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	Davis and Smith separated and divorced in January 1975.<ref name="imdb_rogerdavis_jaclyn_divorce">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205380/bio/#:~:text=In%201968%2C%20Davis%20married%20actress%20Jaclyn%20Smith.%20After%20a%20brief%20separation%2C%20they%20divorced%20in%20January%201975\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Divorce from Jaclyn Smith\|publisher= IMDb\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> Davis reflected: "The root of our problem was simply (that) we were separated for long periods of time on different projects, and I was too immature to realize how much Ellen (Jaclyn) was my soulmate."<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_divorce">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dfwretroplex.com/rogerdavis2.html#:~:text=Despite%20his%20on%2Dscreen%20success%2C%20Roger%27s%20marriage%20was%20failing\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Divorce\|publisher=DFW Retroplex\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> Smith blamed herself: "I was too much an innocent. I was too much living [just] for him, and I lost sight of myself."<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_divorce"/> They had no children together.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_divorce"/>		Davis and Smith separated and divorced in January 1975.<ref name="imdb_rogerdavis_jaclyn_divorce">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205380/bio/#:~:text=In%201968%2C%20Davis%20married%20actress%20Jaclyn%20Smith.%20After%20a%20brief%20separation%2C%20they%20divorced%20in%20January%201975\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Divorce from Jaclyn Smith\|publisher= IMDb\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> Davis reflected: "The root of our problem was simply (that) we were separated for long periods of time on different projects, and I was too immature to realize how much Ellen (Jaclyn) was my soulmate."<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_divorce">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dfwretroplex.com/rogerdavis2.html#:~:text=Despite%20his%20on%2Dscreen%20success%2C%20Roger%27s%20marriage%20was%20failing\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Divorce\|publisher=DFW Retroplex\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> Smith blamed herself: "I was too much an innocent. I was too much living [just] for him, and I lost sight of myself."<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_divorce"/> They had no children together.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_divorce"/>

			In December 1975, Davis had a nearly fatal health crisis from an undiagnosed ruptured appendix. He had just completed the pilot of ''The Bionic Woman'' as the romantic interest of Lindsay Wagner (whom he knew from actor James Best's acting class in the mid-1960s). After five months in the hospital and seven operations for peritonitis, the usually strapping and healthy Davis weighed only 91 pounds.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_illness_detail">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dfwretroplex.com/rogerdavis2.html#:~:text=Undeterred%2C%201975%2D76%20brought%20starring%20roles%20for%20Roger%20in%20the%20theatrical%20releases\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Near-Fatal Illness Details\|publisher=DFW Retroplex\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref>

