- A spokesman for the Canadian Cancer Society.
- Smoked herbal cigarettes while filming The X-Files (1993).
- A Canadian national champion water-skier in his division.
- He has made guest appearances on all three of the longest running North American science fiction series: The X-Files (1993), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and Smallville (2001).
- Former drama professor at Bishop's University, Canada, before opening up William Davis Centre for Acting Study.
- His favorite The X-Files (1993) episode is Talitha Cumi (1996).
- Wrote the En Ami (2000), which delved into the history of his character, The Cigarette-Smoking Man.
- Unlike his character on "The X-Files," he is an avid non-smoker and is vocally skeptical of paranormal beliefs, serving as a spokesman for both causes. However, both he and his character are atheists and water-skiers.
- William Davis now divides his time between North America and France after he married Emmanuelle Herpin who lives and works there. Emmanuelle is the Director of Finance for the City of Hyères in the south of France. (2006)
- Formerly owned and operated the Vancouver-based William Davis Centre for Actors' Study, an acting school for beginners and professionals.
- Two daughters, Melinda and Rebecca, from his first marriage. Rebecca runs the Rebecca Davis Dance Company in Philadelphia. Melinda is completing a specialty in cardiology at Ann Arbor.
- Acting in Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen", a Montreal-based play co-starring James Kidnie and Carolyn Hetherington, as Danish physicist Niels Bohr. (July 2003)
- He is an environmentalist who advocates action against climate change and drives an electric car.
- Hosting the CBC presentation of Steven Spielberg's Taken (2002). (June 2003)
- Before becoming an actor, he studied philosophy at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1959 with a B.A..
- Began his acting career as a child in 1949, in radio drama and summer stock theatre.
- Studied acting in England at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
- Spent several years as a radio drama director and on the faculty of Humber College.
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