Mac Davis

Mac Davis

Born: January 21, 1942
Died: September 29, 2020
in Lubbock, Texas, USA
Scott "Mac" Davis (born January 21, 1942), is a country music singer and songwriter originally from Lubbock, Texas who has enjoyed much pop music crossover success. He became one of the most successful country singers of the 1970s and 1980s. He is also an actor.

Movies for Mac Davis...

Dolly Parton: Here I Am
Title: Dolly Parton: Here I Am
Character: Self
Released: December 25, 2019
Type: Movie
Dolly Parton leads a moving, musical journey in this documentary that details the people and places who have helped shape her iconic career.
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Title: Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Character: Reverend Riggs
Released: November 22, 2019
Type: TV
Eight stories celebrating family, faith, love and forgiveness come to life in this series inspired by Dolly Parton's iconic country music catalog.
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Beer for My Horses
Title: Beer for My Horses
Character: Reverend J.D. Parker
Released: August 8, 2008
Type: Movie
"Beer for My Horses" tells the story of two best friends that work together as deputies in a small town. The two defy the Sheriff and head off on an outrageous road trip to save the protagonist's girlfriend from drug lord kidnappers.
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The Wendell Baker Story
Title: The Wendell Baker Story
Character: Agent Buck
Released: August 3, 2005
Type: Movie
Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
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True Vinyl
Title: True Vinyl
Character: Frank Thompson
Released: December 29, 2004
Type: Movie
Coming from rural Nebraska, young Billy Thompson dreams to succeed as a professional DJ. He travels to Los Angeles to compete in a DJ World Contest where he meets Maya, a young dancer from New York, the "Night Owl", a DJ with a secret weapon and other DJs who will do anything to win at the competition.
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Title: Rodney
Character: Carl
Released: September 21, 2004
Type: TV
In the middle of real, everyday America, Rodney Hamilton's life revolves around two things: His family and his thankless job at a fiberglass plant..
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Where the Red Fern Grows
Title: Where the Red Fern Grows
Character: Bellington
Released: May 3, 2003
Type: Movie
Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann."
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Title: 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter
Character: Guitar Man
Released: September 17, 2002
Type: TV
8 Simple Rules is an American sitcom television series originally starring John Ritter and Katey Sagal as middle-class parents Paul and Cate Hennessy, raising their three children. Kaley Cuoco, Amy Davidson and Martin Spanjers co-starred as their teenage kids: Bridget, Kerry and Rory Hennessy. The series ran on ABC from September 17, 2002, to April 15, 2005. The first season focused on Paul being left in charge of the children after Cate takes a full-time job as a nurse, with comedic emphasis on his often strict rules concerning his daughters and dating. The series' name and premise were derived from the book 8 Simple Rules by W. Bruce Cameron.
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The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel
Title: The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel
Character: Himself
Released: March 31, 2002
Type: Movie
One of the dominating figures in Elvis Presley's life was his manager, who was known as the "Colonel". No other relationship in Elvis' life was as controversial and misunderstood as the one he had with Colonel Tom Parker. The truth about their unique friendship is revealed in this documentary.
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Title: Oswald
Character: Bingo (voice)
Released: August 8, 2001
Type: TV
The story of a blue octopus and his dog that looks like a hotdog, named Weenie, and their friends like Daisy the daisy, and Henry the penguin. They go on adventures in their town that usually involve a problem that needs to be solved.
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The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
Title: The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
Character: The Balladeer
Released: June 5, 2000
Type: Movie
The Duke Boys and company travel to Hollywood to sell some musical recordings in order to raise money to build a new hospital in Hazzard County. However, when their recordings and money are stolen, they wind up on the run from mysterious hitmen, sleazy record producers, Russian gangsters, and vicious loan sharks.
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Angel's Dance
Title: Angel's Dance
Character: Norman
Released: February 25, 1999
Type: Movie
A young hitman is asked to prove himself by killing an innocent woman.
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Title: That '70s Show
Character: St. Peter
Released: August 23, 1998
Type: TV
Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out in Eric’s basement, life in the ‘70s isn’t always so groovy. But between trying to figure out the meaning of life, avoiding their parents, and dealing with out-of-control hormones, they’ve learned one thing for sure: they’ll always get by with a little help from their friends.
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Possums
Title: Possums
Character: Wilbur 'Will' Clark
Released: June 13, 1998
Type: Movie
When the town of Nowata votes to cancel its losing high school football team, the Possums, a local radio announcer decides to keep broadcasting imaginary games, team or no team.
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Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack
Title: Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack
Character: Clayton
Released: April 28, 1998
Type: Movie
Fact-based story about a woman's fight to get her rodeo star husband freed from a false murder conviction.
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Title: King of the Hill
Character: Sports Jock / Announcer (voice)
Released: January 12, 1997
Type: TV
Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, family, and country, but his values and ethics are often challenged by the situations he, his family, and his beer-drinking neighbors/buddies find themselves in.
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Title: King of the Hill
Character: Sheriff Buford (voice)
Released: January 12, 1997
Type: TV
Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, family, and country, but his values and ethics are often challenged by the situations he, his family, and his beer-drinking neighbors/buddies find themselves in.
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Title: King of the Hill
Character: Jock (voice)
Released: January 12, 1997
Type: TV
Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, family, and country, but his values and ethics are often challenged by the situations he, his family, and his beer-drinking neighbors/buddies find themselves in.
