Robert Creel Davis (November 6, 1949 - September 8, 1991), better known as Brad Davis, was an American actor. He was perhaps best known for his role in the 1978 film, Midnight Express. November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events February 1 - Bob Dylans film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour premieres in Los Angeles, California March 1 - Charlie Chaplins coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery 3 months after burial March - Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for Star Wars Episode... Midnight Express is a 1978 biographical film, based on the book of true accounts of Billy Hayes, a young American sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle Hashish out of Turkey to the US. However, it should be noted that the movie deviates from the books accounts of...

Biography

Davis was born in Tallahassee, Florida to Eugene Davis, a dentist whose career declined due to alcoholism, and his wife, the former Anne Creel. His brother, Gene Davis, is also an actor. According to an article in The New York Times published in 1987, the actor's mother sexually abused him and as an adult, he was an alcoholic and an intravenous drug user before becoming sober in 1981.[1] Location in Leon County and the state of Florida. ... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ... Gene Davis (born Eugene M. Davis) is the brother of actor Brad Davis. ...

Davis was known as "Bobby" during his youth, but took Brad as his stage name in 1973.[2]

At seventeen, after winning a music talent contest, Davis worked at Theatre Atlanta. He later moved to New York City and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, as well as studied acting at the American Place Theater. After a role on the soap opera How to Survive a Marriage, he performed in off-Broadway plays. In 1976 he was cast as Sally Field's love interest in the television film "Sybil". He played the lead role in Larry Kramer's play about AIDS, The Normal Heart (1985). His most successful film role was as the main character in Midnight Express (1978), for which he won a Golden Globe award. New York, NY redirects here. ... The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with campuses located at 120 Madison Avenue in New York City (in a landmark building designed by famed architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club) and 1336 North La Brea Avenue in Hollywood (in a... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... How to Survive a Marriage was a soap opera which aired on the NBC television network from January 7, 1974 to April 18, 1975. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... In antiquity, the oracular seeresses of the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean were referred to by the Greek term sibyls. In modern times, when Sibyl is adopted for a womans name, the conventional spelling is Sybil 1976 Movie Shirley Ardell Mason: the true name of Sybil Isabel Dorsett... Larry Kramer (born June 25, 1935), American dramatist, author and gay rights activist, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and was educated at Yale University (class of 1957). ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... Midnight Express is a 1978 fictionalized biographical film, based on the story of Billy Hayes, a young American sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey to the US. It stars Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

Davis was married to Susan Bluestein, who later became a casting director. They had one child, Alexandra.[3] Susan Bluestein is a casting director, and the widow of the actor Brad Davis. ...

Although it has been publicized that Davis died of AIDS in 1991 in Los Angeles, he technically died of assisted suicide by an overdose of drugs, according to the book After Midnight: The Life and Death of Brad Davis, written by his widow. Davis was referred to as "the first heterosexual actor to die of AIDS"; he was, however, reportedly bisexual. ^[1] Diagnosed with AIDS in 1985, he kept his condition secret until shortly before his death. His widow continues to campaign against AIDS. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type mayor-council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  465. ...

Filmography

• The Player (1992)
• The Habitation of Dragons (1992)
• Hangfire (1991)
• Child of Darkness Child of Light (1991)
• Rosalie Goes Shopping (1990)
• The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
• Unspeakable Acts (1990)
• The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
• Cold Steel (1987)
• Heart (1987)
• When the Time Comes (1987)
• Blood Ties (1986)
• Vengeance (1986)
• Robert Kennedy and His Times (1984)
• Chiefs (1983)
• Querelle (1983)
• Chariots of Fire (1981)
• The Greatest Man in the World (1980)
• A Rumor of War (1980)
• A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
• Midnight Express (1978)
• What Really Happened to the Class of '65 (1978)
• The Campus Corpse (1977)
• Roots (1977)
• Sybil (1976)

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References

Footnotes

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External links

• Brad Davis at the Internet Movie Database
• Brad Davis at Findagrave.com