Gene Davis

Acting

Gene Davis

Born

1952-01-27 (74)

Place of birth

Tallahassee, Florida, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

25 titles

Eugene M. "Gene" Davis (born January 27, 1952) is an American actor. The brother of actor Brad Davis, he is best known for playing the psychotic killer Warren Stacy in the 1983 film 10 To Midnight with Charles Bronson. He also played a killer in the Charles Bronson/J. Lee Thompson vehicle Messenger of Death, and appeared in the psychological thriller Fear X in 2003, as well as a victim in the 1980 Al Pacino film Cruising.

Known for

Columbo poster
8.1

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

Columbo

1971

The Rockford Files poster
7.6

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.

The Rockford Files

1974

Kojak poster
7.3

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

Kojak

1973

The Hitcher poster
6.9

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.

The Hitcher

1986

Trauma poster
7.3

When emergencies occur, the trauma team from San Francisco City Hospital is first on the scene, traveling by land, by sea or by air to reach their victims in time. From the heights of the city's Transamerica Pyramid to the depths of the San Francisco Bay, these heroes must face the most extreme conditions to save lives, and give meaning to their own existence in the process.

Trauma

2009

The Relic poster
6.2

A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

The Relic

1997

Film credits

2000s · 9 titles

Gone But Not Forgotten poster
4.8

An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has entered a web of duplicity revenge & multiple murder.

Gone But Not Forgotten

2005

Shark Swarm poster
5.3

A fisherman and his family fight to take down a greedy real estate developer who has released toxins into the ocean, turning the area's sharks into bloodthirsty hunters.

Shark Swarm

2008

The History of 'Cruising' poster
7.7

Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

The History of 'Cruising'

2007

Fear X poster
5.8

When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident, Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.

Fear X

2003

Nostradamus poster
4.5

A medieval cult travels to the 20th century and kills people in an attempt to bring about the end of the world. The policeman must stop them by summoning the spirit of Nostradamus.

Nostradamus

2000

Exorcising 'Cruising' poster
6.5

Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

Exorcising 'Cruising'

2007

Just Desserts poster
6.4

Marco Poloni's family owns a bakery in the Bronx and it seems that they have fallen on hard times and his family is considering selling the bakery. Marco then decides to enter a baking competition hoping that the money and publicity will help them. But he needs a partner, so her asks Grace Carpenter, the baker of restaurant, but unfortunately they started off on the wrong foot, but she agrees. So they go to the competition and things seem to be looking good except for a few complications. One of the other contestant Jacques du Jacques is Marco's former classmate at the Academy, whom he says betrayed him. Emil, one of the judges, is Marco's former instructor at the Academy whom he did not leave a good impression on. And Marco's temper. So will they be able to pull it off. And at the same time Marco finds himself attracted to her but she already has a boyfriend.

Just Desserts

2004

Hidden Places poster
7.7

A drama about a young widow who finds a guardian angel in the form of a hobo who comes to her rural community looking for work.

Hidden Places

2006

Santa, Jr. poster
5.6

While delivering toys, Santa's son (Nick Stabile) is arrested for trespassing. Dispirited, he turns for help to a public defender (Lauren Holly).

Santa, Jr.

2002

1980s · 7 titles

The Hitcher poster
6.9

On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.

The Hitcher

1986

10 to Midnight poster
6.2

Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.

10 to Midnight

1983

Cruising poster
6.6

When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, rookie cop Steve Burns infiltrates the gay S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.

Cruising

1980

Black Eagle poster
5.0

One of the US Air Force's most modern tactical aircrafts, an F-100 with a new laser guidance system, crashes into the sea near Malta - a region where the Soviet forces are highly present, too. The CIA immediately sends out their best secret agent, Ken Tani, to salvage the system before it falls into enemy hands. To ensure his loyalty, they bring his two young sons to a nearby hotel on the island.

Black Eagle

1988

Messenger of Death poster
6.1

A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.

Messenger of Death

1988

Honor Bound poster
10.0

US soldier gets involved in Cold War shenanigans in East Germany.

Honor Bound

1988

Night Games poster
4.4

A Californian housewife is terrified of having sex because of a past assault. When this phobia threatens to destroy her marriage, she takes refuge in a series of erotic fantasies about a masked man. But is it really all just a fantasy?

Night Games

1980

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