by Tracey Davis
The Sammy Davis, Jr. All-Star Spectacular (1962)
What Kind of Fool Am I—and Other Show-Stoppers (1962)
As Long as She Needs Me (1963)
Sammy Davis, Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove (1963)
Forget-Me-Nots for First Nighters (1963)
Sammy Davis, Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium (1964)
The Shelter of Your Arms (1964)
California Suite (1964)
Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers (1964)
When the Feeling Hits You! (1965)
If I Ruled the World (1965)
The Nat King Cole Songbook (1965)
Sammy’s Back on Broadway (1965)
Our Shining Hour (1965)
Try a Little Tenderness (1965)
The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (1966)
The Sounds of ’66 (1966)
Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (1966)
That’s All! (1966)
Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings the Complete Dr. Dolittle (1967)
Lonely Is the Name (1968)
I’ve Gotta Be Me (1968)
Sammy Davis, Jr.’s Greatest Hits: The Top Twelve (1968)
The Goin’s Great (1969)
Something for Everyone (1970)
Sammy Davis, Jr. Now (1972)
Portrait of Sammy Davis, Jr. (1972)
Sammy Davis, Jr. & Count Basie (1973)
That’s Entertainment! (1974)
The Song and Dance Man (1976)
In Person ’77 (1977)
Hearin’ Is Believin’ (1979)
Hello Detroit (1984)
FEATURE FILM CREDITS
Rufus Jones for President
A Vitaphone Short (1933)
Released by Warner Bros.
CAST: Sammy Davis (Rufus Jones); Ethel Waters (Mother of Rufus); with: Hamtree Harrington; Dusty Fletcher; Edgar Connor; the Will Vodery Girls; The Russell Wooding Jubilee Singers; and Russell Wooding
CREDITS: Roy Mack (director); A. Dorian Otvos and Cyrus Wood (story and screenplay); E. B. DuPar (photography); Cliff Hess (musical score)
RUN TIME: 21 minutes
Seasoned Greetings
A Vitaphone Short (1933)
Released by Warner Bros.
CAST: Lita Grey Chaplin (Lita Chaplin); Sammy Davis (Henry Johnson); Carleton Macy (J. Beetle); George Haggerty (Parky); Harlan Briggs (Uncle Ben Jones); Robert Cummings (Lita’s Beau); with: the Sizzlers; and the Village Barn Hill Billies
CREDITS: Roy Mack (director); A. Dorian Otvos and Cyrus Wood (story and screenplay); E. B. DuPar (photography)
RUN TIME: 20 minutes
Sweet and Low
A Paramount Short (1947)
Released by Paramount Pictures
CAST: Richard Webb (Tom Mather); Catherine Craig (Andrea Mather); Karolyn Grimes (Tammie); Griff Barnett (Harlan Kane); Laura Corbay (Specialty Dancer); Maurice J. McLoughlin (The Great Navarro); Bob Parker (Robert Parker); Will Maston (Leader, the Will Maston Trio); Sammy Davis Sr. (Member, Will Maston Trio); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Member, Will Maston Trio)
CREDITS: Harry Grey (producer); Jerry Hopper (director); Jack Roberts (story and screenplay); Stuart Thompson (photography); Van Cleave (musical score); Billy Daniels (choreographer); Natalie Kalmus (Technicolor consultant); Everett Douglas (editor)
RUN TIME: 19 minutes
Meet Me in Las Vegas
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production (1956)
Released by Loews Inc.
