Sammy Davis Jr.

Q: Did Sammy Davis Jr. win any awards?

Yes, Sammy Davis Jr. received several awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001 and was inducted into the Rat Pack Hall of Fame.

Q: What was Sammy Davis Jr.'s first film?

Sammy Davis Jr.'s first film was 'Rufus Jones for President' released in 1933 when he was just eight years old.

Q: What were some of Sammy Davis Jr.'s most successful films?

Some of Sammy Davis Jr.'s most successful films include 'Ocean's 11,' 'Robin and the 7 Hoods,' and 'Sweet Charity.'

Q: What was Sammy Davis Jr.'s personal life like?

Sammy Davis Jr. experienced a complex personal life, including three marriages and a strong commitment to civil rights. He faced challenges due to his mixed-race heritage.

Q: What is Sammy Davis Jr.'s estimated net worth?

Sammy Davis Jr.'s estimated net worth at the time of his passing was around $5 million, reflecting his successful career in entertainment.

Q: Can you name a milestone in Sammy Davis Jr.'s filmography?

A notable milestone in Sammy Davis Jr.'s filmography is his role in 'Ocean's 11' (1960), which solidified his status as a leading entertainer in Hollywood.

Q: What genres was Sammy Davis Jr. known for?

Sammy Davis Jr. was known for a variety of genres, including jazz, pop, and R&B. His performances often blended music, comedy, and dance, showcasing his versatility.

Known for

Ocean’s Eleven (1960)

IMDb 6.5 / 10

1960 / Comedy, Crime / 127mins

Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.

Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

IMDb 8.2 / 10

1982 / Documentary, Music / 86mins

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth....

The Cannonball Run (1981)

1981 / Action, Adventure / 95mins

A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates...

Name

Sammy Davis Jr.

Height

5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Born

8 December 1925, New York City, New York, USA

Spouses

Altovise Davis (1970–1989)

Children

3 (Tracey, Mark, and Sammy Jr.)

