Lane Davies
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Lane Davies (born July 31, 1950 in Dalton, Georgia) is an American actor.
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[edit] Personal life
Davies graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with cum laude honors for his degree in speech and theater.
Currently, he resides in Georgia with his family.
[edit] Stage roles
On stage, Davies has worked with such companies as the Trinity Square Repertory Company of Providence, Rhode Island; Atlanta’s Alliance Theater; Houston's Alley Theatre; The Old Globe Theater in San Diego and the Georgia Shakespeare Festival, the Globe Playhouse in Los Angeles, as well as with the two companies he founded and co-founded. His classical credits include "Henry IV," "Mark Antony," "Hamlet," "Petruchio," "Benedick," "Proteus," "Orlando," "Oberon," "Tybalt," "Orsino," "Macbeth," and "Richard III" among others, as well as the direction of several productions.
Some of his more contemporary work includes: "Boolie" in "Driving Miss Daisy", David Crockett in the highly acclaimed, "Crockett By Himself," "Slim" in "Of Mice and Men" and William Desmond Taylor in a revival of "Mack and Mabel".
Davies also played the lead in such plays as, "Hamlet," "Macbeth," "Much Ado About Nothing," "The Taming of the Shrew," and "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the Globe Playhouse. He has directed a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Davies founded the Santa Susana Repertory Company, a nonprofit professional theatre company dedicated to cultural enrichment of the community through the presentation of outstanding plays and musicals from the repertories of American and world classics. He continues to serve as the company’s artistic director. He also co-founded the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company in cooperation with Cal Lutheran University, and continues to serve as one of the artistic directors there.
[edit] Television roles
Davies has appeared in lead or supporting roles in four short-lived comedies; Good & Evil, Woops!, The Crew, and The Mommies. He had appeared as a feature actor on a number of shows, including Married with Children, Major Dad, Scrubs, Seinfeld, Just Shoot Me!, and Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, where he played an evil killer from the future named Tempus. He also had recurring roles on 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Practice, Coach, Complete Savages, The Nanny, Dallas, The Golden Girls, Empty Nest, and Ellen.
Davies also played a role in the first Russian-American television crime drama, "Russians in the City of Angels," also known as "A Force of One", a new 12-part series that aired in Russia. Besides Lane, other American actors featured on the show included Eric Roberts, Gary Busey, and Sean Young as well as Russian stars such as acclaimed Russian filmmaker and actor Rodion Nahapetov, and Katerina Redkina.
[edit] Soap opera roles
Davies also had a prolific body of work in daytime soap operas.
- His first role was as Evan Whyland on Days of Our Lives, which he played from 1981 to 1982.
- Davies' trademark dry, quick wit was part of what his perhaps his best known role, that of Mason Capwell on the now-defunct soap opera Santa Barbara. He played the role from the show's debut in July 1984 until April 1989. Davies was challenged by a complicated working relationship with co-star Nancy Lee Grahn, whom he was involved with during their time on the show. Constant conflict over the direction of their characters led to his departure in 1989. When he first left the show, he was quoted as saying, "It's not that I'm looking for another kind of challenge as far as acting is concerned. I'm just ready for a rest more than a challenge. I've kind of challenged myself into an early grave." He took a six-month around-the-world tour and returned to the United States in February 1990.
- In 1993, he filled for Ronn Moss as Ridge Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful as temporary replacement while Moss was on leave.
- Davies was cast as Dr. Cameron Lewis on General Hospital from 2002 to 2004. He again appeared opposite Grahn; the two resolved their issues and were friends, and she had joined General Hospital as lawyer Alexis Davis. However, Davies was never prominently featured during his time on the show, and his character was written out just a little more than a year after he joined the show.
[edit] Film roles
His film roles include "The Magic of Lassie" with James Stewart, Stephanie Zimbalist, and Mickey Rooney; "Body Double" with Melanie Griffith; "Impure Thoughts" with Brad Dourif; and "Funland" with David L. Lander, and William Windom.
[edit] Other achievements
Davies has served as a member, roaming ambassador, and a Vice President of the International Federation of Festival Organizers (FIDOF), which promotes peace and friendship through Music and Art.
He is also actively involved in mentoring actors and teaching acting classes at various levels, including grade schools, high schools, colleges, and universities.
