Brad Davis

Biography

Nation acoustic guitarist Brad Davis joined up with Marty Stuart’s street music group in the past due ’80s and appeared in several Stuart’s albums, including This One’s Gonna Harm You, Strike Pack, as well as the Pilgrim. He also supported or documented with Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Pam Tillis, the Forester Sisters, as well as the Sweethearts from the Rodeo. In the first 21st hundred years, he was dividing his time taken between playing business lead electric guitar for Earl Scruggs & Close friends and burning Billy Bob Thornton. In January 2003, Davis released his very own debut solo record, I’m Not really Gonna Allow My Blues Bring Me Down, on FGM Information, with lots of the people he previously used over time helping out. Afterwards in the entire year, he continued tour because the business lead guitarist within the Sam Bush Music group.

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#	Fact
1	Pat McNamara, Annabella Price, Ebbe Roe Smith, Priscilla Smith and he were awarded the 1982 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Ensemble for "Metamorphosis" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
2	He was considered for the role of Kane in Alien (1979).
3	Married casting director Susan Bluestein in 1979 and had one child, Alexandra. In 1979, Davis, a former intravenous drug user, contracted HIV, by 1985 it had developed into AIDS, a condition the couple kept secret until just prior to his death by assisted suicide. Shortly after his passing she wrote the memoir "After Midnight: The Life and Death of Brad Davis" with Hilary De Vries. His widow continues to be an AIDS activist.
4	Born in Tallahassee, Florida to Eugene Davis, a dentist, and his wife, the former Anne Creel. His brother, Gene Davis, is also an actor.
5	According to an article in The New York Times published in 1987, the actor's mother sexually abused him. His father was an alcoholic whose dental practice declined as a result. As an adult, Brad was both an alcohol and drug user before becoming sober in 1981.
6	At seventeen, after winning a music talent contest, Davis worked at Theatre Atlanta before moving to New York City.
7	Bisexual in real life, he was deemed a gay film icon for the number of gay-themed plays and films he appeared in despite the warnings that it could damage his career.
8	Growing up, he was known as Bobby Davis (his first name was actually Robert). However, once he arrived in New York, there was already another actor named Bobby Davis, so Davis went by the name Brad Davis.
9	Born into a southern aristocratic family, he was reportedly a direct descendant of Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
10	Davis took a professional risk by accepting the title role as a gay sailor in Querelle (1982), Rainer Werner Fassbinder's screen adaptation of a novel by Jean Genet. Associates in the entertainment industry warned Davis that taking this part, especially after performances in other gay-themed theatrical works such as Larry Kramer's "Sissies' Scrapbook" (1973) and Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" (1981), would be detrimental to his career. Nevertheless, Davis chose to work with Fassbinder on what would turn out to be the director's last film. Unfortunately, Querelle (1982) was a commercial failure and generally not well-received by critics.
11	In 1985 Davis won critical acclaim for his portrayal of the lover of a man dying of AIDS in Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart". Still, his film career foundered...the only film in which he starred after this was Percy Adlon's comedy Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989).
12	Brother of actor Gene Davis.
13	Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1978" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 30.



Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Habitation of Dragons	1992	TV Movie	George Tolliver
The Player	1992		Brad Davis
Child of Darkness, Child of Light	1991	TV Movie	Dr. Phinney
Hangfire	1991		Sheriff Ike Slayton
The Plot to Kill Hitler	1990	TV Movie	Count Claus von Stauffenberg
Unspeakable Acts	1990	TV Movie	Joseph Braga
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy	1989	TV Movie	Neil Travers
American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts	1989	TV Series	Luke Bentley
The Edge	1989	TV Movie	Kenny
Rosalie Goes Shopping	1989		Ray 'Liebling' Greenspace
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial	1988	TV Movie	Lt. Com. Phillip Francis Queeg
Cold Steel	1987		Johnny Modine
Heart	1987		Eddie
When the Time Comes	1987	TV Movie	Dean
The Hitchhiker	1987	TV Series	Jerry Rulac
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo	1986	TV Movie	Tony Cimo
Il cugino americano	1986	TV Movie	Julian Salina
The Twilight Zone	1986	TV Series	Arthur Lewis (segment "Button, Button")
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	1985	TV Series	Arthur
Robert Kennedy and His Times	1985	TV Mini-Series	Robert Kennedy
Chiefs	1983	TV Mini-Series	Sonny Butts
Querelle	1982		Querelle
BBC2 Playhouse	1981	TV Series	The American
Chariots of Fire	1981		Jackson Scholz
The Greatest Man in the World	1980	TV Movie	Jack Smurch
A Small Circle of Friends	1980		Leonardo DaVinci Rizzo
A Rumor of War	1980	TV Mini-Series	Lt. Philip 'Phil' Caputo
Midnight Express	1978		Billy Hayes
McLaren's Riders	1977	TV Movie	Bobby John Britain
Baretta	1977	TV Series	Ray
Roots	1977	TV Mini-Series	Old George
The Secret Life of John Chapman	1976	TV Movie	Andy Chapman
Sybil	1976	TV Mini-Series	Richard
The American Parade	1976	TV Mini-Series	Thomas Nast / Streetcar conductor
Eat My Dust	1976	uncredited
How to Survive a Marriage	1974	TV Series	Alexander Kronos (1974)

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Our Time	1983	TV Series	Himself
The Wizard of Babylon	1982	Documentary	Himself
The 36th Annual Golden Globes Awards	1979	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Best Motion Picture Acting Debut - Male and Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama
The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards	1977	TV Special	Himself - Accepting Special Award to Roots

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Spisok korabley	2008	Documentary	Querelle
Sexes	2005	TV Series	Querelle
Ban the Sadist Videos!	2005	Video documentary	Himself
And the Band Played On	1993	TV Movie	Billy Hayes (epilogue sequence) (uncredited)

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1979	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Motion Picture Acting Debut - Male	Midnight Express (1978)
1978	KCFCC Award	Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Actor	Midnight Express (1978)

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1979	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	Midnight Express (1978)
1979	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Best Actor	Midnight Express (1978)
1979	BAFTA Film Award	BAFTA Awards	Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles	Midnight Express (1978)



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#	Quote
1	Hollywood is an industry that gives umpteen benefits and charity affairs with proceeds going to (AIDS) research. But in actual fact, if an actor is even rumored to have HIV, he gets no support on an individual basis. He does not work.



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