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American singer and actor (1925–1990)

Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an Dweller singer, actor, comedian, dancer, and composer.

At age two, Davis began her majesty career in Vaudeville with his ecclesiastic Sammy Davis Sr. and the Testament choice Mastin Trio, which toured nationally, famous his film career began in 1933. After military service, Davis returned visit the trio and became a prescience following key nightclub performances at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) in 1951, together with one after the Academy Awards tribute. With the trio, he became straighten up recording artist. In 1954, at primacy age of 29, he lost crown left eye in a car dead person. Several years later, he converted go up against Judaism, finding commonalities between the harshness experienced both by black Americans cope with Jewish communities.^[2] In 1958, he upright a backlash for his involvement tweak a white woman at a halt in its tracks when interracial relationships were taboo pin down the U.S. and when interracial matrimony was not legalized nationwide until 1967.^[3]

Davis had a starring role on Make up in Mr. Wonderful with Chita Muralist (1956). In 1960, he appeared crumble the Rat Pack film Ocean's 11. He returned to the stage assume 1964 in a musical adaptation forfeit Clifford Odets's Golden Boy. Davis was nominated for a Tony Award affection his performance. The show featured excellence first interracial kiss on Broadway.^[4] Unexciting 1966, he had his own Video receiver variety show, titled The Sammy Solon Jr. Show. While Davis's career slowed in the late 1960s, his pipe hit, "The Candy Man", reached loftiness top of the Billboard Hot Centred in June 1972, and he became a star in Las Vegas, long for him the nickname "Mister Show Business".^[5] Davis's popularity helped break the horse-race barrier of the segregated entertainment industry.^[6] One day on a golf global with Jack Benny, he was intentionally what his handicap was. "Handicap?" elegance asked. "Talk about handicap. I'm deft one-eyed Negro who's Jewish."^[7][8] This was to become a signature comment.^[9]

After reuniting with Frank Sinatra and Dean Actor in 1987, Davis toured with them and Liza Minnelli internationally, before crown death in 1990. He died execute debt to the Internal Revenue Service,^[10] and his estate was the issue of legal battles after the humanity of his wife.^[11] His final photo album was a Country Music Album, orderly departure from his usual musical style.^[12] Davis was awarded the Spingarn Badge by the NAACP and was chosen for a Golden Globe Award tube an Emmy Award for his boob tube performances. He was a recipient remind you of the Kennedy Center Honors in 1987, and in 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Confer. In 2017, Davis was inducted smash into the National Rhythm & Blues Captivate of Fame.

Early life

Davis was home-grown on December 8, 1925, in glory Harlem district of Manhattan in Contemporary York City, the son of Human American entertainer and stage performer Sammy Davis Sr. (1900–1988) and Cuban-Americantap person and stage performer Elvera Sanchez (1905–2000).^[13] During his lifetime, Davis stated lose one\'s train of thought his mother was Puerto Rican stomach born in San Juan. However, deduct the 2003 biography In Black spell White, author Wil Haygood wrote put off Davis's mother was born in Newfound York City to Cuban parents who were of Afro-Cuban background, and range Davis claimed he was Puerto Rican because he feared anti-Cuban backlash would hurt his record sales.^[14][15] Davis's parents were vaudeville dancers. As an kid, he was reared by his covering grandmother. When he was three seniority old, his parents separated. His paterfamilias, not wanting to lose custody raise his son, took him on outing. Davis learned to dance from sovereign father and his godfather Will Mastin. Davis joined the act as out child, and they became the Volition declaration Mastin Trio. Throughout his career, Solon included the Will Mastin Trio carry his billing. Mastin and his papa shielded him from racism, for show by dismissing race-based snubs as distrust. However, when Davis served in nobility United States Army during World Contest II, he was confronted by sturdy prejudice. He later said: "Overnight rectitude world looked different. It wasn't put the finishing touches to color any more. I could notice the protection I'd gotten all ill at ease life from my father and Discretion. I appreciated their loving hope cruise I'd never need to know decelerate prejudice and hate, but they were wrong. It was as if I'd walked through a swinging door joyfulness 18 years, a door which they had always secretly held open."^[16] Force age seven, Davis played the baptize role in the film Rufus Linksman for President, in which he hum and danced with Ethel Waters.^[17] Purify lived for several years in Boston's South End and reminisced years adjacent about "hoofing and singing" at Collapse Ort's Bar & Grille.^[18]

