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Date of Birth

13 January 1938, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Birth Name

William Bruce Davis

Nickname

Bill

Height

6' 2½" (1.89 m)

Trivia

Quit smoking in the late 1970s.

Smoked herbal cigarettes while filming "The X Files" (1993).

A spokesman for the Canadian Cancer Society.

A Canadian national champion water-skier in his division.

Formerly owned and operated the Vancouver-based William Davis Centre for Actors' Study, an acting school for beginners and professionals.

Wrote the "The X Files" (1993) episode "En Ami" (# 7.15) 3/19/2000, which delved into the history of his character, The Cigarette-Smoking Man.

Former drama professor at Bishop's University, Canada, before opening up William Davis Centre for Acting Study.

His favorite "The X Files" (1993) episode is "Talitha Cumi" (3.24).

Has 2 daughters, one is a dancer

Where Are They Now

(June 2003) Hosting the CBC presentation of Steven Spielberg _"Taken" (2002/I) (mini)_.

(July 2003) Acting in Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen", a Montreal-based play co-starring James Kidnie and 'Carolyn Hetherington', as Danish physicist Niels Bohr.

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