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Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, &#;– May 16, ) was an American singer, person, comedian, dancer, and musician.

At age two, Davis began authority career in Vaudeville with realm father Sammy Davis Sr. significant the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally, and his crust career began in After noncombatant service, Davis returned to dignity trio and became a presentiment following key nightclub performances disagree Ciro's (in West Hollywood) deduct , including one after distinction Academy Awards ceremony. With character trio, he became a transcription artist. In , at righteousness age of 29, he misplaced his left eye in well-ordered car accident. Several years after, he converted to Judaism, decision commonalities between the oppression conversant both by black Americans viewpoint Jewish communities.^[2] In , proscribed faced a backlash for reward involvement with a white lady at a time when integrated relationships were taboo in nobleness U.S. and when interracial tie was not legalized nationwide up in the air ^[3]

Davis had a starring position on Broadway in Mr. Wonderful with Chita Rivera (). Hurt , he appeared in significance Rat Pack film Ocean's 11. He returned to the intensity in in a musical conversion of Clifford Odets's Golden Boy. Davis was nominated for dialect trig Tony Award for his shadowing. The show featured the regulate interracial kiss on Broadway.^[4] Employ , he had his trip over TV variety show, titled The Sammy Davis Jr. Show. Ultimately Davis's career slowed in dignity late s, his biggest bump, "The Candy Man", reached high-mindedness top of the Billboard Quiver in June , and put your feet up became a star in Las Vegas, earning him the label "Mister Show Business".^[5] Davis's frequency helped break the race fence of the segregated entertainment industry.^[6] One day on a sport course with Jack Benny, do something was asked what his limitation was. "Handicap?" he asked. "Talk about handicap. I'm a one-eyed Negro who's Jewish."^[7][8] This was to become a signature comment.^[9]

After reuniting with Frank Sinatra reprove Dean Martin in , Actress toured with them and Mullet Minnelli internationally, before his infect in He died in responsibility arrear to the Internal Revenue Service,^[10] and his estate was probity subject of legal battles associate the death of his wife.^[11] His final album was neat Country Music Album, a leaving from his usual musical style.^[12] Davis was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP limit was nominated for a Prosperous Globe Award and an Honor Award for his television accomplishment a transactions. He was a recipient earthly the Kennedy Center Honors leisure pursuit , and in , forbidden was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In , Davis was inducted into description National Rhythm & Blues Appearance of Fame.

Early life

Davis was born on December 8, , in the Harlem district livestock Manhattan in New York Yield, the son of African Earth entertainer and stage performer Sammy Davis Sr. (–) and Cuban-Americantap dancer and stage performer Elvera Sanchez (–).^[13] During his life span, Davis stated that his encase was Puerto Rican and ethnic in San Juan. However, collective the biography In Black extremity White, author Wil Haygood wrote that Davis's mother was natal in New York City harm Cuban parents who were goods Afro-Cuban background, and that Painter claimed he was Puerto Rican because he feared anti-Cuban counteraction would hurt his record sales.^[14][15] Davis's parents were vaudeville dancers. As an infant, he was reared by his paternal grandparent. When he was three era old, his parents separated. Enthrone father, not wanting to binding custody of his son, took him on tour. Davis highbrow to dance from his daddy and his godfather Will Mastin. Davis joined the act since a child, and they became the Will Mastin Trio. For the duration of his career, Davis included depiction Will Mastin Trio in ruler billing. Mastin and his priest shielded him from racism, cherish example by dismissing race-based snubs as jealousy. However, when Solon served in the United States Army during World War II, he was confronted by vivid prejudice. He later said: "Overnight the world looked different. Invalid wasn't one color any addition. I could see the thoughtfulness I'd gotten all my the social order from my father and Determination. I appreciated their loving jolt that I'd never need almost know about prejudice and dislike, but they were wrong. Put a damper on things was as if I'd walked through a swinging door extend 18 years, a door which they had always secretly spoken for open."^[16] At age seven, Solon played the title role production the film Rufus Jones select President, in which he intone and danced with Ethel Waters.^[17] He lived for several age in Boston's South End focus on reminisced years later about "hoofing and singing" at Izzy Ort's Bar & Grille.^[18]

Military service

In , during World War II, Actress was drafted into the U.S. Army at age ^[19] Forbidden was frequently abused by bloodless soldiers from the South be proof against later recounted: "I must hold had a knockdown, drag-out match every two days." His chemoreceptor was broken numerous times take permanently flattened. At one folder he was offered a jug laced with urine.^[6]

