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David Willis (boxer)
David Willis may refer to: * David Willis (English footballer) (1881–1949), English footballer for Sunderland, Newcastle United, and Reading * David Willis (cartoonist) (born 1979), web cartoonist * David Willis (journalist) (born 1960), BBC correspondent * David Willis (Australian footballer) (born 1968), Australian rules footballer * Dave Willis (born 1970), American voice actor, writer, and producer * Dave Willis (comedian) (1895–1973), Scottish comedian and actor * Ski (record producer) (born David Willis), American record producer * David Willis (artist) (born 1932), Irish artist * David Willis (linguist), linguist and Celticist * David Willis (politician), member of the North Carolina House of Representatives See also * David Wills (other) David Wills may refer to: * Dave Wills (sportscaster) (1964–2023), American sportscaster; radio voice of the Tampa Bay Rays * David Wills (voice actor) (born 1970), American voice actor * David Wills (musician) (born 1954), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Willis (English Footballer)
David Lalty Willis (July 1881 – 26 May 1949) was an English professional association football, footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United and Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland. Personal life Willis served as a Private (rank), private in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War. Honours Newcastle United * Football League First Division: 1908-09 Football League First Division, 1908–09 * FA Cup: 1909–10 FA Cup, 1909–10 * FA Charity Shield: 1909 FA Charity Shield, 1909 Career statistics References 1881 births 1949 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Sunderland A.F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players Reading F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players British Army personnel of World War I Royal Army Service Corps soldiers Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne {{England-footy-midfielder-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Willis (cartoonist)
David M Willis (born April 3, 1979) is an American web cartoonist currently living in Columbus, Ohio. He is best known for his interconnected series of webcomics ''Roomies!'', ''It's Walky!'', ''Shortpacked!'', and ''Dumbing of Age''. Willis is also known online for his chatrooms and forums including "ItsWalky". KUTV in Salt Lake City calls him a satirist who is "a little bit edgy." The shape-shifting robot franchise ''Transformers'' appears frequently in Willis' work. He was an administrator on Teletraan I, the ''Transformers'' Wiki from 2006 to 2008, when he facilitated a move from Wikia to its own site at tfwiki.net, remaining an administrator for the new site. Willis eventually became involved in official licensed ''Transformers'' artwork for Fun Publications' ''Transformers'' Collector's Club, particularly the regular club magazine feature ''Recordicons''. Previously featured at Keenspot with the comic of ''It's Walky!'' and the first months of ''Shortpacked!'', Willis l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Willis (journalist)
David Rowland Willis (born 29 September 1960 in London) is an English journalist who lives in the United States. Education Willis was educated at St Joseph's College, an independent school in the county town of Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ... in Suffolk, followed by Harlow Technical College, since renamed Harlow College, in the new town of Harlow in Essex. Career Willis entered journalism after college as a cub reporter on the ''Hertfordshire Mercury'' newspaper and joined the BBC in 1983. After spells in local radio and regional television, he moved to London to assume the role of political correspondent, based at the Houses of Parliament. His career as a foreign correspondent began in 1994, after he was appointed the BBC's Asia correspondent. During s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Willis (Australian Footballer)
David Willis (born 9 January 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). A ruckman, Willis came to Sydney from Hume Football League The Hume Australian Football Netball League (HFNL), often shortened to Hume Football League, is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing twelve clubs based in the South West Slopes and southern Riverina regions of New South ... club Henty. He first broke into the Swans team late in the 1988 season and remained in the side for the rest of the year, as well as the first 13 rounds in 1989, before being injured. His 1990 season didn't begin until round 20 due to a groin injury and he only played once in 1991. He was forced into retirement in 1992, when he broke a bone in his neck. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Willis, David 1968 births Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Sydney Swans players Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Willis
