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He was a successful singer/songwriter who made a brief, but acclaimed, transition into acting. As a songwriter, he wrote the hit "In the Ghetto" for Elvis Presley and he wrote and performed the hits "I Believe In Music" and "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me". See more trivia »

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Filmography

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2012 The Speed of Orange (documentary) (writer: "Hard To Be Humble")
 
2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Episode #20.84 (2012) (writer: "In the Ghetto" - uncredited)
 
2012 Glee (TV series)
The Spanish Teacher (2012) (writer: "A Little Less Conversation" - uncredited)
 
2011 Dolly Parton Tour TV (TV series documentary)
Touring Insights (2011) (writer: "Country Is As Country Does")
Better Day: The New Album (2011) (writer: "Country Is As Country Does")
 
2011 Hollywood to Dollywood (documentary) (writer: "White Limozeen", "Full Circle")
 
2011 Memphis Rising: Elvis Returns (writer: "Memories")
 
2010 Formula 1: BBC Sport (TV series)
The Spanish Grand Prix (2010) (writer: "A Little Less Conversation")
 
2010 Dancing on Ice (TV series)
Episode #5.20 (2010) (writer: "A Little Less Conversation")
 
2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (writer: "A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION JXL RADIO EDIT REMIX")
 
2010 Melodifestivalen 2010 (TV series)
 
2010 Willkommen Österreich (TV series)
Episode #1.94 (2010) (writer: "In the Ghetto")
 
2008 Flunked (documentary) (writer: "A Little Less Conversation")
 
2008 Weltberühmt in Österreich - 50 Jahre Austropop (TV series documentary)
Sex and Drugs & Austropop (2008) (writer: "In the Ghetto")
 
2007 Elvis: #1 Hit Performances (video) (writer: "In the Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy")
 
2007 The Big Bang Theory (TV series)
Pilot (2007) (writer: "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" - uncredited)
 
2007 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Episode dated 10 September 2007 (2007) (writer: "In the Ghetto")
 
2007 Good Morning America (TV series)
Episode dated 16 August 2007 (2007) (writer: "In The Ghetto")
 
2007 Next (writer: "A Little Less Conversation" JXL Remix / as Scott Davis)
 
2007 Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert, 'Live' from Memphis (video) (writer: "In the Ghetto")
 
2006 Elvis Presley: Love Me Tender (video) (writer: "In The Ghetto")
 
2006 Jackass Number Two (documentary) ("A Little Less Conversation" / as Scott Davis)
 
2006 Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (2006) (writer: "A Little Less Conversation JXL Remix")
 
2006 Kupetzky (TV series)
Die Blue-Moon-Boys (2006) (writer: "In the Ghetto" - uncredited)
 
2005 North Country (writer: "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me" / performer: "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me")
 
2005 Elvis by the Presleys (TV documentary) (writer: "In the Ghetto")
 
2004 Shark Tale (writer: "A Little Less Conversation Junkie XL Remix")
 
2003 Las Vegas (TV series)
 
2003 Bruce Almighty (writer: "A Little Less Conversation" / as Scott Davis)
 
2003 Everybody Loves Raymond (TV series)
Robert's Wedding (2003) (writer: "A Little Less Conversation" - uncredited)
 
2002 Smallville (TV series)
Heat (2002) (writer: "A Little Less Conversation" - uncredited)
 
2002 Rage (TV series)
Grinspoon Guest Program Rage (2002) (writer: "A Little Less Conversation")
 
2001 Ocean's Eleven (writer: "A Little Less Conversation")
 
2001 Super Bowl XXXV (TV movie) (writer: "A Little Less Conversation")
 
2001 Intimacy (writer: "In the Ghetto" 1967)
 
2000 Freaks and Geeks (TV series)
Chokin' and Tokin' (2000) (writer: "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" - uncredited / performer: "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" - uncredited)
 
1998 Campus ("In The Ghetto")
 
1996 Dolly Parton: Treasures (TV documentary) (writer: "Something's Burning")
 
1993 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Episode #12.21 (1993) (writer: "Slow Dancing With The Moon")
 
1992 Elvis: The Lost Performances (video) (writer: "Don't Cry Daddy")
 
1991 The Simpsons (TV series)
Saturdays of Thunder (1991) ("Watching Scotty Grow" - uncredited)
 
1989 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Dolly Parton (1989) (writer: "White Limozeen")
 
