Entertainment career He was born in
Hollywood, California, on October 9, 1917, to Henry G. Davis and Helen Davis. He was discovered by studio entrepreneur and director
Mack Sennett while he and his mother were visiting his uncle, British-born American actor and comedian
Billy Armstrong around 1919. He was visiting the set of a film when the baby, who was originally cast, was not performing well. Davis then replaced him successfully. In a 1920 newspaper article, he was described as one of the most famous child actors in the world. He was
falsely reported as having died on March 2, 2012, in the 2013 book
Obituaries in the Performing Arts, published by
McFarland & Company and authored by Harris M. Lentz. Marion died of a brief illness at the Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, on December 10, 2020, at the age of 103. ==Filmography (selected)==