Charles Davis (31 August 1925 – 12 December 2009) was an Irish character actor, writer and director.

Davis started his acting career at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and had over 1,000 performances on Broadway.

Among his movies were The Desert Rats, The King's Thief, The Young Stranger and The Wreck of the Mary Deare.

He wrote, directed and produced feature films including Kennedy’s Ireland, Thunder Run, Happy as the Grass Was Green (also released under the title Hazel’s People) and The Violent Ones.

[1] Davis died from a heart attack on 12 December 2009, aged 84, in Thousand Oaks, California.