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Daniel Davis (born November 26, 1945) is an American film, stage and television actor.

Daniel Davis
Davis at a Star Trek convention
Born	(1945-11-26) November 26, 1945 (age 76) Gurdon, Arkansas, U.S.
Other names	Danny Davis
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970–Present

Davis is best known for portraying Niles the butler on the sitcom The Nanny (1993 to 1999), and for his two guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on Star Trek: The Next Generation, affecting an upper class English accent for both roles. He voices the intelligent Cro-Magnon, Longhair, from the Longhair and Doubledome cartoon shorts from Cartoon Network's Big Pick.

Early life and education

Davis was born in Gurdon, Arkansas,[1] and grew up in Little Rock. His parents operated a cinema.[2] His first acting job was at the age of 11, when he was cast in a local broadcast program, Betty's Little Rascals.[3]

Davis graduated from Hall High School in Little Rock in 1963. He graduated from the Arkansas Arts Center with a Bachelor of Fine Arts,[4] followed by work with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival,[5] the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and six years with the American Conservatory Theater (ACT).[2] During his time at ACT, he taught acting classes.

Career

Davis first became popular in daytime television playing opposite Beverlee McKinsey as her character Iris Cory's former (and presumed dead) husband, Elliot Carrington, on the soap opera Texas, a spin-off of Another World, from October 1980 to December 1981. In 1985, he played a renegade soldier in the Season 4 episode, "The Doctor is Out", of the television series The A-Team.

Davis played his most famous character, Niles the Butler, on the television series The Nanny throughout its run from 1993 to 1999 and in its reunion special in 2004 (in cameo flashbacks only). Niles was known for his frequent use of deadpan one-liners, usually insulting character C. C. Babcock, with whom Niles eventually fell in love and married in the series' last season.

His natural accent is Southern American;[6] however, his English accent as Niles was so accurate that many viewers thought he was actually English. He also used an English accent as Professor Moriarty in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "Elementary, Dear Data" and "Ship in a Bottle". However, as the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in the 1990 film The Hunt for Red October, Davis spoke with his own American accent. Davis' cartoon voice for the aforementioned Longhair character used an English accent.

In 2000, Davis was nominated for a Best Actor Tony Award for his role in David Hirson's Broadway play Wrong Mountain.[7] In 2003, he appeared in the Alan Bennett play Talking Heads. In 2004, he portrayed George Bernard Shaw in the Stephen Sondheim musical The Frogs. He co-starred in La Cage Aux Folles with Gary Beach from November 2004 to March 2005. (Reportedly, he clashed frequently with Beach and others. He was eventually replaced by Robert Goulet.[8])

In 2002, Davis guest-starred on the television series Frasier, playing Dr. Shafer in Season 10, Episode 8, "Rooms with a View".

Davis was among the group of celebrities lip-synching to the Bee Gees' Stayin' Alive on the "Idol Gives Back" episode of American Idol on April 25, 2007. He appeared briefly in the 2006 film The Prestige, directed by Christopher Nolan.

In July 2008, he portrayed King Lear at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, under the direction of Bonnie J. Monte. That year he also guest-starred on the television series Ugly Betty.

In November 2010, Davis was part of the Celebrity Autobiography series at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin, Texas. He performed along with fellow Nanny alum Lauren Lane and Ugly Betty alum Michael Urie.[9]

In December 2010, he appeared on The Fran Drescher Show through Skype. In 2012, he recorded the audiobook of the Star Wars novel Star Wars: Darth Plagueis, by James Luceno.

Davis will reprise the role of Professor Moriarty in the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard.[10]

Theatre

Davis is an established theatre actor. He has appeared in both Broadway and off-Broadway productions in New York,[11] and has appeared at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[11]

Off-Broadway, he played Rubin in Lake No Bottom in 1990, the Duke of Buckingham in The Tragedy of Richard III, Graham in the Alan Bennett monologue "A Chip in the Sugar" for the series Talking Heads in 2003, and he starred as Gaev in The Cherry Orchard in 2011.[11]

On Broadway, he played Antonio Salieri in Amadeus in 1980, Maurice Montesor in Wrong Mountain in 2000, Oscar Wilde in The Invention of Love in 2001, Georges in La Cage aux Folles in 2004, and George Bernard Shaw in The Frogs, also in 2004.[11]

In 2007, Davis was a member of the cast of an audio production of the play Blue/Orange, in which he took the part of Dr. Robert Smith.