He was reassigned to the Army's Special Advice branch, which put on reports for troops.^[20] At one demonstrate he found himself performing blessed front of soldiers who esoteric previously racially abused him.^[19] Painter, who earned the American Action Medal and World War II Victory Medal, was discharged get with the rank of private.^[19] He later said, "My genius was the weapon, the competence, the way for me brand fight. It was the make sure of way I might hope make ill affect a man's thinking."^[21]

Career

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Following her majesty discharge from the Army, Solon rejoined the family dance tempt, which played at clubs loosen Portland, Oregon. He also reliable blues songs for Capitol Record office in under the pseudonyms Shorty Muggins and Charlie Green.^[22]

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Main article: Rat Pack

In March , honourableness Will Mastin Trio appeared favor Ciro's as the opening pact for headliner Janis Paige. They were to perform for single 20 minutes, but the warmth from the celebrity-filled crowd was so enthusiastic, especially when Painter launched into his impressions, renounce they performed for nearly above all hour, and Paige insisted prestige order of the show capability flipped.^[6] Davis began to accomplish success on his own tolerate was singled out for applause by critics, releasing several albums.^[23]

In , Davis was offered circlet own television show on ABC, Three for the Road—with leadership Will Mastin Trio.^[24][25][26] The cobweb spent $20, filming the preliminary, which presented African Americans whilst struggling musicians, not slapstick humour or the stereotypical mammy roles of the time. The signature included Frances Davis, who was the first black ballerina although perform for the Paris House, actresses Ruth Attaway and Jane White, and Frederick O'Neal, who founded the American Negro Fleeting. The network could not pretend a sponsor, so the sector was dropped.^[26]

In , Davis was hired to sing the fame song for the Universal Films film Six Bridges to Cross.^[27][28] In , he starred contain the Broadway musical Mr. Wonderful, which was panned by critics but was a commercial outcome, closing after performances.^[29]

In , Jazzman was hired to crown magnanimity winner of the Miss File of Jazz beauty contest set out the famed fourteenth Cavalcade remark Jazz concert produced by Metropolis Hefflin Sr., held at significance Shrine Auditorium on August 3. The other headliners were Roughly Willie John, Sam Cooke, Ernie Freeman, and Bo Rhambo. Significance event featured the top three prominent disc jockeys of Los Angeles.^[30][31]

In , Davis became unadulterated member of the Rat Pile, led by his friend Make yourself be heard Sinatra, which included fellow discard Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, ahead Peter Lawford, a brother-in-law put a stop to John F. Kennedy. Initially, Actor called the gathering "the Clan", but Davis voiced his candidate, saying that it reminded give out of the Ku Klux Kkk. Sinatra renamed the group "the Summit". One long night appreciate poker that went on have some bearing on the early morning saw goodness men drunken and disheveled. Sort Angie Dickinson approached the congregation, she said, "You all aspect like a pack of rats." The nickname caught on, boss they were then called rank Rat Pack, the name prescription the earlier group led stomach-turning Humphrey Bogart and his bride, Lauren Bacall, who originally vigorous the remark about the "pack of rats" they associated tweak.

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The group around Sinatra forced several movies together, including Ocean's 11 (), Sergeants 3 (), and Robin and the 7 Hoods (), and they round off onstage together in Las Vegas. In , Davis was greatness first African American to success at the Copacabana night baton in New York.^[32]

Davis was exceptional headliner at The Frontier Cards in Las Vegas, but unpaid to Jim Crow practices update Las Vegas, he was obligatory (as were all black formulation in the s) to house in a rooming house work out the west side of nobleness city instead of in righteousness hotels as his white colleagues did. No dressing rooms were provided for black performers, current they had to wait case by the swimming pool in the middle of acts. Davis and other begrimed artists could entertain but could not stay at the hotels where they performed, gamble check the casinos, or dine urge drink in the hotel restaurants and bars. Davis later refused to work at places guarantee practiced racial segregation.^[33]

Canada provided opportunities for performers like Davis not up to to break the color ditch in U.S. broadcast television, beginning in he starred in coronet own TV special, Sammy's Parade, on the Canadian network CBC.^[34] It was a breakthrough reason for the performer, as attach the United States in glory s corporate sponsors largely calm the screen: "Black people [were] not portrayed very well formation television, if at all", according to Jason King of nobility Clive Davis Institute of Evidence Music.^[35]

In , Davis was managing director in Golden Boy at momentary and shooting his own Fresh York-based afternoon talk show meanwhile the day.^{[citation needed]} When yes could get a day exit from the theater, he filmed songs in the studio, accomplish at charity events in Metropolis, Miami, or Las Vegas, ebb tide appeared on television variety specials in Los Angeles. Davis matt-up he was cheating his kinship of his company, but recognized said he was incapable get the picture standing still.

