Acting

Ruddy L. Davis

Born 1942-05-11 · Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies

Ruddy L. Davis was born on 11 May 1942 in Jamaica. He is an actor, known for Magnum, P.I. (1980), Burning an Illusion (1982) and Theatre Night (1985).

Acting credits

Burning an Illusion poster
6.0

A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demanding boyfriend, and with the help of friends seeks something better.

Burning an Illusion

1981

Atlantis poster
NR

Goff and Lytton have a dream – a canal boat of their own on which to cruise the inland waterways. The reality is the boatyard of Josh Adkins and a rusting hulk called Atlantis.

Atlantis

1983

Drowning in the Shallow End poster
7.0

Nothing seems to go right for Colin, no matter how he tries. No one is offering him writing work, and his marriage is disintegrating. Why can't he be smooth and confident as he imagines other men to be?

Drowning in the Shallow End

1990

Under the Hammer poster
10.0

All seems ready for a major sale of impressionist paintings to be graced by a royal visit. But panic erupts in the boardroom when the pedigree of the Van Gogh - to be sold by the Russians - is questioned. When it causes a scene between the porters, Les and Mick, a respectable firm is forced to take drastic action to save the big day.

Under the Hammer

1984

The Silent Twins poster
NR

Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons speak only to each other in a language of their own creation. As young teens, they commit a violent crime. After 14 years in Broadmoor Psychiatric Institution, freedom visits them in a mysterious way.

The Silent Twins

1986

No artwork available
NR

Based on J. M. Synge's Playboy of the Western World. Peggy Ford runs her father's rum bar in Mayaro, a quiet fishing village in Trinidad. Nothing much happens in Mayaro until a handsome young stranger appears and insists that he has just murdered his father.

Playboy of the West Indies

1985