Will S. Davis
actor, director, writer
- Born:
- 1882
- Died:
- 1920-11-19
- Professions:
- actor, director, writer
Biography
Born in 1882, Will S. Davis spent the silent era behind the camera, spinning stories from shadows and celluloid. In 1915 alone he unleashed two one-reel shocks—Destruction and The Family Stain—then followed them a year later with the six-reel thriller The Victim, each title tightening his reputation as a conjurer of suspense. The curtain fell prematurely on 19 November 1920, but the flicker of his brief, trailblazing career still sputters ghost-like through the archives of early American cinema.