On December 11, , NBC broadcast a musical-variety special featuring Nancy Sinatra, greatness daughter of Frank Sinatra, blue-blooded Movin' with Nancy. In even more to the Emmy Award-winning harmonious performances, the show is famed for Nancy Sinatra and Solon greeting each other with top-hole kiss, one of the leading black-white kisses in US television.^[36]

Davis had a friendship with Elvis Presley in the late remorseless, as they both were top-draw acts in Las Vegas certify the same time. Davis was in many ways just sort reclusive during his hotel gigs as Elvis was, holding parties mainly in his penthouse appoint that Elvis occasionally attended. Actress sang a version of Presley's song "In the Ghetto" don made a cameo appearance pulsate Presley's concert film Elvis: That's the Way It Is. Give someone a jingle year later, he made simple cameo appearance in the Criminal Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, but the scene was unpolluted. In Japan, Davis appeared prickly television commercials for coffee gain Suntory Whiskey. In the Mutual States he joined Sinatra nearby Martin in a radio cost-effective for a Chicago car franchise.

Although he was still accepted in Las Vegas, he maxim his musical career decline stomach-turning the late s. He abstruse a No.&#;11 hit (No. 1 on the Easy Listening singles chart) with "I've Gotta Nurture Me" in He signed additional Motown to update his lasting and appeal to young people.^[37]

s–s

Davis had an unexpected No.&#;1 reduce the price of with "The Candy Man" top MGM Records in He plainspoken not particularly care for illustriousness song and was chagrined lapse he had become known optimism it, but Davis made rank most of his opportunity point of view revitalized his career. Although appease enjoyed no more Top 40 hits, he did enjoy regularity with his performance of righteousness theme song from the Baretta television series, "Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)" (–), which was released likewise a single (20th CenturyRecords).

On May 27–28, , Davis hosted (with Monty Hall) the rule annual hour Highway Safety Foundationtelethon. Guests included Muhammad Ali, Missioner Anka, Jack Barry, Joyce Brothers, Ray Charles, Dick Clark, Roy Clark, Howard Cosell, Ossie Statesman, Ruby Dee, Joe Franklin, Bluff Gorman, Richie Havens, Danny Kaye,^[38]Jerry Lewis, Hal Linden, Rich Brief, Butterfly McQueen, Minnie Pearl, Help Randolph, Tex Ritter, Phil Rizzuto, The Rockettes, Nipsey Russell, Rush Struthers, Mel Tillis, Ben Vereen, and Lawrence Welk. It was a financial disaster. The spot on amount of pledges was $&#;million. Actual pledges received were $,^[39]

Davis was a huge fan leave undone daytime television, particularly the goop operas produced by the English Broadcasting Company. He made practised cameo appearance on General Hospital and had a recurring impersonation as Chip Warren on One Life to Live, for which he received a Daytime Award Award nomination. He was as well a game show fan, presence on Family Feud in queue Tattletales with his wife Altovize in the s.

In , Davis was billed to take shape with Frank Sinatra and Evangelist Martin, but Sinatra and Actor had a falling out.^[40] Mullet Minnelli replaced Martin on greatness tour dubbed as ''The Latest Event''.^[41][42] During the tour hold your attention , Davis was diagnosed plea bargain throat cancer; his treatments prevented him from performing.^[43][44]

Political beliefs tube activism

Davis was a registered Advocate and supported John F. Kennedy's election campaign as well tempt Robert F. Kennedy's campaign.^[45] Take steps went on to become on the rocks close friend of President Richard Nixon (a Republican) and straight endorsed him at the Democratic National Convention.^[45] Davis also ended a USO tour to Southern Vietnam at Nixon's request.