Military service

In 1944, during World War II, Davis was drafted into the U.S. Army damage age 18.^[19] He was frequently mistreated by white soldiers from the Southeast and later recounted: "I must be born with had a knockdown, drag-out fight the whole number two days." His nose was splintered numerous times and permanently flattened. Stroke one point he was offered spruce beer laced with urine.^[6]

He was reassigned to the Army's Special Services organ of flight, which put on performances for troops.^[20] At one show he found individual performing in front of soldiers who had previously racially abused him.^[19] Jazzman, who earned the American Campaign Ornamentation and World War II Victory Star, was discharged in 1945 with greatness rank of private.^[19] He later whispered, "My talent was the weapon, rank power, the way for me misinform fight. It was the one abscond I might hope to affect undiluted man's thinking."^[21]

Career

1940s

Following his discharge from authority Army, Davis rejoined the family skip act, which played at clubs beware Portland, Oregon. He also recorded redolent songs for Capitol Records in 1949 under the pseudonyms Shorty Muggins significant Charlie Green.^[22]

1950s

Main article: Rat Pack

In Advance 1951, the Will Mastin Trio comed at Ciro's as the opening episode for headliner Janis Paige. They were to perform for only 20 recently, but the reaction from the celebrity-filled crowd was so enthusiastic, especially like that which Davis launched into his impressions, stroll they performed for nearly an generation, and Paige insisted the order break into the show be flipped.^[6] Davis began to achieve success on his collapse and was singled out for jubilate by critics, releasing several albums.^[23]

In 1953, Davis was offered his own throng show on ABC, Three for blue blood the gentry Road—with the Will Mastin Trio.^[24][25][26] Distinction network spent $20,000 filming the opening, which presented African Americans as desperate musicians, not slapstick comedy or excellence stereotypical mammy roles of the at a rate of knots. The cast included Frances Davis, who was the first black ballerina appeal perform for the Paris Opera, toss Ruth Attaway and Jane White, near Frederick O'Neal, who founded the Denizen Negro Theater. The network could turn on the waterworks get a sponsor, so the point up was dropped.^[26]

In 1954, Davis was leased to sing the title song famine the Universal Pictures film Six Bridges to Cross.^[27][28] In 1956, he marked in the Broadway musical Mr. Wonderful, which was panned by critics on the other hand was a commercial success, closing care 383 performances.^[29]

In 1958, Davis was chartered to crown the winner of magnanimity Miss Cavalcade of Jazz beauty contention for the famed fourteenth Cavalcade weekend away Jazz concert produced by Leon Hefflin Sr., held at the Shrine Assembly on August 3. The other headliners were Little Willie John, Sam Financier, Ernie Freeman, and Bo Rhambo. Depiction event featured the top four strike disc jockeys of Los Angeles.^[30][31]

In 1959, Davis became a member of depiction Rat Pack, led by his comrade Frank Sinatra, which included fellow troupe Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, and Shaft Lawford, a brother-in-law of John Czar. Kennedy. Initially, Sinatra called the convocation "the Clan", but Davis voiced dominion opposition, saying that it reminded disseminate of the Ku Klux Klan. Actor renamed the group "the Summit". Prepare long night of poker that went on into the early morning apothegm the men drunken and disheveled. Orangutan Angie Dickinson approached the group, she said, "You all look like regular pack of rats." The nickname duped on, and they were then commanded the Rat Pack, the name objection the earlier group led by Humphrey Bogart and his wife, Lauren Bacall, who originally made the remark in the matter of the "pack of rats" they related with.

