Nathan Davis (actor)

Nathan Davis (May 22, 1917 – October 15, 2008)[1] was an American film and television actor.
== Life and career ==
Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Romanian immigrants, Rose (néeMarcus) and Fred Davis.[2][3] He served in Europe during World War II and performed on the local stage and in radio productions after the war. Davis was also a pharmaceutical sales rep by trade but pursued acting after being fired from his sales job in the late '70s.
Davis started acting in the late 1970s. He appeared on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in 1975 and in films such as Dunston Checks In, Holes, Code of Silence, Chain Reaction, Thief, Poltergeist III, and many others. He was nominated for a 1980 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for his performance in Buried Child at the Northlight Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. He was again nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for The Sunshine Boys at the National Jewish Theater in Chicago, Illinois in 1991. He was nominated for the last time for a 2001 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for 2 1/2 Jews at the Apple Tree Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
He was married to Metta (née Talmy). They had three children: Chicago musician Richard "Richie" Peter Davis, Hollywood film director Andrew Davis, and Jo Ellen Davis Friedman.
Davis died from emphysema and complictions of pneumonia in Chicago at age 91.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1978	A Steady Rain 	 	
1978	Stony Island 	Lewis 	
1979	Dummy 	Policeman 	
1981	Hudson Taylor 	 	
1981	On the Right Track 	Mario 	
1981	Thief 	Grossman 	
1981	The Children Nobody Wanted	Orville 	TV Movie
1983	Risky Business 	Business Teacher 	
1984	Windy City 	Mr. Jones 	
1985	Code of Silence 	Felix Scalese 	
1986	One More Saturday Night 	Desk Clerk 	
1986	Tough Guys 	Jimmy Ellis 	
1987	Burglar 	Mr. Paggif 	
1987	Flowers in the Attic 	Grandfather Foxworth 	
1988	Poltergeist III 	Reverend Henry Kane 	
1989	The Package 	Soviet Press Secretary 	
1990	Shaking the Tree 	Grandpa Sullivan 	
1992	Shaking the Tree 	Grandpa Sullivan 	
1995	Steal Big Steal Little 	Harry Lordly, Attorney of Record for Bonnie Martin	
1996	Dunston Checks In 	Victor Dubrow 	
1996	Chain Reaction 	Morris Grodsky 	
2001	Almost Salinas 	Zelder Hill 	
2003	Holes 	Grandfather Stanley Yelnats II 	
2006	Let's Go to Prison 	Old Juror 	(final film role)
=== Television ===
Year	Show Title 	Episode Title 	Role
1982	Will: G. Gordon Liddy 	 	
1984	Too Close for Comfort 	"The Enemy Above" 	Mr. Rosenberg
1986	Hill Street Blues 	"A Case of Klapp" 	Aaron Levine
1987	Crime Story 	"Fatal Crossroads" 	Izzy 'The Dancer' Abrams
1987	Crime Story 	"Torello on Trial" 	Izzy 'The Dancer' Abrams
1987	Wiseguy 	 	Don "Joey Bags" Baglia
1987	Murder Ordained 	 	Doctor
1988	Sable 	"Mob" 	Philip Lazlo
1990	Father Dowling Mysteries	"The Visiting Priest Mystery"	Malko
1991	Cheers 	"Carla Loves Clavin" 	Mr. Quincy
1995	Frasier 	"The Innkeepers" 	Otto
1997	ER 	"The Long Way Around" 	Mr. Novotny
1999	Becker 	"Larry Spoke" 	Milton Fowler