Parents

Samuel Davis Sr., Elvera Sanchez

Estimated Net Worth

$5 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Long-lost footage from Elvis Presley's legendary Las Vegas residency in the 1970s woven together with rare 16mm footage from Elvis...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2025	Movie Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story Rich with archival gems and Liza Minnelli’s own point of view, Bruce David Klein's luminous documentary celebrates a young entertainer...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2024	Movie BRATS In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2023	Movie Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr. A deep dive into the short yet impactful life of the trailblazing Latino comic whose son also went on to...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2023	Movie Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2023	Movie Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel Kim Novak never dreamed on being a star, but she became one. Most famous for her enigmatic performance in Hitchcock’s...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2023	Movie Commitment to Life Against a rich Hollywood backdrop, "Commitment to Life" documents the true story of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2023	Movie Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas This special explores the history of Black entertainers in Las Vegas and celebrating those who are now ruling the historic...	Self	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2022	Movie Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues Never-before-heard personal recordings and archival footage tell the story of Louis Armstrong's life from his perspective. From musical phenom to...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2022	Movie Rat Pack In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2022	Movie This Is Joan Collins A feature-length documentary on the life of one of the last surviving actresses from the golden age of Hollywood –...	Self (Archive Footage)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2021	Movie Dean Martin: King of Cool Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie This Is Bob Hope... During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2017	Movie Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me A star-studded roster of interviewees (including Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal) pay tribute to the legendary, multi-talented song-and-dance...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2017	Movie The Fabulous Allan Carr Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties...	Self (archive)	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2017	Movie John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood The gripping story of legendary American actor John Travolta: his rise to stardom in the 1970s; his agonizing fall in...	Self - Singer (archive footage)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2017	Movie Mansfield 66/67 About the last two years of movie goddess Jayne Mansfield’s life and the speculation swirling around her untimely death being...	Unknown character	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2015	Movie Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do A retrospective of Chita Rivera's film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, Carol Lawrence...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2014	TV The Sixties The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2012	Movie The Rat Pack - The Greatest Hits A collection of live performances of the rat pack	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2012	Movie The Music According to Tom Jobim Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie …Sings Musicals BBC archive performances from musicals, including Ella Fitzgerald singing Mack the Knife, Captain Sensible performing a classic from South Pacific...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	Movie Let's Play, Boy The history of Playboy magazine as told by Hugh Hefner.	himself (archive footage)	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2008	Movie The Wrecking Crew A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." a band that...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2007	Movie Elvis Through the Years This documentary offers an unparalleled behind-the-scenes look at the life of Elvis Presley. Using rare footage from his films, press...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2006	Movie The Ratpack	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie Pioneers of Primetime An in-depth look at the early days of television and its first stars.	Unknown character	Not rated
2004	Movie The Legendary Nat King Cole The life and career of one of America's leading cultural figures, told through video clips and rare photos.	Self	Not rated
2004	Movie TV in Black: The First Fifty Years Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2004	Movie Dean Martin: The One and Only He was a beloved American icon. Dean Martin, the coolest, the most debonair, the smoothest. This film is a loving...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2004	Movie The Rat Pack A collection of songs performed by Frank, Dean and Sammy - both solo and together	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2004	Movie Sammy Davis, Jr.: One Cool Cat Legendary performer Sammy Davis Jr. is the subject of this affectionate documentary, which chronicles how the singer, dancer and actor...	Unknown character	Not rated
2003	Movie Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection Collection of songs performed at the "Frank Sinatra Spectacular," a 1965 benefit by the various members of the Rat Pack.	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2002	Movie The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years "The Television Years" examines the events that took place in the years between 1956 and 1960, in which Elvis Presley...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2002	Movie It's Black Entertainment A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century....	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.7 / 10
2001	Movie The Ocean's 11 Story Vintage newsreels and interviews help re-create the magic of "The Summit," a memorable period in 1960 in which Frank Sinatra...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2001	Movie The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2001	Movie The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
1999	TV The Rat Pack From the moment Sinatra met each member of the Pack to their relationships with the Mob and the Kennedys, this...	(archive footage)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1999	Movie Television: The First Fifty Years Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
1992	Movie Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1991	Movie The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1) Carol Burnett hosts a look back at the storied Ed Sullivan Show, featuring reminiscences and legendary performances by stars from...	Unknown character	Not rated
1990	Movie The Kid Who Loved Christmas In this sentimental holiday tale, a young boy is taken away from his loving, adoptive household when his new mom...	Sideman	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1990	Movie Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration Celebrating Sammy Davis Jr 's 60th anniversary in show business, including musical,comic and dancing performers.	Self	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1989	Movie Hanna-Barbera's 50th The special is hosted by Tony Danza and Annie Potts celebrating 50 years of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's partnership...	Self	TMDB 9.1 / 10
