Episode 221: William B. Davis

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast · May 11, 2022 · 30m

By the time William B. Davis debuted in the pilot episode of The X-Files as the Cigarette Smoking Man, he’d already built a storied career as a director, acting teacher, and actor on both sides of the Atlantic. William documented his journey to The X-Files in his 2013 book, Where There’s Smoke… Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man – a journey that began with CBC audio dramas when he was a child and continues to this day with roles on popular fare like Amazon Studio’s Upload and Mike Flanagan’s highly anticipated horror series The Midnight Club. Despite his busy schedule, William somehow found…