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Jack Davis

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COMPLETE FILMOGRAPHY WITH SYNOPSIS

Director (feature film)

1.
Australian Daze (1988) as Segment Director
A documentary on Australia's 1988 bicentennial celebrations, taking place on Australia Day, January 26, 1988.

Cast (feature film)

2.
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989) as Interviewee
A two-part documentary about the life of film comedian Harold Lloyd, covering his beginnings in Hollywood, his time with Hal Roach's acting company, and the advent of sound in motion pictures. Lloyd's life is drawn from film clips, home movies, photo stills and interviews with colleagues, family and
3.
Blue Lightning, The (1986) as Jahrgadu
Harry Wingate, an ex-cop turned private eye who lives on a schooner in San Francisco Bay, is persuaded by a jewel merchant to travel to Australia to retrieve a fabulous opal, "The Blue Lightning," from Lester McInally, a ruthless international criminal and terrorist hiding out in Australia's outback
4.
Endgame (1984) as Professor Levin
5.
The Big Doll House (1971) as Dr. Phillips
6.
The Gnome-Mobile (1967) as Manson
An eccentric millionaire and his niece and nephew are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because he's seeing gnomes! He's committed, and the niece and nephew and the gnomes have to find him and free him.
7.
From the Terrace (1960) as Partner
Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.
8.
9.
The Guy Who Came Back (1951) as
Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a chance to play in a charity football game helps him see his life in a new light.
10.
Callaway Went Thataway (1951) as Salesman
A real cowboy signs on to impersonate a faded western star for public appearances.
11.
Malaya (1950) as Captain
Two men join forces to smuggle rubber out of occupied Malaya during World War II.
12.
Tension (1949) as
A man who had planned to murder his wife's lover becomes the prime suspect when somebody beats him to it.
13.
Homicide (1949) as Medical examiner
Killers scare a murder witness into silence.
14.
Tap Roots (1948) as Militia captain
15.
High Wall (1948) as Detective Halloran
Psychiatry provides the key to proving a veteran flyer innocent of his wife's murder.
16.
Silver River (1948) as Judge advocate
A ruthless gambler's rise to power is cut short by character flaws.
17.
The Sea of Grass (1947) as Foreman
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star as a husband and wife on America's frontier; farmers in a "sea of grass." The wife has an affair which produces a child, and she is ostracized from the community. Meanwhile, the farmers watch helplesslly as the sea of grass is exploited until it becomes a dustbowl.
18.
That Way with Women (1947) as Doctor
An elderly millionaire makes a hobby of playing cupid.
19.
Lady in the Lake (1947) as Policeman
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective's viewpoint.
20.
Pursued (1947) as Doctor
21.
The Millerson Case (1947) as Mort Crowell
While on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.
22.
Blondie's Big Moment (1947) as Mr. Greenleaf
Dagwood falls foul of George M. Radcliffe even before he knows he's the new boss. After he manages to put a big deal in jeopardy he's in real trouble, and Blondie has the bright idea of having Radcliffe round for dinner. Maybe also inviting the feisty new schoolteacher to make up the foursome wasn't so bright though.
23.
The Secret of the Whistler (1946) as Henry Loring
An artist plots murder when his rich wife when she catches him in an affair with one of his models.
24.
Strange Triangle (1946) as Lawyer
Viperish Francine Huber seduces visiting salesman Sam Crane. Sam later finds out that Francine is married to a business associate of his and decides to have no more to do with her. Francine is relentless and soon gets Sam involved in trying to cover up her husband's embezzling activities and ultimately implicates him in a murder.
25.
Shadowed (1946) as Sellers
Fred J. Johnson (Lloyd Corrigan) scores a hole-in-one but his next drive, using the lucky, initialed golf ball, soars out of bounds and lands near a spot where some counterfeiters are burying a murder victim. Then begins a series of events in which he is hounded and threatened by the killers. The consequences of his not reporting what he saw to the police lead to a climax in which is daughter is held hostage by the crooks.
26.
Up Goes Maisie (1946) as Jonathan Marbey
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks out to steal his ideas.
27.
The Razor's Edge (1946) as Banker
A young man's quest for spiritual peace threatens his position in society.
28.
The Hoodlum Saint (1946) as Policeman
After finding religion, a cynical newspaperman tries to help young hoods.
29.
Behind Green Lights (1946) as Webster
30.
Night Editor (1946) as District Attorney Halloran
A detective hides key evidence in a murder case rather than reveal he was cheating on his wife.
31.
Talk About a Lady (1946) as Carleton Vane
32.
Somewhere in the Night (1946) as Dr. Grant
33.
If I'm Lucky (1946) as Voter
Colonel Urias J. Magonnagle (Edgar Buchanan) is running for Governor, against a crooked incumbent, and glib-tongued Wally M. Jones (Phil Silvers) persaudes him to build his campaign around performances by Earl Gordon (Harry James) and his band, including vocalists Terry (Vivian Blaine) and Allen Clark (Perry Como.) The performers (including Carmen Miranda as Michelle O'Toole) perform, Magonnagle orates and the citizens are buying. The crooked political machine gets worried and a few plot twists later (as can only be performed by four screenplay writers evidently in separate rooms), Clark has replaced Magonnagle as the candidate.
34.
The Master Race (1944) as Civilian
A German officer fights to keep the Nazi dream alive even as his nation faces defeat.

Writer (feature film)

35.
Top Secret (1952) as Screenwriter
Potts (George Cole), a British Sanitary Engineer (a plumber in the Colonies), leaves on vacation (holiday in the Empire) with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russkies find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes), he accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying.

Art Department (feature film)

36.
Mad Monster Party (1969) as Puppet des
The Voices of Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller, and Ethel Ennis. Frankenstein celebrates his retirement by throwing a bash and inviting every ghoul in town in this animated feature using three-dimensional figures in a stop-motion process called 'Animagic'.

Editing (special)

37.
Iceland: Fire and Ice (1999) as Editor
Documentary about Iceland, an island of extreme natural forces, including volcanic fires and grinding ice.

Special Thanks (special)

38.
Today at 40 (1992) as Special Thanks
A special celebrating the 40th birthday of the "Today" show.

Editing (short)

39.
SALAR THE LEAPER (1957)
An RKO Sportscope short about Atlantic salmon fly-fishing in New Brunswick, Canada.
40.
DIRT TRACK RACING (1957)
A short film about Viennese dirt bike racing in the 1950s, following a young racer from technical training to learning how to ride to his first race in Vienna.

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