The actor from ABC’s hit sitcom talked to ESSENCE about rising from guest star to series regular. “It changed my life,” Davis ...

William Stanford Davis talks about Sidney Poitier, his disastrous 'Friends' audition, and coming into his own in his seventies.

William Stanford Davis plays the cantankerous yet loveable janitor Mr. Johnson on "Abbott Elementary." The role marks his first as a series regular over the course of his entire acting career.