Tyrell Davis

{{Short description|British actor (1902–1970)}} {{For|the Canadian sprinter|Tyrell Davis (sprinter)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Tyrell Davis | birth_name = Harry Davis | birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|09|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Surbiton]], [[Surrey]], [[England]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|12|08|1902|09|29|df=y}} | death_place = [[London]], [[England]] | other_names = Tyrrell Davis<br />Harry Davis | occupation = [[Actor]] | years_active = 1925-1938 | father = Sir Robert Henry Davis | spouse = [[Lota Cheek]] (divorced) }}

'''Tyrell Davis''' (1902–1970) was a British [[film actor]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/55921|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114094745/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/55921|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-14|title=Under Proof (1936)|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E02E0DE173BEF3ABC4C51DFB4668388629EDE|title=Constance Bennett, Violet Kemble-Cooper and Grant Mitchell in a Film of a Somerset Maugham Play|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2012-03-17|date=1933-02-24|author=Mordaunt Hall|author-link=Mordaunt Hall}}</ref> [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] educated, who appeared on the [[West End theatre|West End]] and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] stage, as well as in British and American films.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&q=Tyrell+Davis+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film:+Fourth+edition&pg=RA3-PA1892|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}</ref>

"In [[George Cukor]]'s ''[[Our Betters]]'' (1933), Tyrell Davis played one of the swishiest homosexuals of them all."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rolle |first=Elisa |title=Queer Places: East of England: Retracing the steps of LGBTQ people around the world |date=17 September 2016 |publisher=Independently |isbn=979-8343501797 |pages=25}}</ref>

Tyrell Davis was born on September 29, 1902 in Surbiton, Surrey, England as Harry Davis. He was an actor, known for ''[[Strictly Unconventional]]'' (1930), ''[[Let Us Be Gay]]'' (1930) and ''[[Paid (1930 film)|Paid]]'' (1930). He was married to [[Lota Cheek]].

He died on December 8, 1970 in London, England.

==Filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''[[Lucky in Love (film)|Lucky in Love]]'' (1929) * ''[[Mother's Boy (1929 film)|Mother's Boy]]'' (1929) * ''[[His Glorious Night]]'' (1929) * ''Strictly Unconventional'' (1930) * ''[[Love in the Rough]]'' (1930) * ''Let Us Be Gay'' (1930) * ''[[Rain or Shine (film)|Rain or Shine]]'' (1930) * ''[[Prince of Diamonds]]'' (1930) * ''[[The Dancers (1930 film)|The Dancers]]'' (1930) * ''Paid'' (1930) * ''[[The Magnificent Lie (1931 film)|The Magnificent Lie]]'' (1931) * ''[[Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931 film)|Parlor, Bedroom and Bath]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Road to Singapore]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Phantom of Paris]]'' (1931) * ''[[God's Gift to Women]]'' (1931) * ''[[Chances (film)|Chances]]'' (1931) * ''[[Murder at Midnight (1931 film)|Murder at Midnight]]'' (1931) * ''[[Temptation's Workshop]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Unexpected Father]]'' (1932) * ''[[Lady with a Past]]'' (1932) * ''[[Lovers Courageous]]'' (1932) * ''[[Call Her Savage]]'' (1932) * ''[[Love in High Gear (1932 film)|Love in High Gear]]'' (1932) * ''Our Betters'' (1933) * ''[[Blind Adventure]]'' (1933) * ''[[Pleasure Cruise]]'' (1933) * ''[[Peg o' My Heart (1933 film)|Peg o' My Heart]]'' (1933) * ''[[Dangerously Yours (1933 film)|Dangerously Yours]]'' (1933) * ''[[Designing Women (1934 film)|Designing Women]]'' (1934) * ''[[Freedom of the Seas (film)|Freedom of the Seas]]'' (1934) * ''[[Smith's Wives]]'' (1935) * ''[[All at Sea (1935 film)|All at Sea]]'' (1935) * ''[[Under Proof]]'' (1936) * ''[[Parisian Life (1936 film)|Parisian Life]]'' (1936) * ''[[Dinner at the Ritz]]'' (1937) * ''[[The Green Cockatoo]]'' (1937) * ''[[Strange Boarders]]'' (1938) * ''[[Second Best Bed]]'' (1938) {{div col end}}

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0205598}} * {{IBDB name|67242}}

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