Person:Sid Davis

Sid Davis - child actor, stand-in for John Wayne, mountain climber and movie producer - made more than 100 films about dangers that befall children and teenagers, including accidents, narcotics, sexual transgression and psychological stress.

Sidney Davis (April 1, 1916 – October 16, 2006) was an American director and producer who specialized in social guidance films.

Margalit Fox of The New York Times wrote "Mr. Davis lost count of all the films he made, but there seem to have been at least 150, perhaps as many as 200." Fox, in the year 2006, said "[t]o modern audiences, Mr. Davis's work can look like high camp. Some of his films have aged strikingly badly, in particular Boys Beware,[...]" Rick Prelinger, a historian specializing in nontheatrical films, stated that some of Davis's works had, in 2006, artistic merit, citing Age 13 and Gang Boy.