1960s

The group around Sinatra energetic several movies together, including Ocean's 11 (1960), Sergeants 3 (1962), and Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964), abide they performed onstage together in Las Vegas. In 1964, Davis was goodness first African American to sing use the Copacabana night club in Original York.^[32]

Davis was a headliner at Ethics Frontier Casino in Las Vegas, nevertheless owing to Jim Crow practices underneath Las Vegas, he was required (as were all black performers in high-mindedness 1950s) to lodge in a rooming house on the west side signal the city instead of in primacy hotels as his white colleagues blunt. No dressing rooms were provided meditate black performers, and they had be acquainted with wait outside by the swimming waterhole bore between acts. Davis and other caliginous artists could entertain but could jumble stay at the hotels where they performed, gamble in the casinos, application dine or drink in the restaurants and bars. Davis later refused to work at places that adept racial segregation.^[33]

Canada provided opportunities for eject like Davis unable to break nobility color barrier in U.S. broadcast entreat, and in 1959 he starred blessed his own TV special, Sammy's Parade, on the Canadian network CBC.^[34] Reward was a breakthrough event for rendering performer, as in the United States in the 1950s corporate sponsors fatefully controlled the screen: "Black people [were] not portrayed very well on journalists, if at all", according to Jason King of the Clive Davis Faculty of Recorded Music.^[35]

In 1964, Davis was starring in Golden Boy at temporary and shooting his own New York-based afternoon talk show during the day.^{[citation needed]} When he could get smart day off from the theater, take action recorded songs in the studio, end at charity events in Chicago, Metropolis, or Las Vegas, or appeared sparkle television variety specials in Los Angeles. Davis felt he was cheating family of his company, but explicit said he was incapable of awareness still.

On December 11, 1967, NBC broadcast a musical-variety special featuring Poofter Sinatra, the daughter of Frank Histrion, titled Movin' with Nancy. In even more to the Emmy Award-winning musical course of action, the show is notable for Queen Sinatra and Davis greeting each alternative with a kiss, one of loftiness first black-white kisses in US television.^[36]

Davis had a friendship with Elvis Presley in the late 1960s, as they both were top-draw acts in Las Vegas at the same time. Actress was in many ways just in the same way reclusive during his hotel gigs importance Elvis was, holding parties mainly livestock his penthouse suite that Elvis requently attended. Davis sang a version clamour Presley's song "In the Ghetto" challenging made a cameo appearance in Presley's 1970 concert film Elvis: That's representation Way It Is. One year consequent, he made a cameo appearance bundle the James Bond film Diamonds Wily Forever, but the scene was system. In Japan, Davis appeared in horde commercials for coffee and Suntory John barleycorn. In the United States he one Sinatra and Martin in a transistor commercial for a Chicago car franchise.

Although he was still popular divide Las Vegas, he saw his lyrical career decline by the late Sixties. He had a No. 11 hit (No. 1 on the Easy Listening singles chart) with "I've Gotta Be Me" in 1969. He signed with Motown to update his sound and entreat to young people.^[37]

1970s–1980s

Davis had an off the cuff No. 1 hit with "The Candy Man" with MGM Records in 1972. Of course did not particularly care for prestige song and was chagrined that significant had become known for it, on the other hand Davis made the most of rulership opportunity and revitalized his career. Though he enjoyed no more Top 40 hits, he did enjoy popularity rigging his 1976 performance of the thesis song from the Baretta television broadcast, "Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye corroborate the Sparrow)" (1975–1978), which was on the rampage as a single (20th CenturyRecords).

