Sammy Davis Jr.
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 four 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
Filmography
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
2025
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
BRATS
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas
2023
as Self
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023
as Self
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Joan Collins
2022
as Self (Archive Footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Out of Shadows
2020
as Self (archive)
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
2017
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
Mansfield 66/67
2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Sixties
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Loose Lips - Her Last Interview
2013
…Sings Musicals
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Music According to Tom Jobim
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Rat Pack - The Greatest Hits
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Wrecking Crew
2008
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Let's Play, Boy
2008
as himself (archive footage)
Elvis Through the Years
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Ratpack
2006
as Self
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
The Legendary Nat King Cole
2004
as Self
The Rat Pack
2004
as Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis, Jr.: One Cool Cat
2004
Dean Martin: The One and Only
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
2002
as Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Ocean's 11 Story
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self (archive footage)
The Rat Pack
1999
as (archive footage)
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992
as Self (archive footage)
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
1991
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990
as Sideman
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
Tap
1989
as Little Mo
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event
1989
as Self
The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast
1989
as Self
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
as Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
as Self
An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis
1988
as Self
Moon Over Parador
1988
as Self
Uptown Comedy Express
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
The Perils of P.K
1986
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
as Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
1985
as Self - Host
Sammy Davis Jr.: Live In Germany
1985
as Himself - Main Artist
Dancing in the Wings
1985
as The Spirit
Motown Returns to the Apollo
1985
Alice in Wonderland
1985
as Caterpillar / Father WIlliam
Cannonball Run II
1984
as Fenderbaum
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984
as Self
Hunter
1984
as Benny Schafer
The Cosby Show
1984
as Ray Palomino
Smorgasbord
1983
as Himself
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
as Self (archive footage)
Heidi's Song
1982
as Head Ratte (voice)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
The Cannonball Run
1981
as Fenderbaum
This Is Elvis
1981
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sammy and Bruce
1980
as Self
Magic Night
1980
as Self
Sanford
1980
as Self
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
1979
as Self
Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin
1978
as Self
Sammy Stops the World
1978
as Littlechap
Cinderella at the Palace
1978
as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978
as Self
Fantasy Island
1978
as Mr. Bojangles
Fantasy Island
1978
as Edward Ross Sr.
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977
Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964
1977
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
as Self
Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular
1976
as Self
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Sammy Davis Jr. / Herbert Brubaker III
Gone with the West
1975
as Kid Dandy
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
as Self
Doris Day Today
1975
as Self
Sammy and Company
1975
as Himself
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
James Dean Remembered
1974
as Self
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
1974
as Self - Presenter
Chico and the Man
1974
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Save the Children
1973
as Self
Poor Devil
1973
as Sammy
Old Faithful
1973
as Sammy Davis Jr.
Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
1973
as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972
as Self
The Trackers
1971
as Ezekiel Smith
Fight of the Century
1971
as Self-(Audience Member)
All in the Family
1971
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Self (archive footage)
One More Time
1970
as Charles Salt
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
1970
as Self (uncredited)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
Sweet Charity
1969
as Big Daddy
The Pigeon
1969
as Larry Miller
The Fall
1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969
as Rodney River Jr.
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Salt & Pepper
1968
as Charles Salt
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
1968
as Self
Here's Lucy
1968
as Sammy Davis Jr.
The Mod Squad
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras
1967
as Self
Movin' with Nancy
1967
as Self
The Enemy
1967
as Chris Christiansen
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
Omnibus
1967
A Man Called Adam
1966
as Adam Johnson
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
1966
as The Cheshire Cat
The Strolling '20s
1966
as Self
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1966
as Self
The Sammy Davis Jr. Show
1966
as Host
Batman
1966
as Self (uncredited)
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
as Truck driver
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
1965
as Self
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Sammy Davis Jr.
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Will
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self - Singer
Johnny Cool
1963
as Educated
The Threepenny Opera
1963
as Moritatensänger
Jackpot at Tahoe
1963
as Self
Bomb Disposal
1963
as Self
Burke's Law
1963
as Cordwainer Bird
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Sergeants 3
1962
as Jonah Williams
Convicts 4
1962
as Wino
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self - Guest Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Day of the Fox
1961
as Beppo
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Sammy Davis Jr.
Ben Casey
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Drama 61-67
1961
as Beppo
Ocean's Eleven
1960
as Josh Howard
Pepe
1960
as Sammy Davis Jr.
Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley
1960
as Self - Singer / Dancer / Impressionist
Porgy and Bess
1959
as Sportin' Life
Playboy's Penthouse
1959
as self
The Big Party
1959
as Self
Anna Lucasta
1958
as Danny
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
as Sammy Davis Jr. (voice) (uncredited)
Jazz Ball
1956
as Self (archive footage)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Cpl. Smith
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
Six Bridges to Cross
1955
as Uncredited
General Electric Theater
1953
as Private Spider Johnson
The Oscars
1953
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Jacob Johnson
General Electric Theater
1953
as Pancho Villa III
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Sammy Davis Jr.
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948
Sweet and Low
1947
as Self
Rufus Jones for President
1933
as Rufus Jones
Seasoned Greetings
1933
as Henry Johnson