CAST: Dan Dailey (Chuck Rodwell); Cyd Charisse (Maria Corvier); Agnes Moorehead (Miss Hattie); Lili Darvas (Seri Hatvany); Jim Backus (Tom Culdane); Oscar Karlweis (Lotzi); Liliane Montevecchi (Lili); Cara Williams (Kelly Donovan); George Kerns (Young Groom); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Narrator, “Frankie and Johnny”)
CREDITS: Joe Pasternak (producer); Roy Rowland (director); Isobel Lennart (story and screenplay); Robert Bronner (photography); George Stoll (musical score); Hermes Pan (dance director); Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary (art directors); Dr. Wesley C. Miller (sound); Albert Akst (editor)
RUN: 111 minutes
Anna Lucasta
A Longridge Enterprises Inc. Production (1959)
Released by United Artists
CAST: Eartha Kitt (Anna Lucasta); Frederick O’Neal (Frank); Henry Scott (Rudolph Slocum); Rex Ingram (Joe Slocum); James Edwards (Eddie); Isabelle Cooley (Katie Lucasta); Rosetta Le Noire (Stella); Georgia Burke (Theresa Lucasta); Claire Leyba (Blanche); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Danny Johnson)
CREDITS: Sidney Harmon (producer); Arnold Laven (director); Philip Yordan (screenplay), from the play Anna Lucasta by Philip Yordan; Lucien Ballard (photography); Elmer Bernstein (musical score); John S. Poplin Jr. (art director); Jack Solomon (sound); Richard C. Meyer and Robert Lawrence (editors)
RUN TIME: 97 minutes
Porgy and Bess
Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc. (1959)
Released by Columbia Pictures
CAST: Sidney Poitier (Porgy); Dorothy Dandridge (Bess); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Sportin’ Life); Pearl Bailey (Maria); Brock Peters (Crown); Leslie Scott (Jake); Diahann Carroll (Clara); Ruth Attaway (Serena); Claude Akins (Detective); Clarence Muse (Peter)
CREDITS: Samuel Goldwyn (producer); Otto Preminger (director); N. Richard Nash (screenplay); from the opera by George and Ira Gershwin and Dubose Heyward, which was based on the play Porgy by Dubose and Dorothy Heyward; Leon Shamroy (photography); music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Dubose Heyward (musical score); Andre Previn (arranger); Hermes Pan (dance director); Serge Krizman, Oliver Smith, and Joseph C. Wright (art directors); Fred Hynes (sound); Daniel Mandell (editor)
RUN TIME: 146 minutes
Ocean’s Eleven
A Dorchester Production (1960)
Released by Warner Bros.
CAST: Peter Lawford (Jimmy Foster); Frank Sinatra (Danny Ocean); Dean Martin (Sam Harmon); Henry Silva (Roger Corneal); Norman Fell (Peter Rheimer); Clem Harvey (Louis Jackson); Richard Benedict (“Curly” Steffans); Buddy Lester (Vincent Massler); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Josh Howard); Angie Dickinson (Beatrice Ocean)
CREDITS: Lewis Milestone (producer and director); Harry Brown and Charles Lederer (screenplay), from a story by George Clayton Johnston and Jack Golden Russell; William H. Daniels (photography); Nelson Riddle (musical score); Nicolai Remisoff (art director); M.A. Merrick (sound); Philip W. Anderson (editor)
RUN TIME: 127 minutes
Pepe
A Posa Films and George Sidney International Pictures Production (1960)
Released by Columbia Pictures
CAST: Cantinflas (Pepe); Dan Dailey (Ted Holt); Edward G. Robinson (himself); Shirley Jones (Suzie Murphy); Carlos Montalban (Rodriguez); Vicki Trickett (Lupita); Jay North (Dennis the Menace); Ernie Kovacs (Immigration Inspector); Judy Garland (Vocalist on Radio); William Demarest (Studio Gateman); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Himself); with guest appearances including: Tony Curtis, Dean Martin, Billie Burke, Frank Sinatra, Cesar Romero, Donna Reed, Peter Lawford, Kim Novak, Maurice Chevalier, Bing Crosby, Bobby Darin, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Janet Leigh
