Don S. Davis

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Recent Role:
on To Love and Die
Gender:
Male
Born:
8-4-1942
Died:
6-29-2008 (Heart attack)
Birthplace:
Ozark Mountains, Missouri, USA
Birth Name:
Don Sinclair Davis
AKA:
Don Davis, Don Sinclair Davis, Don S Davies
Don S. Davis was a character actor, painter, designer, woodcarver, former theater professor, and was a Captain in the United States Army during the sixties. Don was born and raised in a small town in the Missouri Ozarks. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree with double major in theater and art from Southwest Missouri State College in 1965. He then served three years on active duty in the United States Army.





Upon his release from active duty in the military Don entered the University of Southern Illinois, in Carbondale, Illinois, to work toward a





… More Masters Degree in theater. Don received his Masters Degree in 1970. He then taught for a number of years before returning to Southern Illinois University to complete the coursework for a PhD in Theater. Don received his PhD in 1982. Don's first love throughout his life has been the visual arts.





He grew up drawing, painting, and creating sculptural constructions. When Don was a small boy his father, M.T. Davis, owned a lumberyard and supported Don's interests by setting up a functional woodworking shop for his son's use in the basement of the family home. He also took the time to teach Don to whittle and carve wood. The constant positive encouragement of Don's creative endeavours by his family made it a natural progression for Don to continue to be vitally interested in creating paintings, drawings, carvings and design projects as he grew into adulthood. As a result Don spent nearly twenty years applying and developing all those interests while earning his living as a collegiate scene designer and augmenting his income with art sales and various design commissions.







Don began working in the film industry while teaching at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada in the early 1980s. He left teaching to pursue acting full time in 1987. Don has appeared in numerous feature films including Alaska, A League of Their Own, Needful Things, Look Who's Talking, Con Air and Best of Show. He has had feature roles in over thirty made for television movies including In Cold Blood, The Ranger, The Cook and The Hole in the Sky, Columbo: A Bird in Hand, and the mini-series Atomic Train.




Davis died on June 29, 2008. The cause of death was reported to be a massive heart attack






Don's television credits also include his series regular role as General George Hammond in Stargate SG-1, and recurring roles in The X-Files where he played father to Gillian Anderson's Agent Scully, Twin Peaks where he played Major Briggs. Don has guest starred in dozen of television series including Northern Exposure, L.A. Law, Knots Landing, Twenty-One Jump Street, Wiseguy and MacGyver.

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  • Farewell Major General George Hammond. Don S. Davis passes away

    source: gateworld With great sadness we must report that veteran actor Don S. Davis passed away on June 29, 2008. He was 65 years old. The following message was provided by Don's representative and his wife, Ruby Fleming-Davis: Dear Fans and Friends of Don S. Davis, So many of you have… More been touched by not only the work and art of Don S. Davis, but by the man himself, who always took the time to be with you at the appearances he loved, that it is with a tremendous sense of loss I must share with you that Don passed away from a massive heart attack on Sunday morning, June 29th. On behalf of his family and wife, Ruby, we thank you for your prayers and condolences. A family memorial where Don's ashes will be scattered in the ocean will take place in a few weeks, and should you wish to, please make a donation to the American Heart Association in Don's memory. Don S.Davis is perhaps best know for his role as Major General George Hammond in Stargate SG-1 " General George S. Hammond : Doctor, are we entirely sure that the members of SG-1 are, what's the word? Dr. Janet Fraiser : Sane? General George S. Hammond : That's the one!" He has been a well loved actor to the Stargate fans and according to many sources he was a wonderful person. The world has indeed lost from the passing of this wonderful human being. We salute you Don and hope you are doing well. Best wishes to the family.

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    9.5 Superb
    Always seemed to play military men with a conscience and a heart and it sounds like he was playing to type - a good guy in fact and fiction. hide show

    The scene in the X-Files ep "One Breath" where his character comes to Scully while she's in her coma and tells her how much she meant to her - it already made me cry and now I'm not sure I can watch it without totally losing the plot emotionally. He was in 3 of my favourite Sci-Fi shows - and my two all-time favourites, X-Files and the brilliant Twin Peaks. I always got the feeling that he was the same honourable guy in real life that he played in these shows and his obits seem to bear this out. He'll be much missed.

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    silver6pence Added Jul 1, 2008 All my reviews
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    9.4 Superb
    wish he was still around hide show

    miss him on Stargate Wish he was still around, hope to see him on a few special appaerences this season, I have seen him a few others times, in other things Atomc Train etc, good actor, hope he gets more screen time somewhere this year, plus he is from very near to where I live

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    port5170 Added Apr 19, 2006 All my reviews
 
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