Bruce Davison
Maltin on Movies
Leonard Maltin
4.3 • 665 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
It's been a long time since we caught up with Bruce Davison, a lifelong actor whose latest film, Casa Grande, is now available on digital platforms. He talks about the pride and perils of guiding a career that incorporates theater, films and television—and how he keeps that fire burning within. From Ozark and The Lincoln Lawyer all the way back to Willard (where he worked with a rat named Ben, sung about by Michael Jackson) to X-Men, he continues to distinguish himself as a performer of enormous skill and range. He also shares the career-defining advice he got early on from Robert Aldrich, who observed him trying to compete with the charismatic Burt Lancaster.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi folks, we have some exciting news. TCM and Hachet have published a new book that my dad and I wrote |
| 0:06.5 | together called Family Movie Night Menus, Recipes and Films for Unforgettable Times Together. We are so proud of |
| 0:14.2 | this book. It's got 25 films in it. We've written essays about them. There are recipes you can |
| 0:19.0 | try out with your friends and your family. |
| 0:27.1 | We want to encourage you to watch movies together, to enjoy them together. And have snacks, |
| 0:35.4 | or meals, relate to the movies. Yeah, that. You can go to Hachette or TCM and find it really anywhere books are sold. Hi, everybody. We have a Patreon that we call Maltreon. You can join us. We have $3, $5, $10, $20 options. |
| 0:45.4 | You can get newsletters from my dad, all kinds of neat stuff behind the scenes, hang out with us, |
| 0:52.3 | learn about who our guests are before anybody else, |
| 0:54.5 | and listen to the podcast before anybody else. |
| 0:57.4 | Go to patreon.com slash malton on movies for more information. |
| 1:02.7 | That's patreon.com slash malton on movies. |
| 1:13.8 | Hi, everybody. I'm Leonard Malton. |
| 1:14.9 | And I'm Jesse Malton. |
| 1:18.6 | You're listening to Malton on Movies, and we have today a return guest. |
| 1:20.7 | Can you believe it's 2017? |
| 1:22.4 | Talk about time not existing. |
| 1:23.8 | That's how long it's been. |
| 1:26.4 | It's the last time, yes. Yes. |
| 1:27.4 | And our guest is the inimitable last time, yes. Yes. Yes. |
| 1:28.3 | And our death is the inimitable Bruce Davison. |
| 1:30.3 | Bruce, welcome back. |
| 1:32.3 | Well, thank you, Leonard. |
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