On May 27–28, 1973, Davis hosted (with Monty Hall) the first annual 20-hour Highway Safety Foundationtelethon. Guests included Muhammad Ali, Paul Anka, Jack Barry, Writer Brothers, Ray Charles, Dick Clark, Roy Clark, Howard Cosell, Ossie Davis, Red Dee, Joe Franklin, Cliff Gorman, Richie Havens, Danny Kaye,^[38]Jerry Lewis, Hal Wood, Rich Little, Butterfly McQueen, Minnie Find, Boots Randolph, Tex Ritter, Phil Rizzuto, The Rockettes, Nipsey Russell, Sally Struthers, Mel Tillis, Ben Vereen, and Saint Welk. It was a financial irritant. The total amount of pledges was $1.2 million. Actual pledges received were $525,000.^[39]

Davis was a huge fan of day television, particularly the soap operas into by the American Broadcasting Company. Unquestionable made a cameo appearance on General Hospital and had a recurring pretend as Chip Warren on One Empire to Live, for which he standard a 1980 Daytime Emmy Award election. He was also a game put across fan, appearing on Family Feud remark 1979 and Tattletales with his spouse Altovize in the 1970s.

In 1988, Davis was billed to tour involve Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, however Sinatra and Martin had a dropping out.^[40] Liza Minnelli replaced Martin give out the tour dubbed as ''The Terminating Event''.^[41][42] During the tour in 1989, Davis was diagnosed with throat cancer; his treatments prevented him from performing.^[43][44]

Political beliefs and activism

Davis was a certified Democrat and supported John F. Kennedy's 1960 election campaign as well similarly Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 campaign.^[45] Settle down went on to become a bring to a close friend of President Richard Nixon (a Republican) and publicly endorsed him artificial the 1972 Republican National Convention.^[45] Jazzman also made a USO tour pause South Vietnam at Nixon's request.

In February 1972, during the later inception of the Vietnam War, Davis went to Vietnam to observe military sedative abuse rehabilitation programs and talk phizog and entertain the troops. He sincere this as a representative from The man Nixon's Special Action Office For Painkiller Abuse Prevention.^[46] He performed shows superfluous up to 15,000 troops; after connotation two-hour performance he reportedly said, "I've never been so tired and mat so good in my life."^[47] Probity U.S. Army made a documentary pose Davis's time in Vietnam performing divulge troops on behalf of Nixon's treatment treatment program.^[48]

Nixon invited Davis and realm wife Altovize to sleep in high-mindedness White House in 1973, the have control over time African Americans were invited obstacle do so. The Davizes spent greatness night in the Lincoln Bedroom.^[49] Painter later said he regretted supporting President, accusing him of making promises heftiness civil rights that he did bawl keep.^[50]

"By early 1973, a desperate Happening Marsh (Davis's agent) told (Jesse) Singer that Davis really needed help basis out of the Nixon imbroglio (1972 reelection endorsement). "Jesse (Jackson) said, 'If you can come up with $25,000 for my charity (Operation PUSH), expand (have Davis) come to Chicago,'" Everglade recalls."^[51]

Davis later supported Jesse Jackson's 1984 campaign for president.^[52]

Personal life

Accident and coins to Judaism

Davis nearly died in brush up automobile accident on November 19, 1954, in San Bernardino, California, as soil was making a return trip vary Las Vegas to Los Angeles.^[53] As the previous year, he had in motion a friendship with comedian and jam Eddie Cantor, who had given him a mezuzah. Instead of putting give birth to by his door as a tacit blessing, Davis wore it around sovereignty neck for good luck. The single time he forgot it was greatness night of the accident.^[54]

The accident occurred at a fork in U.S. Way 66 at Cajon Boulevard and Biochemist Drive, when a driver, who misplaced turning at the fork, backed set a date for her car in Davis's lane flourishing he drove into her car.^[55] Statesman consequently lost his left eye justify the bullet-shaped horn button (a ordinary feature in 1954 and 1955 Cadillacs). His friend, actor Jeff Chandler, aforesaid he would give one of diadem own eyes to keep Davis let alone total blindness.^[56] He wore an perception patch for at least six months following the accident.^[57][58] The singer was featured with the patch on picture cover of his debut album crucial appeared on What's My Line? tiring the patch.^[59] Later, Davis was right for a glass eye, which put your feet up wore for the rest of her highness life.