Dave Willis (born May 1, 1970) is an American voice actor, writer, animator, producer and musician. He is best known as the co-creator of the Adult Swim animated series ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' and '' Squidbillies'', the former of which he voices the characters of Meatwad and Carl Brutananadilewski. He is also known for voicing Barry Dylan in the FXX series '' Archer'' and Leto Otel in '' Ballmastrz: 9009''. Career Willis has worked on various Adult Swim shows that are created primarily by Williams Street, an animation-centered, Atlanta-based production division of Cartoon Network. Willis got hired at Ghost Planet Industries after giving the producers a very formal letter of recommendation written in crayon, seemingly by a young child. They liked his sense of humor and hired Willis as a writer for ''Cartoon Planet'' in 1995 and then as a writer for ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' (''SGC2C'' for short) soon after. In early 2000, he helped write and produce the two ''Brak Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Willis (comedian)
Dave Willis (Nom de Guerre of David Williams) (1895– 1 January 1973) was a Scottish comedian and actor. He was a major music hall star in the 1930s and the 1940s in Glasgow, who came to prominence in pantomime. The actor Jerry Desmonde acted as a stooge to him. He made two films for Welwyn Studios co-starring with Patricia Kirkwood in the late 1930s. The 'Scottish Theatre Archive' describes how a "genial, slightly bemused style of comedy characterised his 'little' man style of comedy". One of his best known songs was "In my wee gas mask" about an ARP warden ("the nicest looking warden in the A.R.P"). Biography He was born in Glasgow, the son of a butcher. He had appeared in "Half-Past Eight" show at Theatre Royal. In 1943 it ran for 32 weeks, the longest a show had run in Glasgow and a record that he still held at the time of his death. He retired from the stage in 1950. A decade later he was back on stage. He died at his home in Peebles on 1 January 1973. His son Denny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ski (record Producer)
David Anthony Willis, known professionally as Ski Beatz, is an American record producer from Greensboro, North Carolina, mainly working in hip hop. Biography Discovered by DJ Clark Kent, Ski was originally known as "MC Will-Ski" in the late 1980s. He began his recording career as one third of North Carolina's first hip hop groups ''The Bizzie Boyz'', alongside Mixmasta "D", Darius Owens as also from NC. Fanatic and dancers Move & Groove. In the early 1990s, Ski moved to New York City and was a member of the group Original Flavor, the first group managed by future recording industry executive Damon Dash. In the mid-90s, Ski was working on duo Camp Lo's debut album ''Uptown Saturday Night'' when Dash called him in to work on the debut album of his own artist, Jay-Z. Jay's album, ''Reasonable Doubt'', was released in 1996, marking Ski's first major production placement. Ski produced four tracks off the album, including the singles "Dead Presidents" and " Feelin' It". After the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Willis (artist)
David Willis (born 1932) is a self-taught Irish artist from Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. He is best known for his work on the TG4 TG4 ( ga, TG Ceathair, ) is an Irish free-to-air public service television network. The channel launched on 31 October 1996 and is available online and through its on demand service TG4 Player in Ireland and beyond. TG4 was formerly known a ... television series ''Irish Paint Magic.'' Willis is a former building, glazing and decorating contractor and has since retired. He is known for his career in political circles, in which he served for the Mallow Town Council for several years. Willis is presenter of the well-known TG4 television series ''Irish Paint Magic'', in which he gives a demonstration on how to paint Irish landscape, particularly notable Irish landmarks such as The Cliffs of Moher, Mallow Castle, the Glens of Antrim and the Bullfrog. Willis shares with viewers his unique techniques on how to paint. The series has been in prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Willis (linguist)
David W. E. Willis, is a linguist and Celticist. In 2020 he took up the post of Jesus Professor of Celtic at the University of Oxford. He had previously held posts in historical linguistics at the University of Manchester and at the University of Cambridge, where he was a Fellow of Selwyn College. In 2022, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. Research His research is in the areas of language change and syntax, with particular reference to the Celtic and Slavic languages as well as to English. The synchronic and diachronic syntax of Welsh has been a particular focus: his first book was on the loss of verb-second in the history of Welsh, and he has co-authored a textbook on the syntax of the present-day language. He is also an expert in the syntax of negation In logic, negation, also called the logical complement, is an operation that takes a proposition P to another proposition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Willis (politician)
David Willis is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the North Ca ... who has represented the 68th district (including part of Union County) since 2021. Committee assignments 2021-2022 session *Appropriations *Appropriations - Education *K-12 Education (Vice Chair) *Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform Committee *Transportation Electoral history References {{DEFAULTSORT:Willis, David Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Waxhaw, North Carolina Appalachian State University alumni Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |