Sammy Davis Jr. biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Sammy Davis Jr.

Author Name:

Sammy Davis Jr.

Born As:

Sammy George Davis Jr.

Other Names:

Sammy George Davis Jr.

Born:

8 Dec 1925

Died:

16 May 1990




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Actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist vibraphone, trumpet, and drums, impressionist and comedian                          
Selected works:

Film:

Rufus Jones for President - 1933
Seasoned Greetings - 1933
Sweet and Low - 1947
Meet Me in Las Vegas - 1956
Anna Lucasta - 1959
Porgy and Bess - 1959
Ocean's Eleven - 1960
Pepe - 1960
Sergeants 3 - 1962
The Threepenny Opera - 1962
Convicts 4 - 1962
Johnny Cool - 1963
Robin and the 7 Hoods - 1964
Nightmare in the Sun - 1965
The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World - 1965- title song
A Man Called Adam - 1966
Salt and Pepper - 1968
The Fall - 1969
Sweet Charity - 1969
One More Time - 1970
Elvis: That's the Way It Is - 1970
Diamonds Are Forever - 1971; deleted scene
Save the Children - 1973
Gone with the West - 1975
Sammy Stops the World - 1978
The Cannonball Run - 1981
Heidi's Song - 1982
Cracking Up - 1983
Broadway Danny Rose - 1984
Cannonball Run II - 1984
That's Dancing! - 1985
Knights of the City - 1986
The Perils of P.K. - 1986
Moon Over Parador - 1988
Tap - 1989
The Kid Who Loved Christmas - 1990, last role

Stage:

Mr. Wonderful - 1957, musical
Golden Boy - 1964, musical - Tony Nomination for Best Actor in a Musical
Sammy - 1974, special performance featuring Davis with the Nicholas Brothers
Stop the World - I Want to Get Off - 1978 musical revival.                          
Mother  Elvera Sanchez
Father Sammy Davis, Sr.
First wife Loray White.
Second wife May Britt - one daughter and two sons.
Third wife Altovise Gore - one child.
                          
Was multi-talented, a dancer, singer, multi-instrumentalist playing vibraphone, trumpet, and drums, impressionist, comedian, and actor.                           
Sammy Davis had been a voting Democrat,but  he felt a distinct lack of respect from the John F. Kennedy White House and was actually removed from the bill of the inaugural party hosted by Sinatra for the new President because of Davis's recent interracial marriage to Swedish actress May Britt.