[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Reginald Graham Davis was born in Richmond, Surrey, on February 22, 1885, the elder son of Graham James Davis (1859-1939), a solicitor, and his first wife, May. He began his acting career about 1905, the year in which he appeared as the Merchant in a production of “The Comedy of Errors” at the Adelphi Theatre (1905). His screen career began in 1913 with his appearance in several films, in one of which he reprised the role of Gloster Dick in The House of Templerley. Davis saw active duty in the Tank Corps during the First World War and in 1918 was awarded the Military Cross for ‘conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty’. After the war Davis returned in 1920 to his career as a film actor, at which time he changed his professional name to Rex Davis. His last film appearance was in 1927, and he died at East Wittering, Sussex, on December 1, 1951.
Davis appeared in only one Silent Euro-westerns as Jack Marriot in “The Scapegrace” (1913).
DAVIS, Rex (Reginald Graham Davis) [2/22/1885, Richmond, Surrey, England, U.K. – 12/1/1951, East Wittering, Sussex, England, U.K.] – amateur boxer, theater, film actor, politician, awarded Military Cross [1918], OBE [1943].
The Scapegrace – 1913 (Jack Marriott)
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