1989	Movie Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event Over 30 songs including:Detroit/With A Song In My Heart/The Candy Man/What Kind Of Fool Am I/Bad/Music Of The Night/All That...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1989	Movie Tap Max Washington has just been released from prison after serving time for burglary. He returns to his old hangout, a...	Little Mo	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1989	Movie The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast The famed baseball player and manager gets the gag-filled joke treatment.	Self	Not rated
1988	Movie An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis Sammy Davis, Jr. and Jerry Lewis perform at Bally's Casino Resort in Las Vegas.	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1988	Movie Moon Over Parador Underappreciated actor Jack Noah is on location in Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right-hand man makes...	Self	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1988	Movie Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1988	Movie Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues This 53-minute television special retraces Michael Jackson’s rise from child prodigy with the Jackson 5 to global superstar of the...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1987	Movie Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1987	Movie Uptown Comedy Express TV Special with a variety of comedians.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	Movie All Star Party for Clint Eastwood	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1986	Movie The Perils of P.K P.K., a former movie star now reduced to working as a stripper in a Las Vegas nightclub, is desperate for...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1985	TV Alice in Wonderland Sometimes she's too big. Or much too small. Sometimes things are backwards. And there's always too much pepper in the...	Caterpillar / Father WIlliam	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1985	Movie Dancing in the Wings A showcase of a dance troupe preparing for an international tour with performances spanning ballet, jazz, and modern dance.	The Spirit	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1985	Movie Sammy Davis Jr.: Live In Germany	Himself - Main Artist	Not rated
1985	Movie That's Dancing! A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1985	Movie Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilarious collection of...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
1984	Movie All Star Party for Lucille Ball A tribute to Lucille ball, with an humanitarian award for her quest to end juvenile diabetes.	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1984	TV The Cosby Show The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from...	Ray Palomino	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1984	TV Hunter Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter...	Benny Schafer	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1984	Movie Cannonball Run II When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person...	Fenderbaum	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1983	Movie Koyaanisqatsi Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1983	Movie Smorgasbord Warren Nefron is a hopeless klutz who has some of the worst luck in the world: when he tries to...	Himself	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1982	Movie Heidi's Song Orphan Heidi lives with her grandpa in Swiss Alps. She brings joy to all there. However, her aunt takes her...	Head Ratte (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1982	TV Wogan Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1982	Movie Night of 100 Stars The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1982	TV Champs-Elysées	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1982	Movie Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1981	Movie The Cannonball Run A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash,...	Fenderbaum	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1981	Movie This Is Elvis Though several actors portray Elvis Presley at different stages of his life, this documentary is comprised mostly of actual performance...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1980	Movie Sammy and Bruce TV Variety Special hosted by Bruce Forsyth and Sammy Davis Jr.	Self	Not rated
1980	Movie Magic Night This one hour TV special promoting the release of Can't Stop the Music featured the film's stars (The Village People,...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1980	TV Sanford Redd Foxx isn’t done scheming and wise-cracking in the spin-off to one of America's most beloved sitcoms.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1979	Movie Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years Gala tribute to the Chairman of the Board.	Self	Not rated
1978	TV The Kennedy Center Honors The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1978	Movie Cinderella at the Palace From backstage magic to applause in the spotlight! Young talent Marlene Ricci shares the stage with entertainment's biggest stars in...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1978	Movie Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1978	TV Bio’s Bahnhof	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1978	TV Fantasy Island A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of...	Edward Ross Sr.	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1978	TV Fantasy Island A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of...	Mr. Bojangles	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1978	Movie Sammy Stops the World A man who sells coffee for a living gets his boss's daughter pregnant. This changes his life and eventually leads...	Littlechap	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1977	Movie Happy Birthday, Las Vegas Hosted by Don Meredith & Cindy Williams with Eddy Arnold, David Brenner, Foster Brooks, Charo, Norm Crosby, Rodney Dangerfield, John...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1977	TV Please Turn the Page	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1977	Movie Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964 Surrounded by his children, his wife Ethel, and Sammy Davis, Jr., RFK visits schoolchildren around the city, and is every...	Unknown character	Not rated
1976	Movie CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years CBS honors Lucille Ball with this celebration of her three CBS series: I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show and Here's...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1976	TV Charlie's Angels Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever...	Sammy Davis Jr. / Herbert Brubaker III	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1976	Movie Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular Bob Hope celebrates America's bicentennial. Hope's opening monologue includes jokes about the Fourth of July and the American Revolution, the...	Self	Not rated
1975	Movie James Dean: The First American Teenager Stacy Keach narrates this documentary that chronicles the abbreviated life and career of iconic brooding bad boy James Dean, from...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1975	Movie Gone with the West After being framed, a cowboy is sent to jail. After his time is served, he leaves with vengeance in his...	Kid Dandy	TMDB 2.8 / 10
