Ruddy L. Davis

Acting
1942-05-11
Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies

Biography

Ruddy L. Davis was born on 11 May 1942 in Jamaica. He is an actor, known for Magnum, P.I. (1980), Burning an Illusion (1982) and Theatre Night (1985).

Known For & Full Filmography19 Titles

#1Play for Today

Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes as Ruebens

6.6 / 10
Drama

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

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#2EastEnders

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Mr. Calder

4.2 / 10
SoapDramaCrime

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.

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#3Magnum, P.I.

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes as Moroccan Butler

7.3 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.

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#4London's Burning

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Caretaker

7.7 / 10
Drama

London's Burning is a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch at a fictional fire station called Blackwall.

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#5Brass Eye

Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes as Nelson Koka

7.7 / 10
Comedy

Investigative reporter Chris Morris puts modern Britain under the spotlight, and smacks the issues of the day till they bleed. He tackles weighty issues including animals, drugs, sex and skewered celebrities and politicians alike - and in a later episode in 2001, paedophiles.

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#6Backup

Drama Series - 1995, 16 episodes as Pastor Mannors

6.0 / 10
Drama

Drama about the working lives of policemen and women in an Operational Support Unit.

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#7Metal Mickey

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes as Ticket Collector

5.2 / 10
ComedyFamilyKids

Scientific whizkid Ken Wilberforce thought a robot would be a help around the house, so he built Metal Mickey. But someone interferes - and deep within Mickey's electronic innards, something stirs...

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#8Tender Is the Night

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Jules Peterson

6.3 / 10
Drama

In the French Riviera of the 1920s, wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick Diver. A young American actress named Rosemary Hoyt arrives and is drawn into their circle, becoming romantically involved with the older Dick and disrupting the fragile balance of the group. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to another sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them all. Tender Is the Night is a 1985 television drama miniseries co-produced by Showtime, 20th Century Fox Television, BBC, and 7 Network. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1934 novel of the same name, the six-part series focuses on themes of love, ambition, mental illness, and the decline of the American Dream.

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#9Mitch

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Nightwatchman

5.0 / 10
Drama

Mitch is a newspaper reporter with a difference, he cares about the people he reports.

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#10Dear John

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Clive

7.6 / 10
Comedy

Dear John is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Two series and a special were broadcast between 1986 and 1987. The title refers to 'Dear John' letters, girls to their boyfriends breaking off a relationship. John discovers in the opening episode that his wife is leaving him for a friend, and he is forced to find lodgings. In desperation, he attends the 1-2-1 Singles Club and finds other members mostly social misfits. In 1988, an American adaptation of the same name was produced by Paramount for the NBC network, starring Judd Hirsch. It lasted for four seasons.

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#11Prospects

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Postman

7.0 / 10
DramaComedy

Prospects is a British television comedy drama series that was written by Alan Janes and originally shown on Channel 4 in 1986. Created by Euston Films who had a pedigree of producing successful, gritty drama such as The Sweeney and Minder, it followed the exploits of two East End 'geezer' characters - Jimmy 'Pincy' Pince played by Gary Olsen and Billy played by Brian Bovell and their trials and tribulations of making a living in London's Isle of Dogs. Comprising 12 episodes Prospects - with a comic slant, dealt with many of the major issues affecting British society at the height of the "Thatcherite" '80's including unemployment, crime, poverty, regeneration, social change and racism. Prospects gained a cult following and ratings wise it performed well above expectation for Channel 4. At that time Channel Four received a large subsidy from the rival commercial network ITV in exchange for the right to sell airtime; this gave ITV a significant input into the management of the station. The success of Prospects and the fact that it was produced by a subsidiary of the ITV network's largest station Thames Television meant it was moved to a 9pm prime-time repeat slot on ITV in the Spring/Summer of 1987. This fuelled rumours that the network wanted to develop Prospects into a long-running comedy drama series. However despite seeing potential ITV declined the opportunity to develop it beyond the original first series.

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#12Life Force

Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes as Christie

8.3 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyKidsDrama

Two psychic children, two parentless siblings, and their environmentalist guardian try to rescue the globally warmed world of 2025, protect vulnerable lives, and stay ahead of an oppressive government in a dramatic sci-fi thriller.

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#13The Nation's Health

Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes as Charge Nurse

8.8 / 10
Drama

The Nation's Health is a 4 episode series written by G.F.Newman based on his book of the same name, originally broadcast on the fledgling Channel 4 UK TV channel in 1983. The series consists of four episodes that are, in order, titled: Acute, Decline, Chronic, and Collapse. In it we are faced with a maelstrom of political issues, illnesses, fatalities, personal greed and professional vanities. As may be clear from these titles, the series draws a relentlessly bleak view of the NHS in 1980s Britain. The protagonist of the series is a newly-qualified doctor, Jessie Marvill (Vivienne Ritchie). The series follows Jessie through four different sectors of the NHS, although the episodes are not focused entirely through Jessie: the NHS is seen from a variety of different perspectives, from doctors and patients to administrators and kitchen staff.

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#14The Front Line

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Biff Martins

8.8 / 10
Comedy

The Front Line was a BBC sitcom about two half-brothers of West Indian descent who shared a house, one brother, Malcolm, is a policeman, the other, Sheldon, is a dreadlocked Rastafarian. It was created by Alex Shearer, filmed in Bristol and Cardiff, and transmitted between 6 December 1984 and 17 January 1985. A pilot, On the Frontline, was broadcast in the 1970s. The theme tune was written and performed by Black Roots, and the opening credits features the band performing the song.

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#15Atlantis

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m as Reubens

8.8 / 10
ComedyTV Movie

Goff and Lytton have a dream – a canal boat of their own on which to cruise the inland waterways. The reality is the boatyard of Josh Adkins and a rusting hulk called Atlantis.

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#16Burning an Illusion

Movie - 1981, 2h 15m as Pat's Father

6.1 / 10
Drama

A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demanding boyfriend, and with the help of friends seeks something better.

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#17The Silent Twins

Movie - 1986, 2h 15m as Audrey Gibbons

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons speak only to each other in a language of their own creation. As young teens, they commit a violent crime. After 14 years in Broadmoor Psychiatric Institution, freedom visits them in a mysterious way.

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#18Drowning in the Shallow End

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m as Guard

7.0 / 10
ComedyTV Movie

Nothing seems to go right for Colin, no matter how he tries. No one is offering him writing work, and his marriage is disintegrating. Why can't he be smooth and confident as he imagines other men to be?

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#19Under the Hammer

Movie - 1984, 2h 15m as Bid Caller

10.0 / 10
ComedyTV Movie

All seems ready for a major sale of impressionist paintings to be graced by a royal visit. But panic erupts in the boardroom when the pedigree of the Van Gogh - to be sold by the Russians - is questioned. When it causes a scene between the porters, Les and Mick, a respectable firm is forced to take drastic action to save the big day.

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