CREDITS: Jacques Gelman and George Sidney (producer); George Sidney (director); Claude Binyon and Dorothy Kingsley (screenplay), from story by Sonya Levien and Leonard Spigelass and a play by Leslie Bush-Fekete; Joe MacDonald (photography); Johnny Green (musical score); Eugene Loring and Alex Romero (dance directors); Gunther Gerszo (associate art director); James Z. Flaster and Charles J. Rice (sound); Al Clark and Viola Lawrence (editors)
RUN TIME: 180 minutes
Convicts 4
A Kaufman-Lubin Production (1962)
Released by Allied Artists
CAST: Ben Gazzara (John Resko); Stuart Whitman (Principal Keeper); Ray Walston (Iggy); Vincent Price (Carl Carmer); Rod Steiger (Tiptoes); Broderick Crawford (Warden); Dodie Stevens (Resko’s sister); Jack Kruschen (Resko’s father); Naomi Stevens (Resko’s mother); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Wino)
CREDITS: A. Ronald Lubin (producer); Millard Kaufman (director); Millard Kaufman (screenplay); Joseph Biroc (photog
raphy); Leonard Rosenman (musical score); Howard Richmond (art director); Ralph Butler (sound); George White (editor)
RUN TIME: 105 minutes
Sergeants 3
An Essex-Claude Production (1962)
Released by United Artists
CAST: Frank Sinatra (1st Sgt. Mike Merry); Dean Martin (Sgt. Chip Deal); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Jonah Williams); Peter Lawford (Sgt. Larry Barrett); Joey Bishop (Sgt. Maj. Roger Boswell); Henry Silva (Mountain Hawk); Ruta Lee (Amelia Parent); Buddy Lester (Willie Sharpknife); Phil Crosby (Corporal Ellis); Dennis Crosby (Private Page)
CREDITS: Frank Sinatra and Howard W. Koch (producers); John Sturges (director); W. R. Burnett (screenplay); Winton Hoch (photography); Billy May (musical score); Frank Hotaling (art director); Harold Lewis and Harry Alphin (sound); Ferris Webster (editor)
RUN TIME: 112 minutes
Johnny Cool
A Chrislaw Production (1963)
Released by United Artists
CAST: Henry Silva (Johnny Cool); Elizabeth Montgomery (Darien “Dare” Guiness); Richard Anderson (Correspondent); Jim Backus (Louis Murphy); Brad Dexter (Lennart Crandall); Wanda Hendrix (Miss Connolly); Hank Henry (Bus driver); Marc Lawrence (Johnny Colini); John McGiver (Oby Hinds); Sammy Davis, Jr. (“Educated”)
CREDITS: William Asher and Peter Lawford (producers); William Asher (director); Joseph Landon (screenplay), from the novel The Kingdom of Johnny Cool by John McPartland; Sam Leavitt (photography); Billy May (musical score); Frank T. Smith (art director); Philip Mitchell (sound); Otto Ludwig (editor)
RUN TIME: 101 minutes
Three Penny Opera
A C.E.C.-Kurt Ulrich Film Production (1964)
Released by Embassy Pictures
CAST: Sammy Davis, Jr. (Ballad Singer); Kurt Jurgens (Macheath); June Ritchie (Polly Peachum); Hildegarde Knef (Pirate Jenny); Marlene Warrlich (Lucy Brown); Lino Ventura (Tiger Brown); Gert Fröbe (Peachum); Hilde Hildebrandt (Mrs. Peachum); Walter Giller (Filch)
CREDITS: Kurt Ulrich (producer); Wolfgang Staudte (director); Günter Weisenborn and Wolfgang Staudte (screenplay), from the opera Die Dreigroschenoper by Berthold Brecht (book and libretto) and Kurt Weill (music) which was based on the play The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay; Roger Fellaus (photography); Peter Sandloff (musical score); Dick Price (dance director); Hein Heckroth (sets and costumes); Fritz Schwarz (sound); Wolfgang Wehrum (editor)
RUN TIME: 83 minutes
Robin and the Seven Hoods
A P-C Production (1964)
Released by Warner Bros.
