Sammy Davis Jr. (I) (1925–1990) |
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Sammy Davis Jr. was often billed as the "greatest living entertainer in the world". He was born in Harlem, Manhattan, the son of dancer Elvera Davis (née Sanchez) and vaudeville star Sammy Davis Sr.. His father was African-American and his mother was of Cuban and African-American ancestry. Davis Jr. was known as someone who could do it all--sing, ...
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Died:(age 64) in Beverly Hills, California, USA |
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Soundtrack (100 credits)
Soundtrack (100 credits)
2019
Mindhunter
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.8
(2019)
... (performer: "The Candy Man" - uncredited)
2018
Burger Quiz
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.19
(2018)
... (performer: "Jingle Bells")
2018
Billions
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Hell of a Ride
(2018)
... (performer: "Mr. Bojangles" - uncredited)
2017
Popular Voices at the BBC
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Crooners at the BBC
(2017)
... (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp")
2017
Feud: Bette and Joan
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- You Mean All This Time We Could Have Been Friends?
(2017)
... (performer: "Come Light the Candles" - uncredited)
2017
Antiques Road Trip
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #14.2
(2017)
... (performer: "The Candy Man" - uncredited)
2016
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Meet the Patels
(2016)
... (performer: "Jingle Bells")
2014
Intresseklubben
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Celler
(2014)
... (performer: "Baretta Theme")
2009-2014
So You Think You Can Dance
(TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes)
- Top 4 Perform
(2014)
... (performer: "Love Me or Leave Me")
- Two of Six Voted Off
(2009)
... (performer: "The Lady Is A Tramp")
- Top Six Perform
(2009)
... (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp")
2014
P.O.V.
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
(2014)
... (performer: "Hello Detroit!")
2014
The Following
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Forgive
(2014)
... (performer: "Too Close for Comfort" - uncredited)
2012
Animal Practice
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Ralphie
(2012)
... (performer: "The Candy Man")
2011
Pan Am
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- One Coin in a Fountain
(2011)
... (performer: "Too Close for Comfort" - uncredited)
2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
(performer: "The Second Best Secret Agent In The Whole Wide World", "Spinning Wheel")
2009
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
(Documentary) (performer: "Chicago, Chicago, That Toddlin' Town")
2007-2008
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Round 9
(2008)
... (performer: "That Old Black Magic")
- Round 2
(2007)
... (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp")
2005
My Name Is Earl
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- White Lie Christmas
(2005)
... (performer: "Jingle Bells" - uncredited)
2004
Gilmore Girls
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller
(2004)
... (performer: "The Candy Man" - uncredited)
2003
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
(Video documentary) (performer: "My Shining Hour", "Who Can I Turn To?", "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis", "Hit the Road, Jack", "You Are My Sunshine", "One for My Baby", "Birth of the Blues")
2001
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- University
(2001)
... (performer: "Thou Swell" - uncredited)
1998
Tohuwabohu
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Blasts from the Past
(1998)
... (performer: "The Candy Man" - uncredited)
1992
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #30.120
(1992)
... (performer: "Mr. Bojangles" (1968) - uncredited)
1989
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event
(TV Special documentary) (performer: "With a Song in My Heart" (uncredited), "Candy Man" (uncredited), "What Kind of Fool Am I" (uncredited), "Music of the Night" (uncredited), "Bad" (uncredited), "Style" (uncredited), "Witchcraft" (uncredited), "Say Liza (Liza with a Z)" (uncredited), "Talk to the Animals" (uncredited), "All or Nothing at All" (uncredited), "Money" (uncredited), "I've Got You Under My Skin" (uncredited), "Maybe This Time" (uncredited), "All the Way" (uncredited), "Birth of the Blues" (uncredited), "The Lady Is a Tramp", "But the World Goes Round", "Theme from New York, New York")
1987
The Charmings
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Charming's Buy a Car
(1987)
... (performer: "The Candy Man")
1984
The 56th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special documentary) (performer: "There's No Business Like Show Business")
1980
Sanford
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Benefit
(1980)
... (performer: "Just the Way You Are', "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" - uncredited)
1979
The 51st Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special documentary) (performer: "Oscar's Only Human", "Not Even Nominated (Medley)")
1978
Happy Birthday, Bob
(TV Special) (performer: "Gonna Build a Mountain / What Kind of Fool Am I? / Once in a Lifetime")
1977
Charlie's Angels
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Sammy Davis, Jr. Kidnap Caper
(1977)
... (performer: "What Kind of Fool Am I?", "The Candy Man" - uncredited)
1975
Sammy and Company
(TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes)
- Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera and Stephanie Mills
(1975)
... (performer: "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", "That Face")
- Sally Struthers, Lola Falana and Jack Klugman
(1975)
... (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp", "Go Down Gamblin'", "This Love of Mine", "The More I See You" - uncredited)
- Sandy Duncan, Roger Miller, Karen Valentine and Aaron Spelling
(1975)
... (performer: "The More I See You", "Without a Song", "Spinning Wheel", "Side by Side" - uncredited)
1973
NBC Follies
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1973)
... (performer: "Gonna Build a Mountain", "Sweet Beginning", "I've Gotta Be Me", "Consider Yourself", "Be a Clown", "Without You I'm Nothing", "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening")
1970
Here's Lucy
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Lucy and Sammy Davis Jr.
