted suicide by a drug overdose.[10][11]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Eat My Dust! | Unknown | Uncredited |
| 1976 | Sybil | Richard | TV miniseries |
| 1976 | Song of Myself | Streetcar Conductor | Short film |
| 1976 | The Secret Life of Ol' John Chapman | Andy | TV movie |
| 1978 | Midnight Express | Billy Hayes | Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1980 | A Small Circle of Friends | Leonardo da Vinci Rizzo | |
| 1980 | The Greatest Man in the World | Jimmy Schmurch | TV movie |
| 1980 | A Rumor of War | Lieutenant Phil Caputo | TV movie |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Jackson Scholz | |
| 1982 | Querelle | Querelle | |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles | Himself | |
| 1986 | Blood Ties | Julian Salina | TV movie |
| 1986 | Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo | Tony Cimo | TV movie |
| 1987 | When the Time Comes | Dean | TV movie |
| 1987 | Heart | Eddie | |
| 1987 | Cold Steel | Johnny Modine | |
| 1988 | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Lieutenant Commander Phillip Francis Queeg | TV movie |
| 1989 | Rosalie Goes Shopping | Ray "Liebling" Greenspace | |
| 1989 | The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy | Neil Travers | TV movie |
| 1989 | The Edge | Kenny | TV movie |
| 1990 | Unspeakable Acts | Joseph Braga | TV movie |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler | Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg | TV movie |
| 1991 | Hangfire | Sheriff Ike Slayton | Alternative title: First Blood Commando |
| 1991 | Child of Darkness, Child of Light | Dr. Phinney | TV movie |
| 1992 | The Habitation of Dragons | George Tolliver | TV movie screened posthumously |
| 1992 | The Player | Himself | Non-speaking cameo released posthumously |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | How to Survive a Marriage | Alexander Kronos | Unknown episodes |
| 1976 | The American Parade | Streetcar Conductor | Episode: "Song of Myself" |
| 1976 | The American Parade | Thomas Nast | Episode: "Stop Thief" |
| 1976 | Sybil | Richard J. Loomis | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | Roots | George "Ol' George" Johnson | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | Baretta | Ray | Episode: "Guns and Brothers" |
| 1981 | BBC2 Playhouse | Young American | Episode: "Mrs. Reinhardt" |
| 1983 | Chiefs | Sonny Butts | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | Robert Kennedy & His Times | Robert F. Kennedy | 3 Episodes, miniseries |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Arthur | Episode: "Arthur, or the Gigolo" |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Arthur Lewis | Episode: "Button, Button" |
| 1987 | The Hitchhiker | Jerry Rulac | Episode: "Why Are You Here?" |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Midnight Express | Шаблон:Won |
| 1979 | BAFTA Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Шаблон:Nom | |
| Best Newcomer | Шаблон:Nom | |||
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Шаблон:Nom | ||
| New Star of the Year – Actor | Шаблон:Won |
References
External links
Шаблон:Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year Actor
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Witchel, Alex. (April 16, 1997) "For the Widow of Brad Davis, Time Cannot Heal All the Wounds", The New York Times; accessed July 31, 2007.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role#1970s
- ↑ The Sheila Variations: Feb. 19/20 at The Knitting Factory: Alex Davis: Man of the Year [1]
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 11241). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition
- ↑ Suffering a secret: Brad Davis and AIDS
- ↑ For the Widow of Brad Davis, Time Cannot Heal All the Wounds
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