Johnnie Davis
Born: 1910-05-11 in Brazil, Indiana, USA
Died: 1983-11-28
Known For: Acting
Biography
Johnnie Davis, also billed as Johnny Davis and Johnnie "Scat" Davis, was an American actor and singer. Born John Gustave Davis in Brazil, Indiana, into a family of musicians, Davis developed an interest in music during his childhood. He learned to play the trumpet and by the age of 13 was performing with his grandfather's band.
Filmography
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1956
- Jazz Ball as Self (archive footage)
1944
- Knickerbocker Holiday as Tenpin
- The Shining Future as Self
- You Can't Ration Love as Kewpie
1943
- Sarong Girl as Scat Davis
1939
- A Child is Born as Ringer Banks
- Slapsie Maxie's as Johnny the Waiter
- Sweepstakes Winner as Mark Downey
1938
- Hollywood Hotel as Georgia
- Men Are Such Fools as Tad Turkel
- Garden of the Moon as Slappy Harris
- Katnip Kollege as Johnny Cat (voice)
- Cowboy from Brooklyn as Jeff Hardy
- Brother Rat as A. Furman Towsend, Jr.
- Campus Cinderella as Johnny Morton
- Mr. Chump as Bill "Scats" Small
1937
- Varsity Show as Buzz Bolton
- Over the Goal as Tiny Waldron
1936
- I Love to Singa as Owl Jolson (singing voice)