CAST: Frank Sinatra (Robbo); Dean Martin (Little John); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Will); Bing Crosby (Allen A. Dale); Peter Falk (Guy Gisborne); Barbara Rush (Marian); Edward G. Robinson (Big Jim); Victor Buono (Crocker); Barry Kelley (Police Chief); Hank Henry (Six Second)
CREDITS: Frank Sinatra, Howard W. Koch, and William H. Daniels (producers); Gordon Douglas (director); David R. Schwartz (screenplay); William H. Daniels (photography); Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen (songs); Nelson Riddle (musical score); LeRoy Deane (art director); Everett Hughes and Vinton Vernon (sound); Sam O’Steen (editor)
RUN TIME: 123 minutes
Nightmare in the Sun
An Afilmco Production (1964)
Released by Zodiac Films
CAST: Ursula Andress (Marsha); John Derek (The Hitchhiker); Aldo Ray (The Sheriff); Arthur O’Connell (Sam Wilson); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Truck driver); Allyn Joslyn (Junk dealer); Keenan Wynn (Song-and-dance misfit); Chick Chandler (Tavern owner); Richard Jaeckel (Motorcyclist); Robert Duvall (Second motorcyclist)
CREDITS: Marc Lawrence and John Derek (producers); Marc Lawrence (director); Ted Thomas and Fanya Lawrence (screenplay), from story by Marc Lawrence and George Fass; Stanley Cortez (photography); Paul Glass (musical score); Paul Sylos (art director); Glen Glenn (sound); Douglas Stewart and William Shenberg (editors)
RUN TIME: 81 minutes
A Man Called Adam
A Trace-Mark Production (1966)
Released by Embassy Pictures
CAST: Sammy Davis, Jr. (Adam Johnson); Ossie Davis (Nelson Davis); Cicely Tyson (Claudia Ferguson); Louis Armstrong (Willie “Sweet Daddy” Ferguson); Frank Sinatra Jr. (Vincent); Peter Lawford (Manny); Mel Torme (Himself); Lola Falana (Theo); Jeanette Dubois (Martha); Johnny Brown (Les)
CREDITS: Joseph E. Levine, Ike Jones, and James Waters (producers); Leo Penn (director); Les Pine and Tina Rome (screenplay); Jack Priestley (photography); Benny Carter (musical score) Charles Rosen (art director); Dennis Maitland (sound); Carl Lerner (editor)
RUN TIME: 103 minutes
Salt and Pepper
A Trace-Mark and Chrislaw Production (1968)
Released by United Artists
CAST: Sammy Davis, Jr. (Charles Salt); Peter Lawford (Christopher Pepper); Michael Bates (Inspector Crabbe); Ilona Rogers (Marianne Renaud); John Le Mesurier (Col. Woodstock); Graham Stark (Sgt. Walters); Ernest Clark (Col. Balsom); Jeanne Roland (Mai Ling); Robert Dorning (Club secretary); Robertson Hare (Dove)
CREDITS: Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Milton Ebbins (producers); Richard Donner (director); Michael Pertwee (screenplay); Ken Higgins (photography); John Dankworth (musical score); Lionel Blair (dance director); Don Mingay (art director); John Poyner (sound); Jack Slade (editor)
RUN TIME: 101 minutes
Sweet Charity
A Universal Production (1969)
Released by Universal Studios
CAST: Shirley MacLaine (Charity Hope Valentine); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Big Daddy); Ricardo Montalban (Vittorio Vitale); John McMartin (Oscar Lindquist); Chita Rivera (Nickie); Paula Kelly (Helene); Stubby Kaye (Herman); Barbara Bouchet (Ursula); Alan Hewitt (Nicholsby); Dante D’Paulo (Charlie)
CREDITS: Robert Arthur (producer); Bob Fosse (director); Peter Stone (screenplay), from the play Sweet Charity by Neil Simon, Sy Coleman, and Dorothy Fields; Robert Surtees (photography); Joseph Gershenson (musical score); Bob Fosse (dance director); Alexander Golitzen and George C. Webb (art directors); Waldon O. Watson, William Russell, Ronald Pierce, and Len Peterson (sound); Stuart Gilmore (editor)
RUN TIME: 150 minutes
One More Time
A Trace-Mark and Chrislaw Production (1970)