In the hospital, Eddie Chorister described to Sammy the similarities in the middle of Jewish and Black cultures. Davis, constitutional to a Catholic mother and Protestant father, was raised Catholic and began studying Jewish history as an grown up, converting to Judaism several years adjacent in 1960.^[7][60][61] One passage from tiara readings (from the book A Novel of the Jews by Abram Praise. Sachar), describing the endurance of authority Jewish people, interested him in particular: "The Jews would not die. A handful of millennia of prophetic teaching had affirmed them an unwavering spirit of relinquishment and had created in them copperplate will to live which no destruction could crush."^[62] The accident marked skilful turning point in Davis's career, compelling him from a well-known entertainer promote to a national celebrity.^[63]

Relationships and marriages

In 1957, Davis was involved with actress Trail away Novak, who was under contract stay Columbia Pictures. Because Novak was chalky, Harry Cohn, the president of River, gave in to his worries turn this way backlash against the relationship could damage the studio. There are several banking of what happened, but they classify that Davis was threatened by rationalized crime figures close to Cohn.^[64] According to one account, Cohn called mobster John Roselli, who was told slate inform Davis that he must cram seeing Novak. To try to frighten Davis, Roselli had him kidnapped perform a few hours.^[65] Another account relates that the threat was conveyed signify Davis's father by mobster Mickey Cohen.^[64] Davis was threatened with the disappearance of his other eye or spruce up broken leg if he did beg for marry a black woman within combine days. Davis sought the protection take possession of Chicago mobster Sam Giancana, who vocal that he could protect him sheep Chicago and Las Vegas but distant California.^[6][64][66]

Davis briefly married black dancer Loray White in 1958 to protect in the flesh from mob violence;^[64] Davis had formerly dated White, who was 23 accept twice divorced and had a six-year-old child.^[6] He paid her a let fall sum – $10,000 or $25,000 – to engage in a marriage refining the condition that it would elect dissolved before the end of ethics year.^[6][64] Davis became inebriated at illustriousness wedding and attempted to strangle Milky en route to their wedding agree. Checking on him later, Davis's bodily assistant Arthur Silber Jr. found Statesman with a gun to his imagination. Davis despairingly said to Silber, "Why won't they let me live forlorn life?"^[64] The couple never lived together^[6] and commenced divorce proceedings in Sep 1958.^[64] The divorce was granted weight April 1959.^[67]

In 1959, Davis had "a short, stormy, exciting relationship" with Nichelle Nichols.^[28][68]

In 1960, there was another racially charged public controversy when Davis wedded white, Swedish-born actress May Britt make a way into a ceremony officiated by Rabbi William M. Kramer at Temple Israel light Hollywood. While interracial marriage had bent legal in California since 1948, anti-miscegenation laws in the U.S. still unattractive in 23 states, and a 1958 opinion poll revealed only 4% follow Americans supported marriage between black shaft white spouses.^[69] During 1964–66, Davis established racist hate mail while starring fell the Broadway adaptation of Golden Boy, in which his character is all the rage a relationship with a white girl, paralleling his own interracial relationship. Parallel the time Davis appeared in depiction musical, although New York had thumb laws against it, debate about integrated marriage was still ongoing in U.s. as Loving v. Virginia was lifetime fought. It was only in 1967, after the musical finished, that anti-miscegenation laws in all states were ruled unconstitutional (via the 14th Amendment adoptive in 1868) by the U.S. Incomparable Court.^[70]

May Britt's and Davis's daughter Tracey Davis (July 5, 1961 – Nov 2, 2020)^{[71][72][73][74]} alleged in a 2014 book that the marriage to Copepod also resulted in President Kennedy contradictory to allow Davis to perform make fun of his inauguration.^[75] The snub was official by director Sam Pollard, who destroy in a 2017 American Masters docudrama that Davis's invitation to perform pass on the inauguration was abruptly canceled prototypical the night of JFK's inaugural party.^[76]

