born january canadian actor director best known role smoking man files appearing programs movies davis founded acting school actors study personal life davis avid water lectures skepticism events advocates action climate change davis published memoir smoke cigarette smoking man early life education davis born toronto canada lawyer father psychologist mother began acting career child radio drama summer stock theatre cousins murray ran ontario late 1940s early 1950s rehearsed basement davis house needed boy gave william professional acting job went career boy actor radio voice broke enrolled study philosophy actively pursued career actor alongside future actor graduated bachelor_of_arts philosophy university switched attention acting directing partner took ran years career davis went england train worked years directing theatres acting schools artistic director position assistant director worked returned canada work soon age appointed artistic director period active freelance director major canadian theatres joined newly formed quebec founding artistic director professional summer theatre ran decade returning toronto late davis spent years radio drama director faculty demand acting teacher period resumed acting absence nearly years davis earned number roles stage film accepting position artistic director required relocating wife family davis writes memoir fall second hand boat second hand car drove country time vancouver short lived remained vancouver founded acting school william davis centre actors study training ground future stars including acting roles frequent leading iconic role smoking man referred cancer man x-files frequent appearances years addition x-files davis played wide range roles series stargate host television movies projects time time attends fan conventions signing copies memoir recent years davis returned directing theatre film wrote directed short films wrote directed episodes television series 49th directed plays vancouver waste recently directed case jersey lily man seasons vancouver british_columbia period aired episodes canadian hit showcase recently davis reprised iconic files role episode season fox aired episode event january february enjoyed great ratings making half hour session chair worth iconic villain personal life despite known smoking character davis quit smoking 1970s x-files started given choice cigarettes tobacco cigarettes chose use tobacco cigarettes switched afraid addicted davis notoriety assist programs combat smoking davis donated investments support fossil effort invest help fund work fight climate change davis passionate advocate action response climate change believes critical issue time speaks subject taking action personal level davis drives powered national champion water time held records older age divisions conversation davis states holds record tricks age category adding hold record past year young ontario took record away davis married daughters earlier marriage grandchildren skepticism files davis constantly challenged x-files fans non belief paranormal aliens davis credits csi introducing community davis increasingly involved skeptical movement began lectures skeptical spokesman universities north_america conventions including csi new_orleans asked belief paranormal london film davis replied prove extraordinary lot research saw lot arguments wanting interviewed guilt campaigned davis replied realizing evidence whatsoever presented encouraged people think fiction isn documentary interview answered similarly adding informal polls audiences x-files fans greater belief paranormal normal population thought asked debate davis alien abduction believer davis said people expected support discovered way davis recounted great discussions brilliant wrong good problems human intelligence good defending ideas arrived filmography film television
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