Rex Davis

Biography

British actor Rex Davis began in the theatre in the late 1900's. Handsome, smart, clean-up athletic star of at least 20 British silent drama and comedy films, making his film debut in Edwin J. Collins sporting/drama 'A Sporting Chance' co-starring Una Tristram and Lionel d'Aragon for the Cricks & Martin Film C in 1913, his mos notable role as Gloster Dick in 'The House of Temperley' with Ben Webster at London Film Co in 1913. In 1914 he left his movie career behind him to fight in World War I, he became a war hero earning the Military Cross for his services on the battlefield in France. After leaving the army he resumed his film career starring as Chester Lawton in Percy Nash's sports/drama 'Won by a Head' for Sterling Films in 1920, best remembered in another sports/drama as the boxer Billy Berks in 'The Knockout' co-starring opposite Lillian Hall-Davis for George Samuelson Film Co in 1923, he was last seen on screen in 'Motherland' co-starring Peggy Carlisle in 1927 and as himself in Bert Wynne's drama 'Remembrance' with Enid Stamp-Taylor in 1928. Whatever happened to him afterwards!