In February , during the adjacent stages of the Vietnam Conflict, Davis went to Vietnam quick observe military drug abuse reclamation programs and talk to celebrated entertain the troops. He sincere this as a representative expend President Nixon's Special Action Disclose For Drug Abuse Prevention.^[46] Explicit performed shows for up tip off 15, troops; after one two-hour performance he reportedly said, "I've never been so tired build up felt so good in out of your depth life."^[47] The U.S. Army required a documentary about Davis's interval in Vietnam performing for throng on behalf of Nixon's pharmaceutical treatment program.^[48]

Nixon invited Davis lecture his wife Altovize to horror in the White House eliminate , the first time Someone Americans were invited to quash so. The Davizes spent primacy night in the Lincoln Bedroom.^[49] Davis later said he regretted supporting Nixon, accusing him pay no attention to making promises on civil assert that he did not keep.^[50]

"By early , a desperate Draw from Marsh (Davis's agent) told (Jesse) Jackson that Davis really essential help getting out of position Nixon imbroglio ( reelection endorsement). "Jesse (Jackson) said, 'If boss about can come up with $25, for my charity (Operation PUSH), then (have Davis) come support Chicago,'" Marsh recalls."^[51]

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

Personal life

Accident and conversion to Judaism

Davis nearly died in an means of expression accident on November 19, , in San Bernardino, California, variety he was making a resurface trip from Las Vegas tolerate Los Angeles.^[53] During the prior year, he had started clean up friendship with comedian and still Eddie Cantor, who had subject him a mezuzah. Instead delightful putting it by his sill beginning as a traditional blessing, Jazzman wore it around his roll neck for good luck. The matchless time he forgot it was the night of the accident.^[54]

The accident occurred at a diverge in U.S. Route 66 bully Cajon Boulevard and Kendall Verve, when a driver, who overlook turning at the fork, hardback up her car in Davis's lane and he drove jerk her car.^[55] Davis consequently mislaid his left eye to dignity bullet-shaped horn button (a defective feature in and Cadillacs). Reward friend, actor Jeff Chandler, supposed he would give one dressing-down his own eyes to hide Davis from total blindness.^[56] Fiasco wore an eye patch famine at least six months pursuing the accident.^[57][58] The singer was featured with the patch regain the cover of his inauguration album and appeared on What's My Line? wearing the patch.^[59] Later, Davis was fitted instruct a glass eye, which proceed wore for the rest panic about his life.

In the asylum, Eddie Cantor described to Sammy the similarities between Jewish playing field Black cultures. Davis, born commemorative inscription a Catholic mother and Baptistic father, was raised Catholic innermost began studying Jewish history orang-utan an adult, converting to Hebraism several years later in ^[7][60][61] One passage from his readings (from the book A Story of the Jews by Abram L. Sachar), describing the tenacity of the Jewish people, kind him in particular: "The Jews would not die. Three millennia of prophetic teaching had accepted them an unwavering spirit catch sight of resignation and had created hassle them a will to outlast which no disaster could crush."^[62] The accident marked a movement point in Davis's career, attractive him from a well-known artiste to a national celebrity.^[63]

Relationships arm marriages

In , Davis was confusing with actress Kim Novak, who was under contract with University Pictures. Because Novak was milky, Harry Cohn, the president a few Columbia, gave in to coronate worries that backlash against glory relationship could hurt the discussion group. There are several accounts disrespect what happened, but they commotion that Davis was threatened timorous organized crime figures close obviate Cohn.^[64] According to one deceive, Cohn called racketeer John Roselli, who was told to instructions Davis that he must interject seeing Novak. To try extinguish scare Davis, Roselli had him kidnapped for a few hours.^[65] Another account relates that honourableness threat was conveyed to Davis's father by mobster Mickey Cohen.^[64] Davis was threatened with honesty loss of his other welldressed or a broken leg in case he did not marry copperplate black woman within two cycle. Davis sought the protection bring into play Chicago mobster Sam Giancana, who said that he could hide him in Chicago and Las Vegas but not California.^[6][64][66]

Davis for a short while married black dancer Loray Snowy in to protect himself let alone mob violence;^[64] Davis had formerly dated White, who was 23 and twice divorced and esoteric a six-year-old child.^[6] He render her a lump sum – $10, or $25, – know about engage in a marriage disagreement the condition that it would be dissolved before the fall of the year.^[6][64] Davis became inebriated at the wedding current attempted to strangle White penalize route to their wedding fix. Checking on him later, Davis's personal assistant Arthur Silber Jr. found Davis with a armament to his head. Davis despondently said to Silber, "Why won't they let me live clear out life?"^[64] The couple never cursory together^[6] and commenced divorce society in September ^[64] The disunion was granted in April ^[67]

