'Abbott Elementary' Star William Stanford Davis Shows Off Five-Cent Residual Check During Strike
etonline.comWGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue, star William Stanford Davis became the latest actor to reveal how shockingly little he receives in residual payments.
Over the weekend, the 71-year-old actor took to Instagram, where he pulled out a five-cent check he received from an unnamed show. «I'm standing in solidarity with the writers, and we're going to be on strike until we get what we need to make a living,» said Davis, who has been a member of SAG-AFTRA for over 30 years and currently plays school custodian Mr.
Johnson on the ABC sitcom.He then held up the check to the camera, exposing the meager payment before commenting on the absurdity of mailing someone a check for so little money. «Can you believe that?
That's [five] cents. The postage, the paper, everything costs more than that,» he said. Davis later added, «That's what they think of us as actors.
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