Anecdotes

Director Robert Aldrich gave advice to Davison when he was starting out as an actor. "Be a character actor. Hero or villain, character actors always work".

Was the first actor to be cast for X-Men (2000).

Originally attended Penn State as an art major and planned on being a painter. Davison auditioned for a school play on a bet and immediately realized that he would rather be an actor instead.

Has appeared with Ian McKellen in four different films: Six degrés de séparation (1993), L'élève doué (1998), X-Men (2000) and X2: X-Men unis (2003). The first of these is the only one not directed by Bryan Singer.

Although it is indicated in X2: X-Men unis (2003) that his character (Senator Kelly) is at least 20 years younger than Brian Cox's character (William Stryker), in real life, he is only 27 days younger.

Secretly dated Sondra Locke circa 1969 to 1971, when she was still married to Gordon Anderson. Locke was two years older than Bruce.

He was awarded the 1990 Drama-Logue Award for Performance for "The Cocktail Hour" in the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle Theatre (University of California) in Los Angeles, California.

Father of a son, Ethan Davison (born April 5th 1996) with Lisa Pelikan and a daughter, Sophia Lucinda Davison (born May 29th 2006) with Michele Correy.

The January 28, 1976, issue of Variety, in the Film Production section, lists the movie "Fifty-Two Pickup" which began filming Dec. 21, 1975 in Israel, director Menahem Golan, starring Joe Don Baker, Trish Van Devere, Bruce Davison, and John Marley through Golan-Globus Productions. Golan-Globus delayed it until 1986 with a different cast and crew.

Born on exactly the same date as Gilda Radner (of Saturday Night Live (1975) fame, AKA Mrs. Gene Wilder).