answers: Canadian actor William B. Davis
context: to a homicidal riot during its premiere at the Sitges Film Festival, after which it was destroyed. Bellinger leads Sweetman to a hidden room in his mansion, which contains an emaciated pale man (Christopher Redman) in chains. The wounds on the man's shoulders appear to be the source of a pair of angelic wings. The chained man explains that his existence is bound to the existence of the film. Bellinger then offers Sweetman $100,000 to find the film, which Sweetman increases to $200,000. Sweetman begins his research and gets his first lead: a critic who wrote a review of the </s> Dallas. The assassination was motivated by Kennedy's mishandling of the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the subsequent Cuban Missile Crisis. As part of the mission, the Smoking Man told the designated patsy, Lee Harvey Oswald, to bring the curtain rods as a way to frame him for the murder. Incidentally, it was Oswald himself who introduced the Smoking Man to cigarettes. By 1968, the Smoking Man had progressed enough in the hierarchy to push himself for the assassination of Martin Luther King, concerned that King was "talking like a Maoist" and a threat to the American war effort in Vietnam. </s> colonize Earth. His power and influence remained strong, even after most of the Syndicate was destroyed. The Smoking Man is portrayed by Canadian actor William B. Davis. When Davis first received the role, the character was written as an extra for the pilot episode. He returned for small cameo appearances during the first season, making increasingly more appearances in the seasons that followed. Davis never received an award for his portrayal alone, but he was nominated for ensemble awards. "TV Guide" included him in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time. The birth date, birthplace, and
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