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Roger Davis (other)
Roger Davis may refer to: *Roger Davis (film actor) (1884–1980), American actor * Roger Davis (television actor) (born 1939), American actor in television series ''Dark Shadows'' and ''Alias Smith and Jones'' *Roger Davis (cricketer) (born 1946), former county cricketer who played for Glamorgan *Roger Davis (Pennsylvania politician) (1762–1815), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * Roger Davis (American football) (born 1938), former American football player *Roger Davis (rugby union) (born 1951), former rugby union player *Roger J. Davis, molecular biologist *Roger Davis, a character from ''Rent'' (musical) *Roger K. Davis, prison guard and candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010 *Roger Davis, Marengo County, Alabama sheriff, imprisoned for corruption See also *Roger Davies (other) Roger Davies may refer to: * Roger Davies (actor), English actor known for ''Renford Rejects'' and ''The Cloverfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Davis (film Actor)
Roger Davis (January 20, 1884 – March 3, 1980) was an American actor. Career Davis was born in Maryland, and played small parts in a number of Hollywood films of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. They included A Social Celebrity, (1926), ''Are You There?'' (1930) and Youth Takes a Fling (1938). He played roles such as butlers and waiters, and appeared in two of the Tracy-Hepburn vehicles, '' Adam's Rib'' (1949) and ''Pat and Mike ''Pat and Mike'' is a 1952 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The movie was written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, and directed by George Cukor. Cukor directed '' The Philadelphia Story'' (1940) with He ...'' (1952). Davis died of cancer on March 3, 1980, at the age of 96. References External links * 1884 births 1980 deaths Male actors from Maryland 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Davis (television Actor)
Jon Roger Davis (born April 5, 1939) is an American actor and entrepreneur. He is best known for acting in the television series ''Dark Shadows'' and ''Alias Smith and Jones''. He has also appeared in an episode of ''The Twilight Zone''.Roger Davis at IMDb Education Davis was born in Louisville, Kentucky on April 5, 1939 and graduated from Columbia College in 1961, where he was classmates with '''' co-star and director .[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Davis (cricketer)
Roger Clive Davis (born 15 January 1946) is a Welsh former county cricketer who played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club, Glamorgan for 13 years as an all-rounder. While having a quiet career from his debut in 1964 until 1970, he then enjoyed five years of greater success, including scoring over 1,000 runs in the 1975 season, before a rapid decline in 1976 which saw him dropped from the team. He nevertheless enjoyed a successful career, with over 7,000 runs and 241 wickets in first-class cricket. He became headline news in 1971, when a ball hit him on the side of the head while he was fielding in the dangerous "short leg" position, causing his heart and breathing to stop. County career Early years Born in Cardiff, Wales, Davis attended Blundell's School. His older brother, John Davis (cricketer, born 1939), John Davis who was born in 1939, also went to school there, and both enjoyed successful sports careers there in the schools cricket 1st XI. John Davis debut for Glamorgan in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Davis (Pennsylvania Politician)
Roger Davis (October 2, 1762November 20, 1815) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Roger Davis was born in Charlestown Village in the Province of Pennsylvania. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and commenced practice about 1785 in Charlestown. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1809 to 1811. Davis was elected as a Republican to the Twelfth and Thirteenth In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the note thirteen scale degrees from the root of a chord and also the interval between the root and the thirteenth. The interval can be also described as a compound sixth, spanning an octa ... Congresses. He resumed the practice of medicine in Charlestown, where he died in 1815, and was interred in Great Valley Presbyterian Churchyard. Sources The Political Graveyard 1762 births 1815 deaths Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Perelman School of Medici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Davis (American Football)
Roger Wilfred Davis (born June 23, 1938) is a former professional American football player who played offensive lineman for seven seasons for the Chicago Bears, the Los Angeles Rams, and the New York Giants. He was drafted by the Bears in the first round (7th overall) of the 1960 NFL Draft, and is one of only two guards drafted in the first round by the team (Kyle Long Kyle Howard Long (born December 5, 1988) is an American football guard who is a free agent. The son of Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end Howie Long and the younger brother of former defensive end Chris Long. He played college football at O ... being the other). References 1938 births Living people American football offensive guards American football offensive tackles Chicago Bears players Los Angeles Rams players New York Giants players Syracuse Orange football players All-American college football players Players of American football from Cleveland {{offensive-lineman-1930s-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Davis (rugby Union)
Roger Andrew Davis (born 23 October 1951) is an Australian former banking executive and rugby union international. Davis, born in Sydney, was educated at The King's School, Parramatta. A lock, Davis was a lineout specialist and played for Sydney University Football Club, where he developed his game under future Wallabies coach David Brockhoff. He featured in all three Tests on New Zealand's 1974 tour of Australia, before taking up a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Pembroke College, Oxford. While at Oxford, Davis earned rugby blues in 1974 and 1975. He later served nine years as chairman of New South Wales Rugby Union. Davis was Bank of Queensland chairman from 2013 to 2019. See also *List of Australia national rugby union players List of Australia national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Australia national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a test match (rugby union), Test match. Note that the "position" co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger J
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rent (musical)
''Rent'' is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson, loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera ''La Bohème''. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan's East Village in the thriving days of bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The musical was first seen in a workshop production at New York Theatre Workshop in 1993. This same off-Broadway theatre was also the musical's initial home following its official 1996 opening. The show's creator, Jonathan Larson, died suddenly of an aortic dissection, believed to have been caused by undiagnosed Marfan syndrome, the night before the off-Broadway premiere. The musical moved to Broadway's larger Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996. On Broadway, ''Rent'' gained critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Musical. The Broadway production closed on Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives Elections In Illinois, 2010
Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine Illinois's 19 members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013. Primary elections were held on February 2, 2010. Of the 19 elections, the 10th, 11th, 14th and 17th districts were rated as competitive by ''CQ Politics'' and ''The Rothenberg Political Report''; while the 8th, 10th, 11th, 14th and 17th districts were rated as competitive by ''The Cook Political Report'' and ''Sabato's Crystal Ball''. Of Illinois's nineteen U.S. Representatives, fourteen were re-elected. Republican Mark Kirk of the 10th district did not seek re-election in order to run for the U.S. Senate, while Democrats Melissa Bean of the 8th district, Debbie Halvorson of the 11th district, Bill Foster of the 14th district and Phil Hare of the 17th district were defeated in the general election. Joe Walsh, Adam Kinzing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodloe Sutton
Howard Goodloe Sutton (born January 31, 1939) is an American newspaper editor, publisher, and owner. From 1964 to 2019, he published '' The Democrat-Reporter'', a small weekly newspaper in Linden, Alabama. Sutton was widely celebrated in 1998 for publishing over four years a series of articles that exposed corruption in the Marengo County Sheriff's Office; he received awards and commendations and was suggested as a candidate for the Pulitzer Prize. In 2019, Sutton once again became the focus of national attention when he wrote and published an editorial suggesting the Ku Klux Klan be revived to "clean out" Washington, D.C. He already had a local reputation for other, similarly inflammatory racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, and homophobic editorials. Personal life and career Howard Goodloe Sutton was born in Alabama in 1939, the son of Robert E. Sutton and Lorie Chrietzburg Sutton. His father was the editor of ''The Democrat-Reporter'' newspaper and bought it in 1917. Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
