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Daniel Davis

Actor

Daniel Davis

Born November 26, 1945 in Gurdon, Arkansas, USA13 films

Daniel Davis (born November 26, 1945) is an American stage, screen, and television actor best known for portraying Niles the butler on the popular sitcom The Nanny, and for his two guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on Star Trek: The Next Generation, affecting an upper class English accent for both roles. He also voices the intelligent Cro Magnon, Longhair from the Longhair and Doubledome cartoon shorts from Cartoon Network's Big Pick.

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Filmography

13 films as actor
  1. 2006The PrestigeJudge
  2. 2000Longhair and Doubledome: Good Wheel HuntingLonghair (voice)
  3. 1995The Nanny: Oy to the WorldNiles (voice)
  4. 1991PalominoDoctor
  5. 1991The Perfect TributeGov. Curtin
  6. 1990HavanaMarion Chigwell
  7. 1990The Hunt for Red OctoberCPT Charlie Davenport (USS Enterprise)
  8. 1989K-9Halstead
  9. 1987The SpiritTeasdale
  10. 1986Davy CrockettCongressman
  11. 1985Chain LettersSteve
  12. 1985The Eagle and The BearUnderhill
  13. 1974In FashionMoulineaux