Released by United Artists
CAST: Sammy Davis, Jr. (Charles Salt); Peter Lawford (Chris Pepper/Lord Sydney Pepper); Maggie Wright (Miss Tompkins); Leslie Sands (Inspector); John Wood (Figg); Sydney Arnold (Tombs); Edward Evans (Gordon); Percy Herbert (Mander); Bill Maynard (Jenson); Dudley Sutton (Wilson)
CREDITS: Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Milton Ebbins (producers); Jerry Lewis (director); Michael Pertwee (screenplay); Ernest Steward (photography); Les Reed (musical score); Jack Stevens (art director); Gerry Humphreys (sound); William Butler (editor)
RUN TIME: 93 minutes
Save the Children
A Stellar Production (1973)
Released by Paramount Pictures
CAST: Performers include Sammy Davis, Jr., the Staple Singers, the Temptations, Isaac Hayes, Roberta Flack, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Nancy Wilson, the Jackson Five, and Ramsey Lewis
CREDITS: Matt Robinson and Clarence Avant (producers); Stan Lathan (director); Matt Robinson (screenplay); Cinematographers include Charles Blackwell, Bob Fletcher, Robert Grant, Doug Harris, and Rufus Hinton (photography); Gene Barge (musical score); Charles Rosen (art director); Phil Ramone (sound); George Bowers and Paul Evans (editors)
RUN TIME: 123 minutes
Sammy Stops the World
Released by Special Event Entertainment (1979)
CAST: Sammy Davis, Jr. (Littlechap); Marian Mercer (Evie/Anya/Ilse/Lorene); Marcus B.F. Brown (Ensemble member); Shelly Burch (Jane)
CREDITS: Mark Travis and Del Jack (producers); Mel Shapiro (director); based on the play Stop the World—I Want to Get Off, book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (screenplay); David Myers (photography); Santo Loquasto (art director); William H. Yahraus (editor)
RUN TIME: 105 minutes
/>
Heidi’s Song
A Hanna-Barbera Production (1982)
Released by Paramount Pictures
CAST: Lorne Greene (Grandfather); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Head Ratte); Margery Gray (Heidi); Michael Bell (Willie); Peter Cullen (Gruffle); Roger DeWitt (Peter); Richard Erdman (Herr Sessman); Virginia Gregg (Aunt Dete); Janet Waldo (Tinette)
CREDITS: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna (producers); Robert Taylor (director); Jameson Brewer, Joseph Barbera, and Robert Taylor (screenplay), from the novel Heidi by Johanna Spyri; Hoyt S. Curtin (musical score); Paul Julian (art director); Gregory V. Watson Jr. (editor)
RUN TIME: 93 minutes
Cannonball Run II
A Warner Bros. Production (1984)
Released by Warner Communications
CAST: Burt Reynolds (J.J. McClure); Dom DeLuise (Victor/Chaos); Dean Martin (Blake); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Fenderbaum); Jamie Farr (Sheik); Marilu Henner (Betty); Telly Savalas (Hymie Kaplan); Shirley MacLaine (Veronica); Susan Anton (Jill); Catherine Bach (Marcie)
CREDITS: Albert S. Ruddy (producer); Hal Needham (director); Albert S. Ruddy, Hal Needham, and Harvey Miller (screenplay), from characters created by Brock Yates; Nick McLean (photography); Al Capps (musical score); Tho. E. Azzari (art director); William Gordean and Carl Kress (editors)
RUN TIME: 108 minutes
Tap
A Beco film and Tri-Star Production (1989)
Released by Tri-Star Pictures
CAST: Gregory Hines (Max); Suzzanne Douglas (Amy); Sammy Davis, Jr. (Little Mo); Savion Glover (Louis); Joe Morton (Nicky); Terrence E. McNally (Bob Wythe); Dick Anthony Williams (Francis); Bunny Briggs (Bunny); Steve Condos (Steve); Arthur Duncan (Arthur)
CREDITS: Gary Adelson and Richard Vane (producers); Nick Castle (director); Nick Castle (screenplay); David Gribble (photography); James Newton Howard (musical score); Patricia Norris (art director); Patrick Kennedy (editor)
