Raymond Davis
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Raymond Davis, Jr.
Raymond (Ray) Davis, Jr. (October 14, 1914 – May 31, 2006) was an American chemist, physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate.
Early life and education
Davis was born in Washington, D.C., where his father was a photographer for the National Bureau of Standards. He spent several years as a choirboy to please his mother, although he could not carry a tune. He enjoyed attending the concerts at the Watergate before air traffic was loud enough to drown out the music. His brother Warren, 14 months younger than he, was his constant companion in boyhood. He graduated in chemistry from the University of Maryland in 1938. He also received a master's degree from that school and a Ph.D. from Yale University in physical chemistry in 1942.
Career
Davis spent most of the war years at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah observing the results of chemical weapons tests and exploring the Great Salt Lake basin for evidence of its predecessor, Lake Bonneville.
Upon his discharge from the army in 1946, Davis went to work at Monsanto's Mound Laboratory, in Miamisburg, Ohio, doing applied radiochemistry of interest to the United States Atomic Energy Commission. In 1948, he joined Brookhaven National Laboratory, which was dedicated to finding peaceful uses for nuclear power.
Ray Davis (musician)
Raymond "Ray" Davis (March 29, 1940 – July 5, 2005) was the original bass singer and one of the founding members of The Parliaments, and subsequently the bands Parliament, and Funkadelic, collectively known as P-Funk. His regular nickname while he was with those groups was "Sting Ray" Davis. Aside from George Clinton, he was the only original member of the Parliaments not to leave the Parliament/Funkadelic conglomerate in 1977. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.
He was born in Sumter, South Carolina, and worked with Roger Troutman and Zapp in the early to mid-1980s. His distinctive bass can be heard on "I Can Make You Dance," and "Do Wa Ditty." He was also briefly in a later period line-up of The Temptations, joining after the death of original bass singer Melvin Franklin, and appearing on the 1995 album For Lovers Only. Davis left the group after being diagnosed with throat cancer. In later years, he performed with former Temptation Glenn Leonard in Leonard's group, The Temptations Experience. And in 1998, along with original Parliament-Funkadelic members Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, Calvin Simon, and "Shady Grady" Thomas, he formed the Original P.
Davis, Michael Ray Filmography
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2015, role: actor , character name: Lonely Man
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2014, role: actor , character name: Retribution Agent
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2014, role: actor , character name: Smitty
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2014, role: actor , character name: Professor
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2012, role: actor , character name: Mr. Lewis
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2012, role: actor , character name: Frank
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2011, role: actor , character name: Oscar
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2011, role: actor , character name: Cab Driver
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2011, role: actor , character name: Grandpa
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2010, role: actor , character name: Jethro Williams
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2010, role: actor , character name: Cliff Johnson
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2010, role: actor , character name: Doctor Eaves
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2010, role: actor , character name: Ice Cream Man
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2009, role: actor , character name: Game Warden James Helton
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2009, role: actor , character name: Sheriff
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2009, role: actor , character name: Richard
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2009, role: actor , character name: Bartender
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2008, role: actor , character name: Det. O'Sullivan
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2008, role: actor , character name: Euell
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2008, role: actor , character name: Old Man
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2007, role: actor , character name: Chauffeur
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2007, role: actor , character name: Security man
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2007, role: actor , character name: Sheriff Mel
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2007, role: actor , character name: Commodore George Dewy
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2004, role: actor , character name: Bob Stanton
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2004, role: actor , character name: Party Dancer
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1999, role: actor , character name: Lt. Frank Davis
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1998, role: actor , character name: Lawyer
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1998, role: actor , character name: Juror
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1997, role: actor , character name: Concert Attendee
