SJ
Sammy Davis Jr.
Actor, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born December 8, 1925Died May 16, 1990 (64 years)
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 trio. Davis became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's after the 1951 Academy Awards, with the trio, became a recording artist, and made his first film performances as an adult later that decade. In 1954, he lost his left eye in an automobile accident. Later the same year, he converted to Judaism. In 1960, he appeared in the first Rat Pack movie, Ocean's 11. After a starring role on Broadway in 1956's Mr Wonderful, Davis returned to the stage in 1964's Golden Boy, and in 1966 had his own TV variety show, The Sammy Davis Jr. Show. Davis's career slowed in the late sixties, but he had a hit record with "The Candy Man", in 1972, and became a star in Las Vegas.
As an African American, Davis was the victim of racism throughout his life, and was a large financial supporter of civil rights causes. Davis had a complex relationship with the African American community, and attracted criticism after physically embracing Richard Nixon in 1970. One day on a golf course with Jack Benny, he was asked what his handicap was. "Handicap?" he asked. "Talk about handicap — I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew." This was to become a signature comment, recounted in his autobiography, and in countless articles.
After reuniting with Sinatra and Dean Martin in 1987, Davis toured with them and Liza Minnelli internationally, before dying of throat cancer in 1990. He died in debt to the Internal Revenue Service, and his estate was the subject of legal battles.
Davis was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP, and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his television performances. He was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 1987, and in 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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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 trio. Davis became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's after the 1951 Academy Awards, with the trio, became a recording artist, and made his first film performances as an adult later that decade. In 1954, he lost his left eye in an automobile accident. Later the same year, he converted to Judaism. In 1960, he appeared in the first Rat Pack movie, Ocean's 11. After a starring role on Broadway in 1956's Mr Wonderful, Davis returned to the stage in 1964's Golden Boy, and in 1966 had his own TV variety show, The Sammy Davis Jr. Show. Davis's career slowed in the late sixties, but he had a hit record with "The Candy Man", in 1972, and became a star in Las Vegas.
As an African American, Davis was the victim of racism throughout his life, and was a large financial supporter of civil rights causes. Davis had a complex relationship with the African American community, and attracted criticism after physically embracing Richard Nixon in 1970. One day on a golf course with Jack Benny, he was asked what his handicap was. "Handicap?" he asked. "Talk about handicap — I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew." This was to become a signature comment, recounted in his autobiography, and in countless articles.
After reuniting with Sinatra and Dean Martin in 1987, Davis toured with them and Liza Minnelli internationally, before dying of throat cancer in 1990. He died in debt to the Internal Revenue Service, and his estate was the subject of legal battles.
Davis was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP, and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his television performances. He was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 1987, and in 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Sammy Davis Jr. Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple · as Self - Actor |
| 2024 | Brats · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2024 | Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2023 | Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr. · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Commitment to Life · as Self |
| 2023 | Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (TV Series) · as Self - Friend Of Frank Sinatra |
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| 2023 | Kim Novak: The Golden Age Rebel · as Self (archive Footage) |
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| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Lucy and Desi · as Self |
| 2022 | Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's · as Self |
| 2021 | Listening to Kenny G · as Self |
| 2021 | King of Cool · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | My Name Is Lopez · as Self |
| 2020 | Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth · as Self |
| 2020 | Aretha Franklin: Soul Sister · as Self |
| 2020 | Out of Shadows · as Self |
| 2019 | Bob Fosse: It's Showtime! · as Self |
| 2019 | The Black Godfather · as Self |
| 2019 | Pizza: A Love Story · as Self - Fan Of New Haven Style Pizza |
| 2019 | What's My Name: Muhammad Ali · as Self |
| 2019 | The Apollo · as Self |
| 2018 | Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes · as Self |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Elvis: The Rebirth of the King · as Self |
| 2017 | This Is Bob Hope... · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond · as Self |
| 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | The Fabulous Allan Carr · as Self |
| 2017 | Mansfield 66/67 · as Self - Actor & Singer |
| 2016 | Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Self |
| 2016 | Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | John Travolta: Rückkehr nach Hollywood · as Self - Singer (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | Frank Sinatra. Die Stimme Amerikas · as Self |
| 2015 | What Happened, Miss Simone? · as Self |
| 2014 | Selma · as Self |
| 2014 | The Sixties (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark · as Self |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown · as Self |
| 2013 | Subconscious Password · as Self |
| 2012 | How Playboy Changed the World · as Self |
| 2012 | Sunset Strip · as Self |
| 2012 | Elvis Found Alive · as Self |
| 2012 | The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Sing Your Song · as Self |
| 2009 | Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel · as Self |
| 2008 | Let's Play, Boy · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories · as Self |
| 2008 | The Wrecking Crew! · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project · as Self |
| 2007 | Elvis Through the Years · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | Brando · as Self |
| 2006 | The Ratpack · as Self |
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| 2004 | |
| 2004 | BET Comedy Awards · as Self (in Memory Of) |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets · as Self |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2002 | The Best of Bert Newton · as Self |
