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Sid Davis

American film director (1916-2006)
Person human Q3483133

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
April 1, 1916
Date of death
October 16, 2006
Place of birth
Chicago
Place of death
Palm Desert
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
film director, actor, film producer
Cause of death
lung cancer[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[19]
Described by source
Sid Davis, 90, a Filmmaker of Cautionary Tales for Youth, Dies[15]
Family name
Davis[12]
Given name
Sid[13]
Has works in the collection
A/V Geek Film Archive[17]
Manner of death
natural causes[14]
Native language
English[9]
P14750
6962-4E60-DCC3-44B2-E0EA[20]
Writing language
English[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sid Davis en Sidney Davis ar سيد ديفيس ja シド・デイヴィス ru Сид Дэвис zh 希德·戴维斯 zh 锡德·戴维斯 zh-hans 希德·戴维斯 zh-hant 希德·戴維斯 zh-hant 錫德·戴維斯
🔖 Identifiers · 15
ISNI
0000000079273693
VIAF cluster ID
120764704
Library of Congress authority ID
no2015131195
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sid Davis.png ↗
ACMI ID
creators/74513
AllMovie person ID
p86929
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
162030947
Freebase ID
/m/01h1fv
IMDb ID
nm0203976
Kinobox person ID
643271
Kinopoisk person ID
209034
Swedish Film Database person ID
415738
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TCM Movie Database person ID
12881014
TMDB person ID
1086191
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjCXx6Xg7HkrdFCxhqWjC

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
actor, film director, film producer
Cause of death 1
lung cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Davis
Films directed 1
Boys Beware
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Chicago
Place of death 1
Palm Desert
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
← Cast member 1
Boys Beware
← Producer 1
Boys Beware
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Summary

Born in Chicago[1], he… he was born on April 1, 1916[2]. He died in Palm Desert[3]. He died on October 16, 2006[4]. He worked as a film director[5], actor[6], and film producer[7].

FAQs

Where was Sid Davis born?

Sid Davis was born in Chicago[1].

Where did Sid Davis die?

Sid Davis died in Palm Desert[3].

What did Sid Davis do for work?

Sid Davis worked as film director[5], actor[6], and film producer[7].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Sid Davis, 90, a Filmmaker of Cautionary Tales for Youth, Dies. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Hannolans · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status as a creator → works protected by copyrights
    Has works in the collection → A/V Geek Film Archive
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights, Add copyright status based on date of death"
  2. 4w ago · Jerimee · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 8
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ckb', 'commons', 'en', 'fr', 'ur']
    Described by source → Sid Davis, 90, a Filmmaker of Cautionary Tales for Youth, Dies
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Sid Davis, 90, a Filmmaker of Cautionary Tales for Youth, Dies"
  3. 12w ago · TalkTuahLunchly · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Sid Davis.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Sid Davis.png"
  4. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Sid
    Family name → Davis
    Place of death → Palm Desert
    P14750 → 6962-4E60-DCC3-44B2-E0EA
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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