William Stanford Davis

Acting

William Stanford Davis

Born 1951-08-07 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

William Stanford Davis (born August 7, 1951) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as school custodian Mr. Johnson on the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary (2021–present).

Acting credits

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw poster
6.7

When laidback Greg finds himself at odds with his dad's outsized expectations, pressure builds to turn his act around. After a series of hilarious near disasters, Greg's dad presents him with an ultimatum that just might challenge his wimpy ways for good.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

2025

City of Angels poster
6.8

When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.

City of Angels

1998

James Dean poster
6.8

The man behind the legend and a knowing look at 1950s Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic biopic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant.

James Dean

2001

Cardboard Boxer poster
6.4

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.

Cardboard Boxer

2016

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent poster
5.8

As the War in Heaven and on Earth rages on, Pyriel, the Angel of Genocide, rises to power, intending to destroy all of mankind. The only one who stands in his way is street preacher Danyael, who was born of an Angel and a woman, the nephilim.

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent

2000

Please Stand By poster
6.8

A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on her journey into the unknown.

Please Stand By

2018

A Lot Like Love poster
6.8

On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to... lovers?

A Lot Like Love

2005

Adopt a Highway poster
6.7

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.

Adopt a Highway

2019

Running Time poster
5.7

Carl, a career criminal, receives an early release from prison and immediately begins preparations for his next big heist.

Running Time

1997

Barry Munday poster
5.7

Barry Munday, a libido-driven wage slave who spends all his time either ogling, fantasizing about, or trying to pick up women, wakes up in hospital after a freak attack only to find that his testicles have been removed.

Barry Munday

2010

Primary Colors poster
6.3

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.

Primary Colors

1998

Guns for Hire poster
4.7

Beatle is a quirky loner who refuses to live by society's rules. Her business cards read "Towing/Assassination," and she even has a hit man infomercial to go along with it. Her only human contact is with her psychiatrist and the stripper/hooker she employs once a week. Everything changes the night she meets Athena Klendon, a suicidal blonde with a secret. With a demented killer on their tail, courtesy of Athena's crooked former employer, the two quickly strike a bargain. Athena will change her life insurance policy to reflect Beatle as the beneficiary in exchange for her own execution. And while they wait for the paperwork to come through, Beatle will provide room and board and get some extra help on her infomercial. The two have no idea that Detective Holt has been on their case reviewing their every move. Just when he thinks he's got Beatle pinned beyond a shadow of a doubt, this comedic mystery takes a wild and unexpected turn.

Guns for Hire

2015

Across the Hall poster
6.0

Convinced that his fiancee is cheating on him, a man follows her to a hotel and calls his best friend to help him avoid a calamity.

Across the Hall

2009

Undercard poster
8.7

After abandoning her son, a female boxing trainer rises from the ashes to coach him in the biggest fight of his career.

Undercard

2026

Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie poster
5.3

LA homicide detective Gene Handsome's knack for solving mysteries is matched only by his inability to make sense of his own problems.

Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie

2017

Hallowed Ground poster
5.1

After she becomes stranded in a small town, a young woman discovers her arrival there was foretold a century earlier by the town's founding preacher and that she is an integral part of his impending - and terrifying - rebirth.

Hallowed Ground

2007

So B. It poster
6.6

A young girl named Heidi who lives with her mentally disabled mother, travels across the country to find out about her and her mothers past.

So B. It

2016

Self Medicated poster
5.8

Based on true events. On the edges of Las Vegas, 17-year-old Andrew's life is spiraling out of control. Unable to cope with the loss of his father, Andrew's descent into drugs and violence is gaining momentum, and the once promising young man is now headed for self-destruction. Andrew's mother, helpless to control her son and fighting an addiction of her own, refuses to watch idly as her only child destroys himself. As a last resort, she hires a private company to forcibly kidnap and confine him in a locked-down and corrupt psychiatric hospital. As Andrew is subjected to the secret physical and emotional abuses of the program something inside him is re-awakened. He must somehow get free to save what's left of his life, but to do that, he knows he must first face his own demons head-on.

Self Medicated

2005

A Winter Rose poster
3.0

A young singer in Los Angeles named Winter Rose (Kim Whalen) is chosen to be the successor to a world-famous star who is retiring because of a cancer diagnosis.

A Winter Rose

2016

When Duty Calls poster
6.5

When newlyweds, Ellie and Martin, both volunteer at their local police department they find themselves tangled in a criminal case.

When Duty Calls

2015

Accused at 17 poster
6.3

A teenager is accused of murdering a classmate and claims that she was framed by her best friend. Her mother must try to find the truth.

Accused at 17

2009

No artwork available
4.5

Witness a day in the life of Gretchen, a troubled woman on a quest for love.

You Can Never Really Know Someone

2016

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Damn Whitey

Dead Women Walking poster
NR

Nine vignettes depict the stages leading to execution for women on death row.

Dead Women Walking

2018