1989 Nashville Now (TV series)
Dolly Parton/Ricky Skaggs/Dan Seals (1989) (writer: "White Limozeen")
 
1987 Dolly (TV series)
A Down Home Country Christmas (1987) (writer: "Fall In Love With Your Wife", "Drinkin' Christmas Dinner All Alone" / performer: "I'll Be Home With Bells On", "Down Home Country Christmas", "Fall In Love With Your Wife", "Drinkin' Christmas Dinner All Alone", "Santa Went On a Diet", "White Christmas", "Christmas Medley")
 
1985 Elvis: Memories (video documentary) (writer: "Memories")
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary) (performer: "Over You")
 
1981 This Is Elvis ("Memories" / as Scott Davis)
 
1977 Mac Davis: Sounds Like Home (TV movie) (performer: "Applejack", "Naughty Girl")
 
1977 The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (TV series)
Episode #1.8 (1977) (writer: "I Believe in Music")
 
1976 Dolly (TV series)
Episode #1.20 (writer: "In The Ghetto")
 
1975 The Mac Davis Special (TV movie) (writer: "I Believe in Music" / performer: "I Believe in Music")
 
1975 Dinah! (TV series)
Episode #2.44 (1975) (performer: "Naughty Girl")
 
1972 Elvis on Tour (documentary) (writer: "Memories" / as Scott Davis)
 
1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Episode #2.4 (1970) (writer: "A Poem for My Little Lady", "I Believe in Music" / performer: "A Poem for My Little Lady", "I Believe in Music")
Episode #1.21 (1970) (writer: "Something's Burning")
 
1969 The Trouble with Girls (writer: "Clean Up Your Own Back Yard" - uncredited)
 
1969 Charro! (music: "Charro!" / as Scott Davis / lyrics: "Charro!" / as Scott Davis)
 
1968 Elvis (TV movie) (writer: "A Little Less Conversation", "Memories", "Nothingville")
 
1968 Live a Little, Love a Little (writer: "A Little Less Conversation" - uncredited)
 
1968 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (performer: "The Color of the Wind Is Cold", "I Can't Afford to Let You Go" / as Scott Davis)
 
Show ShowActor (28 titles)
2008 Beer for My Horses
Reverend J.D. Parker
 
2004-2006 Rodney (TV series)
Carl
Love Is in the Air (2006) … Carl
O Christmas Tree (2005) … Carl
Keith (2005) … Carl
Question Mark Hamilton (2005) … Carl
Rodney's Big Shot (2005) … Carl
 
1999-2006 King of the Hill (TV series)
Announcer / Sheriff Buford / Sports Jock / …
You Gotta Believe (In Moderation) (2006) … Sports Jock/Announcer (voice)
Cheer Factor (2004) … Sports Jock/Announcer (voice)
High Anxiety: Part 2 (2000) … Sheriff Buford (voice)
Hanky Panky: Part 1 (2000) … Sheriff Buford (voice)
Bills Are Made to Be Broken (1999) … Jock (voice)
 
2004 True Vinyl
Frank Thompson
 
2004 8 Simple Rules (TV series)
Guitar Player
Let's Keep Going: Part 2 (2004) … Guitar Player
 
2003 Where the Red Fern Grows
Hod Bellington
 
2001 Jackpot
Sammy Bones
 
2001 Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (TV movie)
Sheriff Underwood
 
2000 That '70s Show (TV series)
St. Peter
Holy Crap (2000) … St. Peter
 
1999 Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV series)
Sheriff Riley
It's Never Too Late (1999) … Sheriff Riley
 
1999 Angel's Dance
Norman
 
1998 Possums
Wilbur 'Will' Clark
 
1996 For My Daughter's Honor (TV movie)
Norm Dustin
 
1995-1996 The Client (TV series)
Waldo Gaines
Child's Play (1995) … Waldo Gaines
Drive, He Said (1995) … Waldo Gaines
 
1996 Daytona Beach (TV movie)
Reese Elliot
 
1995 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)
Lawrence 'Larry' Smiley
Just Say Noah (1995) … Lawrence 'Larry' Smiley
 