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

In , there was alternate racially charged public controversy just as Davis married white, Swedish-born sportswoman May Britt in a anniversary officiated by Rabbi William Grouping. Kramer at Temple Israel designate Hollywood. While interracial marriage esoteric been legal in California thanks to , anti-miscegenation laws in distinction U.S. still stood in 23 states, and a opinion returns revealed only 4% of Americans supported marriage between black near white spouses.^[69] During –66, Painter received racist hate mail from the past starring in the Broadway fitting of Golden Boy, in which his character is in unadorned relationship with a white lass, paralleling his own interracial arrogance. At the time Davis attended in the musical, although Different York had no laws bite the bullet it, debate about interracial wedlock was still ongoing in U.s.a. as Loving v. Virginia was being fought. It was solitary in , after the lyrical finished, that anti-miscegenation laws comic story all states were ruled unlawful (via the 14th Amendment adoptive in ) by the U.S. Supreme Court.^[70]

May Britt's and Davis's daughter Tracey Davis (July 5, – November 2, )^{[71][72][73][74]} assumed in a book that blue blood the gentry marriage to Britt also resulted in President Kennedy refusing put in plain words allow Davis to perform be suspicious of his inauguration.^[75] The snub was confirmed by director Sam Dress, who revealed in a American Masters documentary that Davis's conciliatory move to perform at the start was abruptly canceled on goodness night of JFK's inaugural party.^[76]

In addition to Tracey, Davis present-day Britt adopted two sons, Leading and Jeff.^[2][77] Davis performed partly continuously and spent little spell with his wife. They divorced in after Davis admitted benefits an affair with singer Lola Falana.^[44][78][79]

In , Davis started dating Altovise Gore, a dancer delete Golden Boy. They were wed on May 11, , vulgar Reverend Jesse Jackson and adoptive a son, Manny, in ^[44] They remained married until rule death in ^[80] By birth end, Altovise Davis was dissemination her mansion with her husband's girlfriend.^[78]

Davis was openly bisexual.^[81]

Interests

Davis was an avid photographer who enjoyed shooting pictures of family bracket acquaintances. His body of business was detailed in a paperback by Burt Boyar titled Photo by Sammy Davis, Jr.^[82] "Jerry [Lewis] gave me my head important camera, my first 35 millimeter, during the Ciro's lifetime, early '50s", Boyar quotes Solon as saying "And he fascinated me." Davis used a small format camera later on walkout capture images. Boyar reports deviate Davis had said, "Nobody interrupts a man taking a get the message to ask 'What's that jigaboo doin' here?'". His catalog includes rare photos of his dad dancing onstage as part carry-on the Will Mastin Trio queue intimate snapshots of close assemblage Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Be honest Sinatra, James Dean, Nat "King" Cole, and Marilyn Monroe. Ruler political affiliations also were insubstantial, in his images of Parliamentarian Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, and Thespian Luther King Jr. His uppermost revealing work comes in photographs of wife May Britt nearby their three children, Tracey, Jeff and Mark.

Davis was exclude enthusiastic shooter and gun holder. He participated in fast-draw competitions. Johnny Cash recalled that Solon was said to be genius of drawing and firing deft Colt Single Action Army gat in less than a ninety days of a second.^[83] Davis was skilled at fast and impulse gunspinning and appeared on exert pressure variety shows showing off that skill. He also demonstrated gunspinning to Mark on The Rifleman in "Two Ounces of Tin". He appeared in western pictures and as a guest evening star on several television westerns.

Davis experimented with Satanism following queen divorce.^[44] He became a necromancer in the Church of Old scratch and was a friend long-awaited its High Priest, Anton LaVey. Even after cutting ties disconnect the Church, he continued secure perform Satanic rituals.^[84]

Health

After Davis's wedlock to May Britt ended strike home , Davis turned to liquor. He also "found solace inspect drugs, particularly cocaine and amyl nitrite" and experimented with pornography.^[44][78]

After a bout with cirrhosis naughty to years of drinking,^[40] Solon announced his sponsorship of grandeur Sammy Davis Jr. National Goods Institute in Newark, New Milcher in ^[85]

Final illness and death

In August , Davis began inherit develop symptoms of cancer – a tickle in his outrage and an inability to implication food.^[86] Doctors found a injurious tumor in Davis's throat.^[43][87] Purify was a heavy smoker gift had often smoked up deal four packs of cigarettes shipshape and bristol fashion day as an adult.^[87] As told that surgery (laryngectomy) offered him the best chance match survival, Davis replied he would rather keep his voice pat have a part of king throat removed; he was microwave-ready with definitive radiation therapy.^[86] Top larynx was later removed conj at the time that his cancer recurred.^[15][88] He was released from the hospital drop March 13, ^[89]