| 2002 | The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2002 | 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self |
| 2002 | Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion · as Self |
| 2002 | It's Black Entertainment · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2002 | Still Cher · as Self |
| 2001 | The Ocean's Eleven Story · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2000 | Doing Dallas · as Self |
| 2000 | Playboy 2000: The Party Continues · as Self |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | ABC 2000: The Millennium · as Self |
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | The Best of the Don Lane Show · as Self |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion · as Self |
| 1992 | Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1991 | The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show · as Self |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 | 22nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1990 | That's Black Entertainment · as Self |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues · as Self |
| 1989 | The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self |
| 1989 | The 61st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1989 | Batmania from Comics to Screen · as Self |
| 1988 | Moon Over Parador · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts · as Self - Honoree |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood · as Self |
| 1987 | 19th Annual NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1986 | All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood · as Self |
| 1986 | Our World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan · as Self |
| 1985 | Sammy Davis Jr.: Live In Germany · as Himself - Main Artist |
| 1985 | Motown Returns to the Apollo · as Self |
| 1985 | That's Dancing! · as Self - Host |
| 1985 | Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1984 | The 56th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1983 | Sally Jessy Raphael (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1983 | Star Search (TV Series) · as Self - Introducer |
| 1983 | Cracking Up · as Himself |
| 1982 | All-Star Party for Carol Burnett · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Koyaanisqatsi · as Self - On Tv |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Jazz Greats · as Self |
| 1982 | The Hollywood Palace · as Self |
| 1981 | This Is Elvis · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | The First 40 Years · as Self |
| 1979 | Circus of the Stars #3 · as Self - Ringmaster |
| 1979 | The 51st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Bruce Forsyth's Big Night (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1978 | The 50th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1978 | The Don Lane Celebrity Roast · as Self - Roaster |
| 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years · as Self |
| 1976 | An All-Star Tribute to John Wayne · as Self |
| 1975 | James Dean: The First American Teenager · as Self |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | 47th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Host & Presenter |
| 1975 | Doris Day Today · as Self |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons (TV Series) · as Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | James Dean Remembered · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Frank Sinatra: The Main Event · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1974 | Tattletales (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Save the Children · as Self |
| 1972 | The Julie Andrews Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special (TV Series) · as Self - Cameo |
| 1972 | The 44th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1972 | The ABC Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1971 | V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Fight of the Century · as Self-(audience Member) |
| 1971 | Celebrity Bowling (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | All in the Family (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | Elvis: That's the Way It Is · as Self |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1969 | Hee Haw (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | This is Tom Jones (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Playboy After Dark (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) · as Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 1968 | Frost on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The 40th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer & Accepting Best Song Award |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1967 | Movin' with Nancy · as Self |
| 1967 | The Phil Donahue Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Personality (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | Batman (1966) (TV Series) · as Self (uncredited) |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) · as Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1965 | The 17th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1965 | Hullabaloo! (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1964 | The 36th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1963 | The Jerry Lewis Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1963 | Telescope (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1961 | Password (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 1960 | Pepe · as Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1960 | Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley · as Self - Singer / Dancer / Impressionist |
| 1960 | The 32nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1959 | Playboy's Penthouse (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | Premier Khrushchev in the USA · as Self |
| 1957 | The Frank Sinatra Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Mike Wallace Interview (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1956 | The Nat King Cole Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1956 | Jazz Ball · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1955 | Tonight at the London Palladium (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | Dateline: Disneyland · as Self |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | Tonight! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1953 | Person to Person (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | Make Room for Daddy (TV Series) · as Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Vocalist |
| 1952 | The Linkletter Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Reflets de Cannes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1951 | Love of Life (TV Series) · as Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 1950 | This Is Your Life (US) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) · as Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1947 | Stump the Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1947 | Sweet and Low · as Self |