Fred Davis

Fred Davis

Born: January 1, 1921
Died: July 5, 1996
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Movies for Fred Davis...

Title: Black Bird
Character: FCI Guard
Released: July 7, 2022
Type: TV
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
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Title: Brains & Brawn
Character: Host
Released: September 13, 1958
Type: TV
Brains & Brawn is the name of two similar NBC game shows aired on Saturdays in 1958 and 1993 respectively.
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Encounter at Trinity
Title: Encounter at Trinity
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
The big whale round-up at Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, is brought to the screen with a realism not often found in fish stories. Cameras are on hand to record the annual sea drama as herds of pothead whales are driven inshore by fishing boats and killed in shallow water. There is tense excitement as, their escape cut off, the marine monsters fight for their lives. Reporter Fred Davis is told about the commercial uses of whale meat and whale products, particularly in mink farming.
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The Long Arm
Title: The Long Arm
Released: June 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.
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Fighter Wing
Title: Fighter Wing
Character: Host
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Fred Davis introduces us to Canadian Air Force operations in Zweibrucken, West Germany. Follow Green Section as they perform drills and explain what it takes to be a fighter pilot.
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Sable Island
Title: Sable Island
Character: Host
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
This short documentary profiles the uniquely cloistered wildlife of Sable Island, known as the “Atlantic graveyard” due to its inhospitable conditions. Barren sands and endless gales proved too much for human settlement on this island off the coast of Nova Scotia. Only a small group of researchers and maintenance people occupy the island; horses run wild, seals and birds multiply profusely, and the Ipswich sparrow has found a fruitful breeding ground for itself. Sable Island provides a perfect opportunity to observe nature in an untouched, organic laboratory.
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Title: The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Character: Guard (uncredited)
Released: September 28, 1955
Type: TV
The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.
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36 Hours
Title: 36 Hours
Character: Police Photographer (Uncredited)
Released: December 4, 1953
Type: Movie
When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours to find out who murdered her. In so doing he uncovers a shocking catalogue of his wife's past affairs and an identity that he knew nothing about.
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The Flanagan Boy
Title: The Flanagan Boy
Character: Spectator
Released: April 10, 1953
Type: Movie
Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to reach the top is born out of a string of spectacular successes. All of which is brought to a halt when he develops a physical relationship with his manager's wife, the beautiful but manipulative Lorna. His naive temperament is no match for her callous, dispassionate scheming and he unwittingly becomes a pawn in Lorna's ultimate plan... .to murder her husband.