(1970)
... (performer: "Everybody Loves Somebody", "And When I Die")
1970
One More Time
(performer: "One More Time", "When The Feeling Hits You", "Where Do I Go From Here")
1969
Die Rudi Carrell Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Seereise
(1969)
... (performer: "For Once in My Lifetime" - uncredited)
1967-1969
The Hollywood Palace
(TV Series) (performer - 4 episodes)
- Episode #6.23
(1969)
... (performer: "Up, Up and Away", "I've Gotta Be Me", "Ol' Man River", "Choreography", "I Got You (I Feel Good)", "Little Green Apples", "I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)" - uncredited)
- Episode #6.10
(1968)
... (performer: "At The Crossroads")
- Episode #5.18
(1968)
... (performer: "Talk To The Animals")
- Episode #5.4
(1967)
... (performer: "After Today", "Something In Your Smile", "Talk To The Animals")
1969
Playboy After Dark
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.8
(1969)
... (performer: "I've Gotta Be Me", "Who Can I Turn To?", "The Joker", "What Kind of Fool Am I?", "The Shelter of Your Arms", "The More I See You" - uncredited)
1968
Salt and Pepper
(performer: "I Like the Way You Dance", "Salt & Pepper") / (writer: "I Like the Way You Dance")
1967
I Dream of Jeannie
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Greatest Entertainer in the World
(1967)
... (performer: "The Girl from Ipanema", "That Old Black Magic")
1966
A Man Called Adam
(performer: "I Want To Be Wanted", "Whisper To One", "Playboy Theme" ("Crack Up"))
1966
The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.14
(1966)
... (performer: "You Gotta Start Off Each Day with a Song", "Who Will Be With You When I'm Far Away?", "Be My Love", "This Dream" - uncredited)
1966
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
(TV Movie) (performer: "What's a Nice Kid Like You")
1965
The 2nd Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World
(performer: "The Second Best Secret Agent in the World" (U.S. version only))
1965
The Patty Duke Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Will the Real Sammy Davis Please Hang Up?
(1965)
... (performer: "What Kind Of Fool Am I?", "I've Got A Woman" - uncredited)
1963
Meet Sammy Davis Jr. 1
(TV Special) (performer: "Once in a Lifetime", "The Lady is a Tramp", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Pop Goes the Weasel", "My Funny Valentine", "I've Got a Lot of Livin' to Do", "Me and My Shadow", "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)", "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues")
1963
Three Penny Opera
(performer: "Mack the Knife", "To Be a Good Man", "Mack the Knife" (reprise) - uncredited)
1963
The Danny Thomas Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Rusty's Birthday
(1963)
... (performer: "Happy Birthday" - uncredited)
1962
Frontier Circus
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Coals of Fire
(1962)
... (performer: "Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)", "Gwine to Rune All Night (De Camptown Races)" - uncredited)
1960
Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley
(TV Special) (performer: "It's Nice to Go Trav'ling", "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' for New York", "All the Way", "Shall We Dance" - uncredited)
1959
Porgy and Bess
(performer: "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York")
1958
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Sammy Davis Jr.
(1958)
... (performer: "Me and My Shadow" - uncredited)
1957
The Nat King Cole Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.4
(1957)
... (performer: "I'm Ridin' on the Road" (uncredited), "Stool Dance" (uncredited), "Somewhere Along the Way" (uncredited), "Beyond the Blue Horizon", "Linger Awhile")
1956
The Walter Winchell Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.3
(1956)
... (performer: "New York's My Home")
1933
Rufus Jones for President
(Short) (performer: " (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You" - uncredited)
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Personal Details
Other Works:
TV commercial: General Electric Tape Recorder See more »Publicity Listings:
10 Biographical Movies | 10 Print Biographies | 6 Portrayals | 1 Interview | 3 Articles | 3 Pictorials | 3 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Official Sites:
Official SiteAlternate Names:
Sammy Jr. & Altovise | Sammy Davis | Sammy Davis Jnr | Sammy Davis Jnr. | Will Maston Trio | the Will Maston Trio | The Will Maston TrioHeight:
5' 5" (1.65 m)
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I'm 64 years old, but I feel I've lived the life of a person at 164. See more »Trivia:
According to the two-part A&E Biography documentary on The Rat Pack, there was a falling out between Sammy Davis Jr. and his support of John F. Kennedy. Two reasons prominently cited are: 1. When Sammy attended the Democratic National Convention and stood on stage with other Hollywood celebrities singing the "Star Spangled Banner", he was heckled and abused by the Democratic delegates from the ... See more »Trademark:
Frequently worked with fellow Rat Pack members Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford See more »Nickname:
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