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Acting

Clifton Davis

Career: Active from 1972 to 2025, with a break from 1990 to 2000, busiest in 1974 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 11
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Beyond the Gates
77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Clifton Davis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Uncanny
0.8, average 2.5
Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.4, average 4.8
Scare
1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 2
Character-Driven 2
Family Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Praise the Lord

TV show

2020s

5 titles · average score 70

Beyond the Gates

77

TV show · as Vernon Dupree

Clipped

70

TV show · as Elgin Baylor

Survival of the Thickest

74

TV show · as Emmanuel

A Shot Through the Wall

60

as D.C. Walker

We Are Gathered Here Today

as Joe Wyatt

2010s

10 titles · average score 65

Godfather of Harlem

76

TV show · as Honorable Elijah Muhammad

New Amsterdam

56

TV show · as Pierre Pampil

The Good Fight

80

TV show · as Anthony Spiegel

Marvel's Iron Fist

50

TV show · as Lawrence Wilkins

Prayer Never Fails

55

as Michael Brown

Billions

76

TV show · as Judge Wailand

Madam Secretary

68

TV show · as DNI Ephraim Ware / Ephraim Ware

What My Husband Doesn't Know

58

as Franklin

Political Animals

69

TV show · as Reporter

The First Family

62

TV show · as Clayton

2000s

6 titles · average score 51

Halloweentown High

61

as Principal Flannigan

American Dreams

59

TV show · as Alvin Lewis

Half & Half

51

TV show · as Pastor David Adams

The Painting

38

as Thomas Ayers

Max Keeble's Big Move

44

as Knebworth

Kingdom Come

51

as Charles Winslow

1990s

6 titles · average score 57

Any Given Sunday

60

as Mayor Tyrone Smalls

Veronica's Closet

48

TV show · as Brian's Father

The Jamie Foxx Show

44

TV show · as Charles

The Sentinel

68

TV show · as President Lemec

Party of Five

78

TV show · as Martin Wilcox

The John Larroquette Show

47

TV show · as Jada Sweet

1980s

4 titles · average score 67

Dream Date

as Bill Fairview

Amen

67

TV show · as Reverend Reuben Gregory

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

as Cool Papa Bell

The Night the City Screamed

as Arnold Clements

1970s

13 titles · average score 63

Superdome

38

as P.K. Jackson

Vega$

69

TV show

Cindy

72

as Captain Joe Prince

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Mr. Reeves

Scott Joplin

70

as Chauvin

Little Ladies of the Night

50

as Comfort

Battle of the Network Stars

69

TV show

That's My Mama

72

TV show · as Clifton Curtis

Lost in the Stars

as Absalom

Legacy of Blood

as Saxon

Police Story

72

TV show

Together for Days

as Gus

1960s

1 title · average score 42

The Mike Douglas Show

42

TV show · as Selfa