Roger Davis (television actor)
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Roger Davis (born 5 April, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his role in the early 1970s television series, Alias Smith and Jones.
Davis was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and first appeared on television in 1959. He first gained attention playing multiple characters on the daytime gothic soap TV series Dark Shadows. In 1971, Davis narrated the title sequence voice-over for the comedy western TV series Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. He also appeared in one of the episodes (Smiler with a Gun) as a gunfighter who was killed by Murphy's character. When Pete Duel died suddenly at the end of 1971, Davis was chosen to replace him, playing the same character, outlaw Hannibal Heyes. However, he never achieved the same level of popularity as Duel, and the series ended in 1973. Davis continued to act in guest starring roles on TV series throughout the seventies.
In 1972 he married the actress, Jaclyn Smith, but they divorced after three years.