	On May 19, 1979, Davis married Suzanne Irwin (Emerson), an Ohio philanthropist and part of a pioneering Ohio family.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_suzanne">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dfwretroplex.com/rogerdavis2.html#:~:text=On%20May%2019%2C%201979%2C%20he%20married%20Suzanne%20Irwin%20%5BEmerson%3B%20d.%202023%2C%5D%20philanthropist%20and%20part%20of%20a%20pioneering%20Ohio%20family\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Marriage to Suzanne Irwin\|publisher=DFW Retroplex\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> In 1981, they became parents to a daughter, Margaret. Davis proudly said of her: "She's a cross between Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn. She's really something!"<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_margaret">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dfwretroplex.com/rogerdavis2.html#:~:text=In%201981%2C%20Suzanne%20and%20Roger%20became%20first%2Dtime%20parents%20to%20a%20daughter%2C%20Margaret\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Daughter Margaret\|publisher=DFW Retroplex\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> Margaret later moved to Southern California, graduated from USC, and became an entrepreneur.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_margaret"/> The family resided at Spring Station in Louisville.<ref name="imdb_rogerdavis_suzanne">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205380/bio/#:~:text=During%20his%20second%20marriage%20to%20Ohioan%20Suzanne%20Irwin%20(Emerson)%2C%20Roger%20became%20a%20father%20to%20a%20daughter%20Margaret%20in%201981\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Family with Suzanne\|publisher= IMDb\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> Davis and Irwin divorced on March 8, 1983.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_suzanne"/>		On May 19, 1979, Davis married Suzanne Irwin (Emerson), an Ohio philanthropist and part of a pioneering Ohio family.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_suzanne">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dfwretroplex.com/rogerdavis2.html#:~:text=On%20May%2019%2C%201979%2C%20he%20married%20Suzanne%20Irwin%20%5BEmerson%3B%20d.%202023%2C%5D%20philanthropist%20and%20part%20of%20a%20pioneering%20Ohio%20family\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Marriage to Suzanne Irwin\|publisher=DFW Retroplex\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> In 1981, they became parents to a daughter, Margaret. Davis proudly said of her: "She's a cross between Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn. She's really something!"<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_margaret">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dfwretroplex.com/rogerdavis2.html#:~:text=In%201981%2C%20Suzanne%20and%20Roger%20became%20first%2Dtime%20parents%20to%20a%20daughter%2C%20Margaret\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Daughter Margaret\|publisher=DFW Retroplex\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> Margaret later moved to Southern California, graduated from USC, and became an entrepreneur.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_margaret"/> The family resided at Spring Station in Louisville.<ref name="imdb_rogerdavis_suzanne">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205380/bio/#:~:text=During%20his%20second%20marriage%20to%20Ohioan%20Suzanne%20Irwin%20(Emerson)%2C%20Roger%20became%20a%20father%20to%20a%20daughter%20Margaret%20in%201981\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Family with Suzanne\|publisher= IMDb\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> Davis and Irwin divorced on March 8, 1983.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_suzanne"/>
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	In November 1991, Davis married Los Angeles attorney Donna Jenis after a two-year long-distance courtship while he was in Los Angeles and she was in Boston. They met in 1990 at the World Trade Center in Boston while Davis was visiting the East Coast on business. Davis's celebrity status was unknown to Jenis when they met. He said: "She watched 'Dark Shadows' as a child, but didn't remember me in the show...only the vampires!"<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_donna">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dfwretroplex.com/rogerdavis2.html#:~:text=Davis%27s%20final%20marriage%20was%20to%20Los%20Angeles%20attorney%20Donna%20Jenis\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Marriage to Donna Jenis\|publisher=DFW Retroplex\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> Their relationship ended amicably in 2017.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_donna"/>		In November 1991, Davis married Los Angeles attorney Donna Jenis after a two-year long-distance courtship while he was in Los Angeles and she was in Boston. They met in 1990 at the World Trade Center in Boston while Davis was visiting the East Coast on business. Davis's celebrity status was unknown to Jenis when they met. He said: "She watched 'Dark Shadows' as a child, but didn't remember me in the show...only the vampires!"<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_donna">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dfwretroplex.com/rogerdavis2.html#:~:text=Davis%27s%20final%20marriage%20was%20to%20Los%20Angeles%20attorney%20Donna%20Jenis\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Marriage to Donna Jenis\|publisher=DFW Retroplex\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> Their relationship ended amicably in 2017.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_donna"/>

	In December 1975, Davis had a nearly fatal health crisis from an undiagnosed ruptured appendix. He had just completed the pilot of ''The Bionic Woman'' as the romantic interest of Lindsay Wagner (whom he knew from actor James Best's acting class in the mid-1960s). After five months in the hospital and seven operations for peritonitis, the usually strapping and healthy Davis weighed only 91 pounds.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_illness_detail">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dfwretroplex.com/rogerdavis2.html#:~:text=Undeterred%2C%201975%2D76%20brought%20starring%20roles%20for%20Roger%20in%20the%20theatrical%20releases\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Near-Fatal Illness Details\|publisher=DFW Retroplex\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref>

