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Bill Davis (March 22, 1932- ) is a former NASCAR driver from West Palm Beach, FL. He competed in one Sprint Cup event in his career. That came in 1952, when Davis raced at his home track of Palm Beach. Starting 16th in the twenty-seven car field, Davis drove to a solid 8th place effort.

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  • Bill Davis (March 22, 1932- ) is a former NASCAR driver from West Palm Beach, FL. He competed in one Sprint Cup event in his career. That came in 1952, when Davis raced at his home track of Palm Beach. Starting 16th in the twenty-seven car field, Davis drove to a solid 8th place effort.
  • Bill Davis is an animator and illustrator who has produced inserts for Sesame Street. Davis also provided illustrations for three Sesame books: The Amazing Mumford Presents the Magic Weather Show, Put & Play Magic Show and A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch. His animation of Keith Haring's artwork (specifically "Exit," "1-10" and "What Comes Next?") was featured in ToonSeum's exhibit "Animating Haring!"
  • He is a Emmy-award winning producer/director with history in movies/television and advertising. He was appointed Creative Director at Sierra in July 1989. Ken placed him in the position to bring someone from the film industry to Sierra. His job was to help make computer game technology more and more theatrical, more like real films, animated and live action He was major advocate of CD-Rom technology as it would allow the company to push towards a more realistic cinematic experience, allowing them to make the company's animation "fuller (more life-like), have more music and add things like speech."
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  • Bill Davis is an animator and illustrator who has produced inserts for Sesame Street. Davis also provided illustrations for three Sesame books: The Amazing Mumford Presents the Magic Weather Show, Put & Play Magic Show and A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch. As an animator, Davis, with his wife Colleen Davis, operates Artbear Pigmation, a New York-state independent studio which has been in business since 1972. For Children's Television Workshop, in addition to Sesame Street inserts, Davis designed and produced animated footage of Ernie and Bert, and occasionally other characters, for use in the opening titles for international series, including Shalom Sesame and Sesam, luk dig op. His animation of Keith Haring's artwork (specifically "Exit," "1-10" and "What Comes Next?") was featured in ToonSeum's exhibit "Animating Haring!"
  • He is a Emmy-award winning producer/director with history in movies/television and advertising. He was appointed Creative Director at Sierra in July 1989. Ken placed him in the position to bring someone from the film industry to Sierra. His job was to help make computer game technology more and more theatrical, more like real films, animated and live action He was major advocate of CD-Rom technology as it would allow the company to push towards a more realistic cinematic experience, allowing them to make the company's animation "fuller (more life-like), have more music and add things like speech." In 1993 he moved on to head Red Dog Software, making titles such as Slater and Charlie Go Camping for Sierra.
  • Bill Davis (March 22, 1932- ) is a former NASCAR driver from West Palm Beach, FL. He competed in one Sprint Cup event in his career. That came in 1952, when Davis raced at his home track of Palm Beach. Starting 16th in the twenty-seven car field, Davis drove to a solid 8th place effort.
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