Sammy Davis Jr.

🎂 Data nașterii: 1925-12-08 (Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA)

Samuel George "Sammy" Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American entertainer. Primarily a dancer and singer, Davis was a childhood vaudevillian who became known for his performances on Broadway and in Las Vegas, as a recording artist, television and film star, and as a member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack". At the age of four Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father and "uncle" as the Will Mastin Trio, toured nationally, and after military service, returned to the trio. Davis became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's after the 1951 Academy Awards, with the trio, became a recording artist, and made his first film performances as an adult later that decade. In 1954, he lost his left eye in an automobile accident. Later the same year, he converted to Judaism. In 1960, he appeared in the first Rat Pack movie, Ocean's 11. After a starring role on Broadway in 1956's Mr Wonderful, Davis returned to the stage in 1964's Golden Boy, and in 1966 had his own TV variety show, The Sammy Davis Jr. Show. Davis's career slowed in the late sixties, but he had a hit record with "The Candy Man", in 1972, and became a star in Las Vegas. As an African American, Davis was the victim of racism throughout his life, and was a large financial supporter of civil rights causes. Davis had a complex relationship with the African American community, and attracted criticism after physically embracing Richard Nixon in 1970. One day on a golf course with Jack Benny, he was asked what his handicap was. "Handicap?" he asked. "Talk about handicap — I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew." This was to become a signature comment, recounted in his autobiography, and in countless articles. After reuniting with Sinatra and Dean Martin in 1987, Davis toured with them and Liza Minnelli internationally, before dying of throat cancer in 1990. He died in debt to the Internal Revenue Service, and his estate was the subject of legal battles. Davis was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP, and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his television performances. He was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 1987, and in 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Sammy Davis Jr.

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Cei unsprezece ai lui Ocean

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Porgy and Bess

The Movie Orgy

Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas

The Best Of Sammy David Jr. Live

Cursa ghiulea

Cursa ghiulea II

One More Time

Salt & Pepper

Kim Novak, l'âme rebelle d'Hollywood

Dean Martin: King of Cool

Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras

That's Dancing!

Sweet Charity

Tap

Elvis: That's the Way It Is

Sergeants 3

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Pepe

Johnny Cool

Convicts 4

Heidi's Song

All Star Party for Lucille Ball

Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event

The Legendary Nat King Cole

The Wrecking Crew

Nightmare in the Sun

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Rufus Jones for President

Seasoned Greetings

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Anna Lucasta

Save the Children

The Trackers

The Pigeon

The Ocean's 11 Story

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis

Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection

A Man Called Adam

Die Dreigroschenoper

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

This Is Elvis

The Rat Pack

Smorgasbord

The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Gone with the West

Rat Pack

Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits

Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin

This Is Joan Collins

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

Uptown Comedy Express

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

Sweet and Low

Sammy and Bruce

The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast

Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

Let's Play, Boy

Moon Over Parador

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

…Sings Musicals

Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.

Hanna-Barbera's 50th

Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia

Television: The First Fifty Years

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

BRATS

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Poor Devil

The Fall

Fight of the Century

Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964

A Música Segundo Tom Jobim

The Strolling '20s

Sammy Stops the World