Roger Davis (television actor)

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Roger Davis (born 5 April 1939) is an American actor, best known for his roles in Dark Shadows.

Davis was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and first appeared on television in 1962. He first gained attention playing multiple characters on the daytime gothic soap TV series Dark Shadows. In 1971, Davis narrated the title sequence voice-over for the comedy western TV series Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes/Joshua Smith and Ben Murphy as Kid Curry/Thaddeus Jones. He also appeared in one of the episodes (Smiler with a Gun) as gunfighter, Danny Bilson. Bilson has the distinction of being the only character kind-hearted Kid Curry was ever driven to kill during the series. When Pete Duel committed suicide at the end of 1971, Davis replaced him, playing the same character, outlaw Hannibal Heyes. However, after he completed just seventeen episodes it was clear the show would never achieve the same level of popularity as it had with Pete Duel, and the series ended in 1973. Davis continued to act in guest starring roles on TV series throughout the seventies, and was the voiceover artist of over 6,000 commercials.