Born in Chillán, Chile in 1912, Davison worked in Hollywood as a comic
actor in Spanish-language films for MGM
(Así es la vida (1930) and
La fuerza del querer (1930))
before MGM suspended production of foreign-language versions of its films. He made his directorial debut in
Argentina in 1937. He subsequently worked in Mexico and Spain,
directing comedies such as
El baño de Afrodita (1949)
and sentimental dramas such as
Que Dios me perdone (1948),
Un cuerpo de mujer (1949),
Negro es mi color (1951) and
Cap Horn - Felsen des Grauens (1956).
