Roger Davis (born April 5, 1939 in Bowling Green, Kentucky) is an American actor, best known for his roles in Dark Shadows and Alias Smith and Jones.
Davis first appeared on television in 1962, and first gained attention playing multiple characters on the daytime gothic soap TV series Dark Shadows. In 1971, Davis narrated the title sequence voice-over for the comedy western TV series Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes/Joshua Smith and Ben Murphy as Kid Curry/Thaddeus Jones. He also appeared in one of the episodes (Smiler with a Gun) as gunfighter Danny Bilson. Bilson has the distinction of being the only character kind-hearted Kid Curry was ever driven to kill during the series. When Pete Duel committed suicide at the end of 1971, Davis replaced him as Hannibal Heyes. However, after Davis completed just seventeen episodes it was clear the show would never achieve the same level of popularity as it had with Pete Duel. The series subsequently ended in 1973. Competition from the popular Flip Wilson Show didn't help the show's ratings, either. Davis continued to act in guest starring roles on TV series and movies throughout the 1970s, and was the voiceover artist of more than 6,000 commercials.
In 1968, Davis married actress Jaclyn Smith. They divorced in 1975.
Davis currently develops land and builds luxury homes in southern California, and owns an interest in movie developer Lonetree Entertainment in Los Angeles. His cousin, Mike Shannon, is a Dallas-based radio personality and traffic reporter.
Roger Davis (20 January, 1884 - 3 March, 1980) was an American actor.
Davis was born in Maryland, and played small parts in a number of Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s. He played roles such as butlers and waiters, and appeared in two of the Tracy-Hepburn vehicles, Adam's Rib (1949) and Pat and Mike (1952).
Roger Davis (born 15 January, 1946) is a former county cricketer. He became, briefly, headline news in 1971, when a ball hit him on the side of the head while he was fielding in the dangerous "short leg" position, causing his heart to stop.
He was born in Cardiff, Wales, and first played for Glamorgan in 1964 as an all-rounder. In 1968, he came close to preventing the record-breaking 36 runs in one over, scored by Gary Sobers in a match at Swansea. In 1969, he helped Glamorgan to their county championship victory. Two years later, in a match against Warwickshire at Cardiff, the accident occurred which nearly resulted in Davis's death Gardens/Famous_Matches.html" target="_blank">http://cricketarchive.com/Glamorgan/History/Sophia_Gardens/Famous_Matches.html. _CPR was administered on the field by a doctor who happened to be in the crowd. As an indirect result of the incident, fielders and batsmen in first-class cricket began wearing protective headgear. After making a full recovery, Davis continued to play for Glamorgan until 1976.
Roger Davis (October 2, 1762 - November 20, 1815) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Roger Davis was born in Charlestown Village, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and commenced practice about 1785 in Charlestown. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1809 to 1811.
Davis was elected as a Republican to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses. He resumed the practice of medicine in Charlestown, where he died in 1815, and was interred in Great Valley Presbyterian Churchyard.
He replaced Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes on the TV series "Alias Smith and Jones" (1971) following Duel's suicide in December 1971. George Peppard was also in the running for the part of Hannibal Heyes.
In July 2006, he and his Alias Smith and Jones co-star, Ben Murphy, were guests at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina along with Marjorie Lord, Mark Goddard, Steve Kanaly, Ronnie Schell, Coleen Gray, Russ Tamblyn, Tom Reese and Cheryl Rogers.
