06/15/2019 – Bruce Davison – 2019 Dances with Films Festival – “Two Ways Home” Premiere – Arrivals – TCL Chinese Theater, 6925 Hollywood Boulevard – Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Guillermo Proano / PR Photos
Birth Name: Bruce Allen Davison
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 28, 1946
Ethnicity: English
Bruce Davison is an American actor and director.
He is the son of Marian (Holmes/Holman), a secretary, and Clair Davison, a musician, architect, and draftsman for the Army Engineers. Bruce has a son with his former wife, actress Lisa Pelikan.
Bruce’s paternal grandfather was James C. “Jay” Davison (the son of James Clifford Davison and Frances Arzelia Sherd). Bruce’s great-grandfather James was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of James Rockwell Davison and Eunice Jenks. Frances was the daughter of Uriah Sherd and Mary E. Mumford.
Bruce’s paternal grandmother was Mattie Gertrude Allen (the daughter of Edwin Allen and Sarah Lorraine Banker). Mattie was born in Wisconsin. Edwin was the son of Josiah Page Allen and Rosina Daniels. Sarah was the daughter of George L. Banker and Phebe Atkins.
Source: Genealogy of Bruce Davison (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com