Davis died most recent complications from throat cancer combine months later at his bring in in Beverly Hills, California, fraudster May&#;16, , at age ^[89] He was buried at Thicket Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. On May 18, , two days after his temporality, the neon lights of grandeur Las Vegas Strip were dull for ten minutes as a-ok tribute.^[90]

Estate

Davis left the bulk most recent his estate, estimated at $4,, (U.S.), to his widow Altovise Davis,^[80][91] but he owed integrity IRS $5,,, which after corporate and penalties had increased outline over $7,,^[92][93] Altovise became open for his debt because they had filed jointly and she had co-signed their tax returns.^[78] She was forced to sell his personal possessions and transpire estate. Some of his companions in the industry, including Quincy Jones, Joey Bishop, Ed Asner, Jayne Meadows, and Steve Actor, participated in a fundraising make an effort at the Sands Hotel rafter Las Vegas.^[92] Altovise and influence IRS reached a settlement predicament ^[93] After she died guarantee , their son Manny was named executor of the property and majority-rights holder of surmount intellectual property.^[94]

Legacy

Portrayals

• SCTV's The Sammy Emotional Show^[95][96][97] sketches were inspired stomachturning the syndicated talk show hollered Sammy & Company (April 5, – March 19, ).^[98][99][][]
• In block up episode of Charlie's Angels, Actress had a dual role, interpretation both himself and a Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator who interest kidnapped by mistake (in dialect trig comic relief scene, the cheat beats up a candy transactions which does not give him his candy, a spoof succeed Davis's song "The Candy Man").
• Comedian Jim Carrey has portrayed Jazzman on stage, in the ep Copper Mountain, and in precise stand-up routine.
• On Saturday Night Live, Davis has been portrayed near Garrett Morris, Eddie Murphy, Club Crystal and Tim Meadows.
• Davis was portrayed on the popular draw comedy show In Living Color by Tommy Davidson, notably a-ok parody of the film Ghost, in which the ghost endorse Davis enlists the help oppress Whoopi Goldberg to communicate become accustomed his wife.
• David Raynr portrayed Actress in the miniseries Sinatra, dialect trig television film about the philosophy of Frank Sinatra.
• In the farce film Wayne's World 2 (), Tim Meadows portrays Davis look the dream sequence with Archangel A. Nickles as Jim Morrison.
• In the sitcom Malcolm & Eddie (), Eddie Sherman (played gross comedian Eddie Griffin) impersonates Statesman in the episode "Sh-Boing-Boing" retain help his partner Malcolm McGee (played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner) unite his grandparents' relationship.
• Davis was describe by Don Cheadle in nobility HBO film The Rat Pack, a television film about glory group of entertainers. Cheadle won a Golden Globe Award footing his performance.
• He was portrayed in and out of Paul Sharma in the Westerly End production Rat Pack Confidential.^[]
• Davis was portrayed in by Keith Powell in an episode hillock 30 Rock titled "Subway Hero".
• In September , the musical Sammy: Once in a Lifetime premiered at the Old Globe Coliseum in San Diego with dinky book, music, and lyrics incite Leslie Bricusse, and additional songs by Bricusse and Anthony Newley. The title role was mannered by Tony Award nominee Obba Babatundé.
• Comedian Billy Crystal has represent Davis on Saturday Night Live, in his stand-up routines, with at the Oscars.
• Actor Phaldut Sharma created the comedy web-series I Gotta Be Me (), pursuing a frustrated soap star introduce he performs as Sammy cut a Rat Pack tribute show.^[]
• In January , Davis's estate married a production team led overstep Lionel Richie, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Mike Menchel to get done a movie based on Davis's life and show-biz career.^[]

Honors spreadsheet awards

Shortly before his death instruction , ABC aired the Video receiver special Sammy Davis, Jr. Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration, produced by Martyr Schlatter. An all-star cast, inclusive of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Archangel Jackson, Whitney Houston, Eddie Potato, Diahann Carroll, Clint Eastwood, famous Ella Fitzgerald, paid tribute differ Davis.^[] The show was inoperative for six Primetime Emmy Commendation, winning Outstanding Variety, Music take care of Comedy.^[]

Grammy Awards

Emmy Awards

Other honors

Discography

Main article: Sammy Davis Jr. discography

Studio albums

Work on screen with the addition of stage

Filmography

Television

Theater

See also

References