1991 Blackmail (TV movie)
Norm
 
1988 What Price Victory (TV movie)
Jake Ramson
 
1986 Tall Tales & Legends (TV series)
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett (1986) … Davy Crockett
 
1986 Webster (TV series)
Uncle Jake Tyler
Almost Home (1986) … Uncle Jake Tyler
 
1985 Brothers-in-Law (TV movie)
T.K. 'Tom' Kenny
 
1979 North Dallas Forty
Seth Maxwell
 
Show ShowSelf (55 titles)
2013 They Shoot Mimes Don't They (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 Song by Song (TV series)
Himself
Dolly Parton: Coat of Many Colors (2013) … Himself
Dolly Parton: Jolene (2013) … Himself
Dolly Parton: 9 to 5 (2013) … Himself
Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You (2013) … Himself
 
2002 The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Elvis Forever (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Elvis: His Life and Times (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
1996 Dolly Parton: Treasures (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 America Comes to Graceland (TV special documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1993 The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies (TV special documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1992 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 The Chuck Woolery Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1991) … Himself
 
1987 Dolly (TV series)
Himself
A Down Home Country Christmas (1987) … Himself
 
1987 The 14th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1985 Solid Gold (TV series)
Himself
Episode #6.3 (1985) … Himself
Episode #5.43 (1985) … Himself
Episode #5.35 (1985) … Himself
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
1983 Live... And in Person (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.2 (1983) … Himself
 
1983 The 10th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
1983 Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (TV movie)
Himself
 
1981 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Himself
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream (1981) … Himself
 
1981 The 8th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
1970-1980 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 December 1980 (1980) … Himself
Episode dated 30 January 1980 (1980) … Himself
Episode dated 17 March 1976 (1976) … Himself
Episode dated 18 December 1974 (1974) … Himself
Episode dated 28 October 1974 (1974) … Himself
 
1980 The Midnight Special (TV series)
Himself - Host
Episode #9.7 (1980) … Himself - Host
 
1980 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #5.14 (1980) … Himself
 
1977-1980 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 January 1980 (1980) … Himself
Episode dated 5 December 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1979 A Christmas Special... With Love, Mac Davis (TV movie)
Himself
 
1979 Kenny Rogers and the American Cowboy (TV movie)
Himself
 
1974-1978 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 December 1978 (1978) … Himself
Episode dated 8 May 1978 (1978) … Himself
Episode dated 15 March 1976 (1976) … Himself
Episode dated 31 March 1975 (1975) … Himself
Episode dated 24 June 1974 (1974) … Himself
 
1978 Happy Birthday, Bob (TV special)
Himself
 
1978 The Jim Nabors Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.41 (1978) … Himself
 
1977 The Mac Davis Christmas Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 Mac Davis: Sounds Like Home (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1975 The Mac Davis Special (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1975 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.44 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 Cher (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.5 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 28 April 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 The 1st Annual People's Choice Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Favourite Male Musical Performer
 
1974 The Mac Davis Show (TV series)
Himself
 
1974 Flip (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.17 (1974) … Himself
 
1973 The Bobby Goldsboro Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 23 September 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1972-1973 Stand Up and Cheer (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.1 (1973) … Himself
Episode #2.8 (1972) … Himself
 
1973 The Helen Reddy Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.3 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 The 15th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1970-1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.103 (1972) … Himself
Episode #3.232 (1971) … Himself
Episode #3.143 (1971) … Himself
Episode #3.84 (1971) … Himself
Episode #3.47 (1970) … Himself
 
1972 Love! Love! Love! (TV movie)
Himself
 
1971 Rollin' on the River (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 December 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 Make Your Own Kind of Music! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.7 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode #2.4 (1970) … Himself - Singer
 
1970 America (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 It's Lulu (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.9 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Everly Brothers Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.4 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 Country Sounds: Bobbie Gentry & Mac Davis (TV movie)
Himself
 

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(2012) Co-host, with Anastasia Brown, of an infomercial for Time-Life's "The Legends of Country" music collection. See more »

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Personal Quote:

[about Elvis Presley's reaction to Davis' song "Don't Cry Daddy"] "Don't Cry Daddy" is a pretty sad song. He got to the end of it and it was just real quiet and Elvis says, "I'm gonna cut that someday for my daddy". And, by God, he did. He lived up to his word. See more »

Trivia:

He was a successful singer/songwriter who made a brief, but acclaimed, transition into acting. As a songwriter, he wrote the hit "In the Ghetto" for Elvis Presley and he wrote and performed the hits "I Believe In Music" and "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me". See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius