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Acting

Sammy Davis Jr.

Career: Active from 1933 to 1990, with a break from 1934 to 1958, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 20
top three billing

Average score: 52/100

Highest rated: Heidi's Song
70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sammy Davis Jr. Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
3.5, average 5.5
Tension
4.3, average 6.0
Violence
2.6, average 4.1
Scare
1.1, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Nostalgic 3
Satirical Humor 2
Historical Setting 2
Family-Friendly 2
Classic Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

60

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

2 titles · average score 64

The Rat Pack

TV show · as (archive footage)

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

64

as Sideman

1980s

9 titles · average score 60

Tap

61

as Little Mo

Dancing in the Wings

as The Spirit

Alice in Wonderland

70

TV show · as Caterpillar / Father WIlliam

Cannonball Run II

31

as Fenderbaum

The Cosby Show

74

TV show · as Ray Palomino

Hunter

70

TV show · as Benny Schafer

Heidi's Song

70

as Head Ratte (voice)

Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 1

Thanks

The Cannonball Run

46

as Fenderbaum

1970s

9 titles · average score 41

Sammy Stops the World

as Littlechap

Fantasy Island

43

TV show · as Edward Ross Sr. / Mr. Bojangles

Charlie's Angels

44

TV show · as Sammy Davis Jr. / Herbert Brubaker III

Gone with the West

28

as Kid Dandy

Chico and the Man

43

TV show

Poor Devil

59

as Sammy

Old Faithful

as Sammy Davis Jr.

The Trackers

54

as Ezekiel Smith

One More Time

20

as Charles Salt

1960s

28 titles · average score 59

Sweet Charity

69

as Big Daddy

The Pigeon

as Larry Miller

Salt & Pepper

45

as Charles Salt

Here's Lucy

68

TV show · as Sammy Davis Jr.

A Man Called Adam

50

as Adam Johnson

Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?

58

as The Cheshire Cat

I Dream of Jeannie

72

TV show · as Sammy Davis Jr.

Nightmare in the Sun

43

as Truck driver

Robin and the 7 Hoods

52

as Will

Burke's Law

68

TV show · as Cordwainer Bird

Sergeants 3

49

as Jonah Williams

Ocean's Eleven

59

as Josh Howard

1950s

9 titles · average score 65

Porgy and Bess

63

as Sportin' Life

The Rifleman

77

TV show

77 Sunset Strip

74

TV show

Anna Lucasta

65

as Danny

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Cpl. Smith

Meet Me in Las Vegas

57

as Sammy Davis Jr. (voice) (uncredited)

Six Bridges to Cross

64

as Uncredited

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as Private Spider Johnson / Pancho Villa III

The Jack Benny Program

54

TV show · as Sammy Davis Jr.

1940s

1 title

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

TV show

1930s

2 titles · average score 63

Rufus Jones for President

67

as Rufus Jones

Seasoned Greetings

59

as Henry Johnson