Dore Davidson

{{Short description|American actor (1851–1930)}} {{Infobox person | name = Dore Davidson | image = Dore Davidson, stage actor. Chickering.jpg | caption = | birth_date = October 16, 1851 | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = March 7, 1930 (aged 78) | death_place = New York City, U.s. | other_names = | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|author|producer}} | years_active = 1916–1927 (film) }} '''Dore Davidson''' (1851–March 7, 1930) was an American stage actor and a film actor during the silent era.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Munden |first1=Kenneth White |title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1 |date=1997 |publisher=University of California Press |page=317}}</ref> He was also an author and producer.<ref name="nytobit" />

Davidson was active in Yiddish theater before he began performing on Broadway.<ref name="am">{{cite web |last1=Wollstein |first1=Hans J. |title=Dore Davidson |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/dore-davidson-p17203 |website=AllMovie |access-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211219212446/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/dore-davidson-p17203 |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> Broadway plays in which he appeared included ''Rollo's Wild Oat'' (1920), ''The Stronger Sex'' (1908), ''What the Butler Saw'' (1906), ''Mademoiselle Marni'' (1905), ''The Judgement of King Solomon'' (1902), ''To Have and to Hold'' (1901), and ''Humanity'' (1895).<ref name="ibdb">{{cite web |title=Dore Davidson |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/dore-davidson-37400 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514190057/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/dore-davidson-37400 |archive-date=May 14, 2021}}</ref>

On March 7, 1930, Davidson died in Kings Park Hospital at age 79.<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news |title=Dore Davidson, actor, dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/03/09/archives/dore-davidson-actor-dies-on-the-stage-for-63-yearssupported-booth.html |access-date=December 19, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=March 9, 1930 |page=29|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''Stolen Orders'' (1918) * ''Joan of the Woods'' (1918) * ''Humoresque'' (1920) * ''The Daughter Pays'' (1920) * ''The Light in the Dark'' (1922) * ''The Good Provider'' (1922) * ''The Rosary'' (1922) * ''Your Best Friend'' (1922) * ''Success'' (1923) * ''Broadway Broke'' (1923) * ''The Purple Highway'' (1923) * ''None So Blind'' (1923) * ''Grit'' (1924) * ''Welcome Stranger'' (1924) * ''The Great White Way'' (1924) * ''That Royle Girl'' (1925) * ''The Music Master'' (1927) * ''East Side, West Side'' (1927)

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==External links== {{commons category|Dore Davidson}} *{{IMDb name|0203300}} *{{IBDB name|37400}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davidson, Dore}} Category:1851 births Category:1930 deaths Category:American male stage actors Category:American male film actors Category:American male silent film actors Category:20th-century American male actors Category:Male actors from New York City Category:Yiddish theatre performers