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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sammy Davis, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1925-12-08
- event Death Date 1990-05-16
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4
- info Birth Place Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Sammy Davis Jr.
6.4
Ocean's Eleven
1960-08-10
0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985-01-01
6.1
Porgy and Bess
1959-06-24
6.2
The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01
2
Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas
2023-01-13
0
The Best Of Sammy David Jr. Live
6.2
The Cannonball Run
1981-06-19
5.4
Cannonball Run II
1984-06-29
4.3
One More Time
1970-05-01
5.3
Salt & Pepper
1968-07-03
6.9
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
2023-03-05
7.5
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021-11-14
0
Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras
1967-12-21
7
That's Dancing!
1985-01-18
6.9
Sweet Charity
1969-02-25
6.8
Tap
1989-02-12
7.8
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
1970-11-11
5.4
Sergeants 3
1962-02-10
6
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964-06-24
6.1
Pepe
1960-12-21
5.3
Johnny Cool
1963-10-02
5.4
Convicts 4
1962-09-15
6
Heidi's Song
1982-11-19
6
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984-12-09
4.2
The Ultimate Event
1989-05-20
0
The Legendary Nat King Cole
2004-10-05
7.2
The Wrecking Crew
2008-03-11
3
Nightmare in the Sun
1965-03-06
6
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988-05-16
6
Rufus Jones for President
1933-09-09
5
Seasoned Greetings
1933-09-23
6
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982-01-01
6.2
Anna Lucasta
1958-11-01
6
Save the Children
1973-05-13
5.7
The Trackers
1971-12-15
0
The Pigeon
1969-11-04
6.8
The Ocean's 11 Story
2001-11-22
0
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
1988-11-05
6.8
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988-01-02
7.5
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003-12-30
6.4
A Man Called Adam
1966-03-16
5
The Threepenny Opera
1963-02-28
7
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977-10-23
7
This Is Elvis
1981-04-03
0
The Rat Pack
2004-01-01
5.8
Smorgasbord
1983-04-13
5.2
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
2002-03-31
7.3
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970-03-24
2.3
Gone with the West
1975-09-01
9
Rat Pack
2022-01-11
0
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
0
Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin
1978-08-22
7.3
This Is Joan Collins
2022-01-01
7
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976-11-28
0
Uptown Comedy Express
1987-05-09
6.6
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990-12-14
0
Sweet and Low
1947-03-28
0
Sammy and Bruce
1980-09-21
0
The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast
1989-01-01
9
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990-02-04
5.3
Let's Play, Boy
2008-05-25
5.8
Moon Over Parador
1988-09-09
6.7
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022-10-27
0
Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990-02-04
7
…Sings Musicals
2012-01-15
0
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
2023-12-20
9.3
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989-07-17
10
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023-11-04
0
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999-01-01
4.7
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
1966-03-30
6
BRATS
2024-06-07
4.7
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956-03-09
6
Poor Devil
1973-02-14
7
The Fall
1969-01-15
0
Fight of the Century
1971-03-08
0
Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964
1977-01-01
7
Music According to Tom Jobim
2012-05-20
0
The Strolling '20s
1966-02-04
0
Sammy Stops the World
1978-01-01
6.9
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017-09-11
7
Movin' with Nancy
1967-12-11
4
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004-01-01
6
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975-09-30
8
This Is Bob Hope...
2017-12-29
7
Jazz Ball
1956-01-01
6
Doris Day Today
1975-01-01
0
James Dean Remembered
1974-01-01
0
The Ratpack
2006-01-01
6
Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley
1960-05-12
0
The Day of the Fox
1961-09-06
0
The Rat Pack - The Greatest Hits
2012-11-26
0
The Enemy
1967-11-20
8
It's Black Entertainment
2002-02-08
0
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015-11-06
10
The Perils of P.K
1986-06-06
0
Old Faithful
1973-01-01
0
Sammy Davis Jr.: Live In Germany
1985-06-28
0
Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
1973-02-22
0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001-02-22
0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001-02-22
0
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
1979-12-13
9
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
1965-06-12
7.4
Selma
2014-12-25
7.3
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017-03-19
6.5
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
0
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular
1996-07-04
0
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
1974-11-20
7
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016-02-06
0
Jackpot at Tahoe
1963-09-16
7.9
Koyaanisqatsi
1983-04-27
0
Elvis Through the Years
2007-08-14
6.2
Six Bridges to Cross
1955-01-21
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10
6
Burke's Law
1963-09-20
4.7
Cain's Hundred
1961-09-19
7
Here's Lucy
1968-09-23
7.9
I Dream of Jeannie
1965-09-18
7.3
Batman
1966-01-12
5.5
Sanford
1980-03-15
7.9
All in the Family
1971-01-12
5.8
Chico and the Man
1974-09-13
0
Playboy's Penthouse
1959-10-24
5.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01
0
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1966-06-11
6.5
The Mod Squad
1968-09-24
6
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
7.3
Hunter
1984-09-18
4.5
The Hollywood Palace
1964-01-04
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967-09-09
5.9
The Patty Duke Show
1963-09-18
4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
1970-09-17
7.1
The Rifleman
1958-09-30
5.7
Ben Casey
1961-10-02
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
6
The Sammy Davis Jr. Show
1966-01-07
7.3
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28
7.5
The Emmy Awards
1949-01-25
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
5.1
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
6.5
Dinah!
1974-10-21
6
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
6
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
8
Sammy and Company
1975-04-06
6
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969-09-17
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
7.7
The Jack Benny Program
1950-10-28
4.5
Wogan
1982-05-04
6
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971-05-09
0
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978-02-09
6.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957-07-29
6
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972-09-13
5.1
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
0
The Big Party
1959-10-08
5
The Steve Allen Show
1956-06-24
7.6
The Carol Burnett Show
1967-09-11
6.2
Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16
6.7
The Dick Cavett Show
1968-06-06
7
What's My Line?
1950-02-02
5.3
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973-09-14
6
Bitte umblättern
1977-04-20
7.1
The Cosby Show
1984-09-20
0
The Rat Pack
1999-02-19
6.8
Alice in Wonderland
1985-12-09
