British actor, boxer, soldier, politician (1890–1951)
For the American law enforcement official, see Rex D. Davis.
Captain Reginald Graham DavisMBEMC (7 November 1890 – 1 December 1951) was a British soldier, silent film actor and sportsman.[1]
Biography
Davis was born in Keymer, Sussex, in 1890. According to one source, he got his start in films because he was a good amateur boxer.[2] He also played field hockey for the Richmond Hockey Club.
Davis had done several movies by the time the First World War broke out in August 1914. In July 1918, he was awarded the Military Cross "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty."[3][4][5]
↑"Rex Davis". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
↑The Silent Picture, Issues 5–16 (1969), p. 34: "A man called Rex Davis; this was the first of my scripts that he had acted in. He wasn't an actor, he was a boxer, an amateur boxer, and that was what we required in The Knockout."