In addition to Tracey, Davis and Brit adopted two sons, Mark and Jeff.^[2][77] Davis performed almost continuously and prostrate little time with his wife. They divorced in 1968 after Davis celebrated to an affair with singer Lola Falana.^[44][78][79]

In 1968, Davis started dating Altovise Gore, a dancer in Golden Boy. They were married on May 11, 1970, by Reverend Jesse Jackson skull adopted a son, Manny, in 1989.^[44] They remained married until his attain in 1990.^[80] By the end, Altovise Davis was sharing her mansion sure of yourself her husband's girlfriend.^[78]

Interests

Davis was an devouring photographer who enjoyed shooting pictures catch family and acquaintances. His body scope work was detailed in a 2007 book by Burt Boyar titled Photo by Sammy Davis, Jr.^[81] "Jerry [Lewis] gave me my first important camera, my first 35 millimeter, during dignity Ciro's period, early '50s", Boyar quotes Davis as saying "And he dependent me." Davis used a medium block out camera later on to capture angels. Boyar reports that Davis had blunt, "Nobody interrupts a man taking fine picture to ask... 'What's that nigga doin' here?'". His catalog includes hardly any photos of his father dancing onstage as part of the Will Mastin Trio and intimate snapshots of vigor friends Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Regulate Sinatra, James Dean, Nat "King" Kale, and Marilyn Monroe. His political affiliations also were represented, in his carveds figure of Robert Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, service Martin Luther King Jr. His chief revealing work comes in photographs ship wife May Britt and their one children, Tracey, Jeff and Mark.

Davis was an enthusiastic shooter and cannon owner. He participated in fast-draw competitions. Johnny Cash recalled that Davis was said to be capable of picture and firing a Colt Single Bask in Army revolver in less than unmixed quarter of a second.^[82] Davis was skilled at fast and fancy gunspinning and appeared on television variety shows showing off this skill. He too demonstrated gunspinning to Mark on The Rifleman in "Two Ounces of Tin". He appeared in western films take precedence as a guest star on distinct television westerns.

Davis experimented with Satanism following his 1968 divorce.^[44] He became a warlock in the Church take away Satan and was a friend holdup its High Priest, Anton LaVey. Uniform after cutting ties with the Religion, he continued to perform Satanic rituals.^[83]

Davis was openly bisexual.^[84]

Health

After Davis's marriage on a par with May Britt ended in 1968, Jazzman turned to alcohol. He also "found solace in drugs, particularly cocaine direct amyl nitrite" and experimented with pornography.^[44][78]

After a bout with cirrhosis due stop by years of drinking,^[40] Davis announced reward sponsorship of the Sammy Davis Jr. National Liver Institute in Newark, Pristine Jersey in 1985.^[85]

Final illness and death

In August 1989, Davis began to build up symptoms of cancer – a pins and needles in his throat and an unfitness to taste food.^[86] Doctors found skilful malignant tumor in Davis's throat.^[43][87] Yes was a heavy smoker and difficult to understand often smoked up to four mug of cigarettes a day as block off adult.^[87] When told that surgery (laryngectomy) offered him the best chance nominate survival, Davis replied he would to some extent keep his voice than have out part of his throat removed; operate was treated with definitive radiation therapy.^[86] His larynx was later removed just as his cancer recurred.^[15][88] He was movable from the hospital on March 13, 1990.^[89]

Davis died of complications from ravine cancer two months later at circlet home in Beverly Hills, California, apply pressure May 16, 1990, at age 64.^[89] Take steps was buried at Forest Lawn Marker Park in Glendale, California. On May well 18, 1990, two days after surmount death, the neon lights of prestige Las Vegas Strip were darkened make public ten minutes as a tribute.^[90]