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	In 1964, Davis appeared in "Spur of the Moment," a fifth season episode of ''The Twilight Zone'', co-starring Diana Hyland. He guest-starred twice in the western TV series ''Bonanza'', as Harold Stanley in the 1966 eighth season episode "Ballad of the Ponderosa" and Bert Yates in the 1971 12th season episode "Top Hand."<ref name="imdb_rogerdavis_twilight">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205380/bio/#:~:text=In%201964%2C%20Davis%20appeared%20in%20one%20fifth%20season%20episode%20of%20The%20Twilight%20Zone\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Twilight Zone and Bonanza\|publisher= IMDb\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref>		In 1964, Davis appeared in "Spur of the Moment," a fifth season episode of ''The Twilight Zone'', co-starring Diana Hyland. He guest-starred twice in the western TV series ''Bonanza'', as Harold Stanley in the 1966 eighth season episode "Ballad of the Ponderosa" and Bert Yates in the 1971 12th season episode "Top Hand."<ref name="imdb_rogerdavis_twilight">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205380/bio/#:~:text=In%201964%2C%20Davis%20appeared%20in%20one%20fifth%20season%20episode%20of%20The%20Twilight%20Zone\|title=Roger Davis Biography - Twilight Zone and Bonanza\|publisher= IMDb\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref>

	=== MacBird! and Voice-Over Career Begins ===		=== ''MacBird!'' and Voice-Over Career Begins ===

	In 1966, after reading D.H. Lawrence's short story "Things," Davis reevaluated his life, liquidated his possessions, and returned to New York to pursue a serious acting career. He immediately captured one of the two lead roles in the political satire ''MacBird!'' as the [[w:Robert_F._Kennedy\|Robert F. Kennedy]]-patterned character Robert Ken O'Dunc, at a salary of $100 per week. The play poked fun at the [[w:Lyndon_Johnson\|Lyndon Johnson]]/Robert Kennedy power struggle with a [[w:Shakespearean\|Shakespearean]] approach.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_macbird">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dfwretroplex.com/rogerdavis2.html#:~:text=After%20reading%20the%20D.%20H.%20Lawrence%20short%20story%2C%20%22Things%2C%22%20Davis%20reevaluated%20his%20life\|title=Roger Davis Biography - MacBird!\|publisher=DFW Retroplex\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> Davis co-starred with Stacy Keach and performed first at the Charles Playhouse in Boston, later replacing William Devane in the New York City production. The show ran for a year off-Broadway. Critics in Boston raved, writing: "Remember the name Roger Davis. It's one you're going to be hearing about for years to come. This guy has talent."<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_macbird"/>		In 1966, after reading D.H. Lawrence's short story "Things," Davis reevaluated his life, liquidated his possessions, and returned to New York to pursue a serious acting career. He immediately captured one of the two lead roles in the political satire ''MacBird!'' as the [[w:Robert_F._Kennedy\|Robert F. Kennedy]]-patterned character Robert Ken O'Dunc, at a salary of $100 per week. The play poked fun at the [[w:Lyndon_Johnson\|Lyndon Johnson]]/Robert Kennedy power struggle with a [[w:Shakespearean\|Shakespearean]] approach.<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_macbird">{{cite web\|url=https://www.dfwretroplex.com/rogerdavis2.html#:~:text=After%20reading%20the%20D.%20H.%20Lawrence%20short%20story%2C%20%22Things%2C%22%20Davis%20reevaluated%20his%20life\|title=Roger Davis Biography - MacBird!\|publisher=DFW Retroplex\|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> Davis co-starred with Stacy Keach and performed first at the Charles Playhouse in Boston, later replacing William Devane in the New York City production. The show ran for a year off-Broadway. Critics in Boston raved, writing: "Remember the name Roger Davis. It's one you're going to be hearing about for years to come. This guy has talent."<ref name="dfwretroplex_bio_macbird"/>

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	~~This~~ is an ~~overview of the~~ actor ~~or actress, include the date of birth as well as the role he or she played~~ in the ~~series. Remember to include which series as well.~~		'''Roger Davis''' (born April 5, 1939) is an American actor who portrayed [[Andromus]] in the ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' episode "[[The Night the Cylons Landed]]".

	~~For articles on cast and crew, refer to the~~ [[~~Battlestar Wiki: Standards and Conventions (biographies)\|Standards and Conventions for biographies~~]].

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