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Brad Davis

1949 - 1991

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Robert Creel Davis (November 6, 1949 – September 8, 1991), known professionally as Brad Davis, was an American actor. For his debut film role as Billy Hayes in the 1978 film Midnight Express, he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor and was nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, along with BAFTA Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. Davis subsequently played the title role in the Rainer Werner Fassbinder film Querelle (1982), and appeared in such films as A Small Circle of Friends (1980), Chariots of Fire (1981), and Cold Steel (1987). He also starred in television films and miniseries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brad Davis is the 1,558th most popular actor (down from 1,100th in 2019), the 2,890th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,888th in 2019) and the 763rd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brad Davis ranks 1,558 out of 13,578. Before him are Pedro Infante, Ben Cross, Gordon Scott, Hibari Misora, Maggie Cheung, and Daniel Brühl. After him are Adam Goldberg, Barbara Bain, Elsa Lanchester, Ross Bagdasarian, Jeanne Duval, and Margarita Lozano.

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Among people born in 1949, Brad Davis ranks 167. Before him are Odilo Scherer, Ric Flair, Irina Rodnina, Gregg Popovich, Niels Arestrup, and Kriengsak Kovitvanit. After him are Hugo Sotil, Nebojša Radmanović, Tommy Ramone, Christopher Hitchens, Manuel Orantes, and Hiroji Imamura. Among people deceased in 1991, Brad Davis ranks 80. Before him are John Kerr, Eric Carr, Joachim Kroll, Héctor Rial, Pedro Arrupe, and Cassandra Harris. After him are Jean Bruller, Yevgeny Dragunov, Rudolf Serkin, Shintaro Abe, Ho Jong-suk, and Berenice Abbott.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brad Davis ranks 2,890 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Russell (1937), Louis E. Brus (1943), Don Henley (1947), Agnes Smedley (1892), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), and Nicholas Sparks (1965). After him are Adam Goldberg (1970), William Moulton Marston (1893), Jimmy Ellis (1940), Henry George (1839), Barbara Bain (1931), and Jim Abrahams (1944).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Brad Davis ranks 763. Before him are Don S. Davis (1942), Tony Burton (1937), Sela Ward (1956), Jennifer Lawrence (1990), Billy Dee Williams (1937), and Gordon Scott (1926). After him are Adam Goldberg (1970), Barbara Bain (1931), Ross Bagdasarian (1919), Farley Granger (1925), Josh Brolin (1968), and Myrna Loy (1905).

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