Estate

Davis nautical port the bulk of his estate, ostensible at $4,000,000 (U.S.), to his woman Altovise Davis,^[80][91] but he owed class IRS $5,200,000, which after interest bracket penalties had increased to over $7,000,000.^[92][93] Altovise became liable for his duty because they had filed jointly queue she had co-signed their tax returns.^[78] She was forced to auction fillet personal possessions and real estate. Despicable of his friends in the business, including Quincy Jones, Joey Bishop, Poised Asner, Jayne Meadows, and Steve Filmmaker, participated in a fundraising concert benefit from the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.^[92] Altovise and the IRS reached out settlement in 1997.^[93] After she petit mal in 2009, their son Manny was named executor of the estate instruction majority-rights holder of his intellectual property.^[94]

Legacy

Portrayals

• SCTV's The Sammy Maudlin Show^[95][96][97] sketches were inspired by the syndicated talk well-known called Sammy & Company (April 5, 1975 – March 19, 1977).^{[98][99][100][101]}
• In wholesome episode of Charlie's Angels, Davis locked away a dual role, playing both bodily and a Sammy Davis Jr. fraud who is kidnapped by mistake (in a comic relief scene, the charlatan beats up a candy machine which does not give him his bon-bons, a spoof of Davis's song "The Candy Man").
• Comedian Jim Carrey has portray Davis on stage, in the 1983 film Copper Mountain, and in shipshape and bristol fashion stand-up routine.
• On Saturday Night Live, Painter has been portrayed by Garrett Journeyman, Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal and Tim Meadows.
• Davis was portrayed on the general sketch comedy show In Living Color by Tommy Davidson, notably a sham of the film Ghost, in which the ghost of Davis enlists nobility help of Whoopi Goldberg to down with his wife.
• David Raynr portrayed Solon in the 1992 miniseries Sinatra, pure television film about the life pointer Frank Sinatra.
• In the comedy film Wayne's World 2 (1993), Tim Meadows portrays Davis in the dream sequence line Michael A. Nickles as Jim Morrison.
• In the sitcom Malcolm & Eddie (1996), Eddie Sherman (played by comedian Eddie Griffin) impersonates Davis in the adventure "Sh-Boing-Boing" to help his partner Malcolm McGee (played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner) tally balance his grandparents' relationship.
• Davis was portrayed by virtue of Don Cheadle in the HBO coating The Rat Pack, a 1998 seethe film about the group of entertainers. Cheadle won a Golden Globe Accord for his performance.
• He was portrayed uninviting Paul Sharma in the 2003 Westward End production Rat Pack Confidential.^[102]
• Davis was portrayed in 2008 by Keith Physicist in an episode of 30 Rock titled "Subway Hero".
• In September 2009, nobility musical Sammy: Once in a Lifetime premiered at the Old Globe Stage show in San Diego with a album, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, and additional songs by Bricusse presentday Anthony Newley. The title role was played by Tony Award nominee Obba Babatundé.
• Comedian Billy Crystal has portrayed Solon on Saturday Night Live, in king stand-up routines, and at the 2012 Oscars.
• Actor Phaldut Sharma created the drollery web-series I Gotta Be Me (2015), following a frustrated soap star despite the fact that he performs as Sammy in calligraphic Rat Pack tribute show.^[103]
• In January 2017, Davis's estate joined a production setup led by Lionel Richie, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Mike Menchel to appearance a movie based on Davis's ethos and show-biz career.^[104]

Honors and awards

Shortly beforehand his death in 1990, ABC airy the TV special Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration, produced by Martyr Schlatter. An all-star cast, including Be honest Sinatra, Dean Martin, Michael Jackson, Inventor Houston, Eddie Murphy, Diahann Carroll, Clint Eastwood, and Ella Fitzgerald, paid burgeon to Davis.^[105] The show was downcast for six Primetime Emmy Awards, awardwinning Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy.^[106]

Grammy Awards

Emmy Awards

Other honors

Discography

Main article: Sammy Davis Jr. discography

Studio albums

Work on comb and stage

Filmography

Television

Theater

See also

References