1975	TV Sammy and Company Sammy and Company is a combination of songs, dances, comedy and conversation. Regulars included Avery Schreiber, Johnny Brown and K....	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1975	TV People's Choice Awards An American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans.	Self - Presenter	TMDB 9.2 / 10
1975	Movie Doris Day Today America's sweetheart Doris Day offers songs and sketches with some of her famous friends in this smash hit television special...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1974	Movie The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards It's the 1974 Las Vegas Entertainment Awards, featuring appearances by Marty Allen, Paul Anka, Ann-Margret, Foster Brooks, Carol Channing, Charo,...	Self - Presenter	Not rated
1974	TV Dinah! Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1974	TV Chico and the Man Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1974	Movie James Dean Remembered Peter Lawford hosts this documentary taking a look at the life and films of James Dean.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1973	TV The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts is a NBC television special show hosted by entertainer Dean Martin from 1974 to 1984....	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1973	Movie Save the Children A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1973	Movie Old Faithful A forest ranger is asked by his boss to attract a record-breaking crowd to Yellowstone National Park. Various celebrities are...	Sammy Davis Jr.	Not rated
1973	Movie Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective) A 1964-1973 Retrospective for homecoming POWs.	Self	Not rated
1973	Movie Poor Devil A young, down-on-his-luck resident of hell is given a chance to redeem himself by signing up a down-on-his-luck retail accountant...	Sammy	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1972	TV The Julie Andrews Hour The Julie Andrews Hour is a television variety series starring Julie Andrews that was produced by ATV and distributed by...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1971	Movie The Trackers A rancher comes home and finds that his son has been murdered and his daughter kidnapped by a bandit gang....	Ezekiel Smith	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1971	TV V.I.P. Schaukel V.I.P.-Schaukel is a 45 minute documentary-family-news-talk show starring Margret Dünser as Host. The series premiered on Sun May 09, 1971...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1971	Movie Fight of the Century Legendary boxing match between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971.	Self-(Audience Member)	Not rated
1971	TV Great Performances The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1971	TV All in the Family Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1970	Movie Elvis: That's the Way It Is On July 31, 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Elvis Presley staged a triumphant return to the concert stage from which...	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1970	TV The Flip Wilson Show The Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September 17,...	Self	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1970	Movie One More Time London nightclub buddies Salt and Pepper link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.	Charles Salt	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1970	Movie King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1969	Movie The Pigeon A private eye is hired to protect a young woman who has a black book on a crime syndicate.	Larry Miller	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1969	TV The Courtship of Eddie's Father The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which...	Rodney River Jr.	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1969	Movie Sweet Charity Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope...	Big Daddy	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1969	Movie The Fall "The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by the independent filmmaker,...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1968	TV The Mod Squad The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968,...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1968	TV Here's Lucy Lucille Ball's third network sitcom, following I Love Lucy (1951–57) and The Lucy Show (1962–68).	Sammy Davis Jr.	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1968	Movie Salt & Pepper After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and...	Charles Salt	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1968	TV The Dick Cavett Show The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1968	Movie Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa	Self	Not rated
1968	TV Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1968	TV Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1968	Movie The Movie Orgy Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1967	Movie Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras Dean is joined by Frank Sinatra and their respective families for the Christmas show. Dean and Frank do a medley...	Self	Not rated
1967	Movie Movin' with Nancy Billed as the "full-hour musical spectacular that won Nancy Sinatra the coveted Hollywood Star of Tomorrow award," this 1967 NBC-TV...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1967	Movie The Enemy During the Battle of the Bulge, word goes out to watch for German soldiers dressed as GIs. That's when black...	Chris Christiansen	Not rated
1967	TV Omnibus Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1967	TV The Carol Burnett Show The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner,...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1966	TV 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet	Self	Not rated
1966	Movie Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? A loose adaptation and parody of the Lewis Carroll tale by Hanna-Barbera Productions. A modern-day teenager doing a book report...	The Cheshire Cat	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1966	Movie A Man Called Adam A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.	Adam Johnson	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1966	Movie The Strolling '20s Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry...	Self	Not rated
1966	TV Batman Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman...	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1966	TV The Sammy Davis Jr. Show The Sammy Davis Jr. Show is short-lived musical variety series hosted by Sammy Davis Jr. that aired on NBC in...	Host	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1965	TV I Dream of Jeannie While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change...	Sammy Davis Jr.	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1965	Movie Frank Sinatra Spectacular The Rat Pack -- Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin -- in their only joint television performance. This...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1965	Movie Nightmare in the Sun A hitchhiker sleeps with a rancher's wife and is hunted by the sheriff for her murder.	Truck driver	TMDB 3.0 / 10
