Actor
Sammy Davis Jr.
Biography

Samuel George "Sammy" Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American entertainer. Primarily a dancer and singer, Davis was a childhood vaudevillian who became known for his performances on Broadway and in Las Vegas, as a recording artist, television and film star, and as a member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack". At the age of three Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father and "uncle" as the Will Mastin Trio, toured nationally, and after military service, returned to the ...

Known For
Movie

BRATS

Movie

Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.

Movie

Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia

Movie

Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

Movie

Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas

Acting
2024 -- BRATS | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023 -- Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr. | Self (archive footage)
2023 -- Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia | Self
2023 -- Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel | Self (archive footage)
2023 -- Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas | Self
2022 -- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self (archive footage)
2022 -- Rat Pack | Self (archive footage)
2022 -- This Is Joan Collins | Archive Footage
2021 -- Dean Martin: King of Cool | Self (archive footage)
2017 -- This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage)
2017 -- Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self (archive footage)
2017 -- John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood | Self - Singer (archive footage)
2016 -- Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall | Self (archive footage)
2015 -- Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do | Self (archive footage)
2014 -- Selma | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012 -- The Rat Pack - The Greatest Hits | Self
2012 -- Music According to Tom Jobim | Self (archive footage)
2012 -- …Sings Musicals | Self (archive footage)
2008 -- Let's Play, Boy | himself (archive footage)
2008 -- The Wrecking Crew | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007 -- Elvis Through the Years | Self (archive footage)
2006 -- The Ratpack | Self
2004 -- The Legendary Nat King Cole | Self
2004 -- TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage)
2004 -- The Rat Pack | Self
2003 -- Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection | Self (archive footage)
2002 -- The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years | Self (archive footage)
2002 -- It's Black Entertainment | Self (archive footage)
2001 -- The Ocean's 11 Story | Self (archive footage)
2001 -- The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 | Self (archive footage)
2001 -- The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 | Self (archive footage)
1999 -- Television: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage)
1996 -- Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular | Self
1990 -- The Kid Who Loved Christmas | Sideman
1990 -- Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self
1990 -- Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self
1989 -- Hanna-Barbera's 50th | Self
1989 -- The Ultimate Event | Self
1989 -- Tap | Little Mo
1989 -- The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast | Self
1988 -- An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis |
1988 -- Moon Over Parador | Self
1988 -- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self
1988 -- Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues | Self
1987 -- Uptown Comedy Express |
1986 -- The Perils of P.K |
1985 -- Sammy Davis Jr.: Live In Germany | Himself - Main Artist
1985 -- That's Dancing! | Self - Host
1985 -- Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage)
1984 -- All Star Party for Lucille Ball | Self
1984 -- Cannonball Run II | Fenderbaum
1983 -- Koyaanisqatsi | Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983 -- Smorgasbord | Himself
1982 -- Heidi's Song | Head Ratte (voice)
1982 -- Night of 100 Stars | Self
1982 -- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage)
1981 -- The Cannonball Run | Fenderbaum
1981 -- This Is Elvis | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980 -- Sammy and Bruce | Self
1979 -- Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years | Self
1978 -- Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin | Self
1978 -- Sammy Stops the World | Littlechap
1977 -- Happy Birthday, Las Vegas |
1977 -- Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964 |
1976 -- CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Self
1975 -- James Dean: The First American Teenager | Self
1975 -- Gone with the West | Kid Dandy
1975 -- Doris Day Today | Self
1974 -- The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards | Self - Presenter
1974 -- James Dean Remembered | Self
1973 -- Save the Children | Self
1973 -- Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective) | Self
1973 -- Poor Devil | Sammy
1973 -- Old Faithful | Himself
1971 -- The Trackers | Ezekiel Smith
1971 -- Fight of the Century | Self-(Audience Member)
1970 -- Elvis: That's the Way It Is | Self
1970 -- One More Time | Charles Salt
1970 -- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage)
1969 -- The Pigeon | Larry Miller
1969 -- Sweet Charity | Big Daddy
1969 -- The Fall |
1968 -- Salt & Pepper | Charles Salt
1968 -- The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage)
1967 -- Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras | Self
1967 -- Movin' with Nancy | Self
1967 -- The Enemy | Chris Christiansen
1966 -- Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? | The Cheshire Cat
1966 -- A Man Called Adam | Adam Johnson
1966 -- The Strolling '20s | Self
1965 -- Frank Sinatra Spectacular | Self
1965 -- Nightmare in the Sun | Truck driver
1964 -- Robin and the 7 Hoods | Will Scarlet
1963 -- Johnny Cool | Educated
1963 -- Jackpot at Tahoe | Self
1963 -- The Threepenny Opera | Moritatensänger
1962 -- Convicts 4 | Wino
1962 -- Sergeants 3 | Jonah Williams
1961 -- The Day of the Fox | Beppo
1960 -- Pepe | Sammy Davis Jr.
1960 -- Ocean's Eleven | Josh Howard
1960 -- Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley | Self - Singer / Dancer / Impressionist
1959 -- Porgy and Bess | Sportin' Life
1958 -- Anna Lucasta | Danny
1956 -- Meet Me in Las Vegas | Sammy Davis Jr. (voice) (uncredited)
1956 -- Jazz Ball | Self (archive footage)
1947 -- Sweet and Low | Self
1933 -- Seasoned Greetings | Henry Johnson
1933 -- Rufus Jones for President | Rufus Jones
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