In 2012, he played Prospero in The Tempest at Hartford Stage.[12]

In 2016, he appeared on Broadway as Selsdon Mowbray in the Roundabout Theatre revival of Noises Off at the American Airlines Theatre.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker	Skinny	Uncredited
1985	Chain Letters	Steve
1986	Blind Justice	Attorney Seth Thompson	TV Movie
1989	K-9	Halstead
1990	The Hunt for Red October	Captain Davenport
1990	Havana	Marion Chigwell
2005	Thru the Moebius Strip	Arthur	Voice
2006	The Prestige	Judge
2018	Roses are Blind	Addison Spelling

TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Great Performances	Moulineaux	1 episode
1980–81	Texas	Eliot Carrington	71 episodes
1983	Hardcastle and McCormick	Joe Kello	Episode: "The Day the Music Died"
1984	Cagney & Lacey	Arthur Cole	1 episode
1984	Highway to Heaven	Lance Gaylord	Episode: "Catch a Falling Star"
1985	Remington Steele	Pierre Fumar	Episode: "Gourmet Steele"
1985	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Robert Castille and Tony Martinet	Episodes: "Vigilante Mothers" and "All the World's a Stage"
1985	The A-Team	Phillips	1 episode
1985	The Eagle and the Bear	Underhill	TV Movie
1986	George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation	Patrick Henry	TV Movie
1986	Matlock	James Billings	Episode: "The Professor"
1986	Cheers	Mr. Reinhardt	Episode: "The Peterson Principle"
1986	Tall Tales & Legends	Congressman	1 episode
1987	Dynasty	Harry Thresher	Season 8 – 5 Episodes: "The New Moguls", "The Spoiler", "Images", "The Rifle", & "The Scandal"
1987	The Spirit	Simon Teasdale	TV Movie
1988	Frank's Place	Arnold David Tuney	1 episode
1988	The Equalizer	Eddie Mason	1 episode
1988	What Price Victory	Trainer	TV Movie
1988, 1993	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Professor James Moriarty	Episodes: "Elementary, Dear Data" and "Ship in a Bottle"
1989	MacGyver	Mr. Helman / Nicholas Helman	Episode: "Halloween Knights"
1991	Palomino	Doctor	TV Movie
1991	She Stood Alone	Parker Elsworth	TV Movie
1991	The Perfect Tribute	Gov. Curtin	TV Movie
1992	Columbo	Alex Varrick / Wedding photographer	Episode: "No Time to Die"
1992	Civil Wars	Harvey Gutfruend	Episode: "Tape Fear"
1992	L.A. Law	C. Howard Grady	Episode: "Love in Bloom"
1992	Murder, She Wrote	Neal Dishman	Episode: "Badge of Honor"
1993–99	The Nanny	Niles	145 episodes
1996	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Lugo	1 episode
1996	Adventures from the Book of Virtues	The Horse / Schoolmaster Dobbins	1 episode
1997	Duckman	Rodney	1 episode
1997	Remember WENN	Desmond Quist	1 episode
1999	Rugrats	Conan McNulty / Wrestler	TV Series Short; 1 episode
2000	The Practice	Judge Barton Wolfe	Episodes: "Summary Judgment", "Germ Warfare" and "Appeal and Denial"
2000	Longhair and Doubledome	Longhair	Failed pilot; voice only
2002	Frasier	Dr Shafer	Episode: "Rooms With A View (Part 2)"
2008	Ugly Betty	Dr. Morgan Remus	Guest, Episode: "Burning Questions"
2010	The Fran Drescher Show	Himself	Guest
2015	Gotham	Jacob Skolimski	Episode: "Under the Knife"
2017	The Blacklist	Baldur Magnusson	Episode: "Natalie Luca [#184]"
2019	Elementary	Antoine LaGrange	Episode: "The Price of Admission"
2019	The Good Fight	Professor Harrison	1 episode
2022	New Amsterdam	Vic Wallace	Season 4 Episode 21: Castles Made of Sand
2023	Star Trek: Picard	Professor James Moriarty	Season 3

References

External links

• Daniel Davis at the Internet Broadway Database
• Daniel Davis at IMDb

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[de] Daniel Davis (Schauspieler)

Daniel Davis (* 26. November 1945 in Gurdon, Arkansas) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Bekanntheit erlangte er vor allem durch die Rolle des Butlers Niles in der von 1993 bis 1999 erstausgestrahlten Sitcom Die Nanny.

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- [en] Daniel Davis

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[es] Daniel Davis

Daniel Davis (Gurdon, Arkansas, 26 de noviembre de 1945) es un actor de teatro, televisión y cine estadounidense, conocido principalmente por haber interpretado el papel del mayordomo Niles, en la serie The Nanny.

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