Alexander Davion

Alexander Davion

Born	(1929-03-31)31 March 1929 Paris, France
Died	28 September 2019(2019-09-28) (aged 90) London, England
Occupation	Actor

Alexander Davion (March 31, 1929 – September 28, 2019)^[1] was a French-born British actor. He was perhaps best known in the UK for his starring role in Gideon's Way as Detective Chief Inspector David Keen. He was born in Paris, France. He died in London, England at the age of 90.

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Personal life

He was married first to actress Ellen Caryl Klein (divorced) and to actress Anne Lawson [fr] in 1965.^[2]

Filmography

Film roles

1951: Captain Horatio Hornblower - Spanish Officer (uncredited)
1954: The Good Die Young - Young Man (uncredited)
1955: Richard III - Messenger to Richard
1960: Song Without End - Chopin
1963: Paranoiac - Tony Ashby^[3]^[4]
1964: Blind Corner - Ricky
1964: Rattle of a Simple Man - Ricardo
1966: Plague of the Zombies - Harry Denver
1966: Thunderbirds Are GO - Space Captain Greg Martin (voice)
1967: Valley of the Dolls - Ted Casablanca
1969: The Royal Hunt of the Sun - De Nizza
1971: Incense for the Damned - Tony Seymour
1971: Clinic Exclusive - Lee Maitland
1982: Dark Echoes - Dereck Stanhope
1986: Whoops Apocalypse ^[5] - Maguadoran General

Television roles

1959: Perry Mason (Episode: "The Case of the Wayward Wife") - Gilbert Ames
1960 Hong Kong (The unaired 30 minute pilot Blind Justice was expanded to an hour as Blind Bargain) - Chief Inspector Scott
1962: Combat! (Episode: "Any Second Now", season 1, episode 4)
1964-1966: Gideon's Way (26 episodes) - David Keen^[2]
1966: The Man Who Never Was - Roger Barry
1967: Custer - Capt Marcus Reno
1970: UFO (Episode: The Psychobombs) - the executive
1977: Van der Valk (Episode: Diane) - as a man who is murdered at the start of the episode
1982: The Professionals (Episode: Operation Susie) - Torres
1984: Arch of Triumph (TV Movie) - Alex

References

^ "Find a will | GOV.UK".
^ ^a ^b Eastaugh, Kenneth (6 November 1965). "TV's Inspector Keen marries in secret". Daily Mirror. London, England. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^ Maxford, Howard (2018). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. p. 617. ISBN 9781476670072. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^ Smith, Gary A. (2015). Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976. McFarland. p. 173. ISBN 9781476605302. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^ Halliwell, Leslie, 1929- (2006). Halliwell's who's who in the movies. HarperCollinsEntertainment. ISBN 0-00-716957-4. OCLC 937233097.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)