1964	Movie Robin and the 7 Hoods Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of...	Will Scarlet	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1964	TV The Hollywood Palace The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964...	Self - Singer	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1963	Movie Johnny Cool A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.	Educated	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1963	TV Burke's Law Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS...	Cordwainer Bird	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1963	TV The Patty Duke Show The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27, 1966,...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1963	Movie Jackpot at Tahoe Assignment Four documentary film made by KRON-TV which first aired on September 16th 1963. Narrated by Art Brown, it examines...	Self	Not rated
1963	Movie Bomb Disposal Short film from The Outcasts director Robert Wynne-Simmons featuring Sammy Davis Jr. in a cameo role.	Self	Not rated
1963	Movie The Threepenny Opera The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief...	Moritatensänger	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Self - Guest Host	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1962	TV The Merv Griffin Show	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1962	Movie Convicts 4 After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with...	Wino	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1962	Movie Sergeants 3 Mike, Chip, and Larry are three lusty, brawling U. S. Cavalry sergeants stationed in Indian Territory in 1870.	Jonah Williams	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1961	TV The Mike Douglas Show The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1961	TV The Mike Douglas Show The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in...	Self - Co-Host	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1961	TV Ben Casey	Unknown character	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1961	TV Cain's Hundred A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.	Sammy Davis Jr.	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1961	Movie The Day of the Fox "In Jan Carew’s explosive drama, Sammy Davis Jr gives a memorable performance as a proud but disillusioned revolutionary who aims...	Beppo	Not rated
1961	TV Drama 61-67 Drama 61-67 is anthology drama series which took a different title, based on year of transmission, each year. It alternated...	Beppo	Not rated
1960	Movie Pepe Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion...	Sammy Davis Jr.	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1960	Movie Ocean's Eleven Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.	Josh Howard	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1960	Movie Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley Two of entertainment history's biggest stars were united in this special 1960 television broadcast. Signaling the end of a string...	Self - Singer / Dancer / Impressionist	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1959	TV Playboy's Penthouse Playboy's Penthouse is an American variety/talk television show hosted by Playboy founder and then-editor/publisher Hugh Hefner. It was first broadcast...	self	Not rated
1959	TV The Big Party	Self	Not rated
1959	Movie Porgy and Bess In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing...	Sportin' Life	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1958	Movie Anna Lucasta The estranged family of a reformed prostitute calls her back home to get her married to an affluent acquaintance out...	Danny	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1958	TV 77 Sunset Strip Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1958	TV The Rifleman The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1957	TV Tonight Starring Jack Paar Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1956	TV Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on...	Cpl. Smith	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1956	TV The Steve Allen Show	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1956	Movie Meet Me in Las Vegas Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with...	Sammy Davis Jr. (voice) (uncredited)	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1956	Movie Jazz Ball A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1955	Movie Six Bridges to Cross Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950...	Uncredited	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1953	TV General Electric Theater General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television....	Pancho Villa III	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1953	TV General Electric Theater General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television....	Jacob Johnson	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1953	TV General Electric Theater General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television....	Private Spider Johnson	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1950	TV The Jack Benny Program Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his...	Sammy Davis Jr.	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1950	TV The Colgate Comedy Hour The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1950	TV What's My Line? Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1949	TV The Emmy Awards An annual awards ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen by the Academy of Television...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1948	TV Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade presented by the U.S. chain store business Macy's. The tradition started...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1948	TV The Ed Sullivan Show The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1947	Movie Sweet and Low Part of the Paramount Musical Parade shorts (production number FF6-1)	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1933	Movie Seasoned Greetings The owner of an unsuccessful greeting cards store decides to sell 'talking' greeting cards in the form of records.	Henry Johnson	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1933	Movie Rufus Jones for President A fantasy satire on politics in which a little boy dreams that he becomes President of the U.S. and his...	Rufus Jones	TMDB 7.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits Some marvelous late-fifties memories of the one and only Nat King Cole. Singing (and occasionally playing) all-time Cole classics, like...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
TBA	Movie The Best Of Sammy David Jr. Live	self	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1971	Movie The Trackers A rancher comes home and finds that his son has been murdered and his daughter kidnapped by a bandit gang....	Producer Production	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1970	Movie One More Time London nightclub buddies Salt and Pepper link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1968	Movie Salt & Pepper After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1965	Movie Licensed to Kill An English spy (Tom Adams) guards a Scandinavian scientist (Karl Stepanek) who has sold an anti-gravity device to each side.	Theme Song Performance Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1964	Movie The Disorderly Orderly Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're...	Theme Song Performance Sound	TMDB 6.3 / 10

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

2026 / TMDB 8.3

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

2025 / TMDB 7.7

BRATS

2024 / TMDB 6.0

Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.

2023

Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia

2023 / TMDB 7.7

Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

2023 / TMDB 7.0

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Ocean’s Eleven (1960)

Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

The Cannonball Run (1981)

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