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For My Daughter's Honor
Title: For My Daughter's Honor
Character: Norm Dustin
Released: November 20, 1996
Type: Movie
Fourteen-year-old high school student, Amy Dustin, becomes an object of romantic affection to the school's biology teacher and football coach, Pete Nash. They take a sudden interest in each other, sending each other notes and talking on the telephone. Although Pete has a family, the two begin a secret relationship. People then begin to suspect that Pete and Amy are having an affair.
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Title: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Released: September 12, 1993
Type: TV
A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane.
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Elvis: His Life and Times
Title: Elvis: His Life and Times
Character: Self - Host
Released: August 14, 1993
Type: Movie
A comprehensive video biography of Elvis Presley. Produced by BBC in England in 1987, it was re-edited in the US in 1993 for syndication, adding hosts Mac Davis and Lisa Hartman Black.
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Blackmail
Title: Blackmail
Character: Norm
Released: October 23, 1991
Type: Movie
Two drifters attempt to blackmail a gangster's wife.
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What Price Victory
Title: What Price Victory
Character: Jake Ramson
Released: January 18, 1988
Type: Movie
What Price Victory is about the effect that unscrupulous college football recruiting practices have on two star high school athletes.
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Davy Crockett
Title: Davy Crockett
Character: Davy Crockett
Released: December 18, 1986
Type: Movie
Story of American raccoon-skin-wearing pioneer Davy Crocket on the wild frontier.
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Title: Tall Tales & Legends
Character: Davy Crockett
Released: September 25, 1985
Type: TV
An anthology series that showcases various mythical characters and incidents throughout history.
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Brothers-in-Law
Title: Brothers-in-Law
Character: T.K. 'Tom' Kenny
Released: April 28, 1985
Type: Movie
T.K. Kenny and Mickey Gubiacci are a highway patrolman and a trucker respectively. Now the two of them don't get along and have nothing in common except for the fact that they are both married to the daughters of Winston Goodhue, and that they don't like him. When Kenny divorces his wife, Goodhue makes it difficult for him to see his son, Win, and would like to keep him away from Win. Goodhue eventually gets Kenny thrown out of the department. Mickey, who has been hauling some illegal loads for Goodhue is arrested and Goodhue convinces his daughter to dump him. And Goodhue takes away his truck. Eventually, Kenny and Mickey get together and decide to get back at Goodhue. And the best way they decide to do that is to throw a monkey wrench into his new development project.
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Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
Title: Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 1983
Type: Movie
A celebration of how the very young and the very old appreciate and enjoy each other via sketches and variety performances.
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The Sting II
Title: The Sting II
Character: Jake Hooker
Released: February 18, 1983
Type: Movie
Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim from the first movie, is setting them up to take the fall.
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Title: Christmas in Washington
Released: December 15, 1982
Type: TV
Christmas in Washington is an annual Christmas television special that currently airs on the U.S. TNT network.
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Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Title: Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Character: Self
Released: December 12, 1981
Type: Movie
Various entertainers and artists look at how Walt Disney influenced these areas through his work in a variety of fields.
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Cheaper to Keep Her
Title: Cheaper to Keep Her
Character: Bill Dekkar
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney.
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North Dallas Forty
Title: North Dallas Forty
Character: Seth Maxwell
Released: August 3, 1979
Type: Movie
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
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Title: The Muppet Show
Character: Self - Special Guest Star
Released: September 5, 1976
Type: TV
Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
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Title: Donny & Marie
Character: Self
Released: January 23, 1976
Type: TV
Donny & Marie is an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show stars brother and sister pop duo Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond. Donny had first become popular singing in a music group with his brothers, The Osmonds, and Marie was one of the youngest singers to reach #1 on the Billboard Country Music charts. The siblings were offered a weekly show by ABC-TV President Fred Silverman after he saw the duo co-host a week on The Mike Douglas Show which followed their series of popular remakes of oldies, such as "I'm Leaving It Up To You", "Morning Side Of The Mountain", "Deep Purple" and "Make The World Go Away". Donny and Marie were the youngest entertainers in TV history to host their own variety show. A year later, The Keane Brothers would break this record.
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Title: Cher
Character: Self
Released: February 16, 1975
Type: TV
Emmy Award nominated American variety show.
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Title: The Mac Davis Show
Released: July 11, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: Music Country USA
Character: Self
Released: January 17, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: The Bobby Goldsboro Show
Released: September 1, 1973
Type: TV
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Title: The Midnight Special
Character: Host
Released: August 19, 1972
Type: TV
The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981. The ninety-minute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The show typically featured guest hosts, except for a period from July 1975 through March 1976 when singer Helen Reddy served as the regular host. Wolfman Jack served as the announcer and frequent guest host. The series also occasionally aired vintage footage of older acts. As the program neared the end of its run in the early 1980s, it began to frequently use lip-synched performances rather than live. The program also featured occasional comedic performances such as Richard Pryor and Andy Kaufman.
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Title: The Don Knotts Show
Character: Self
Released: September 15, 1970
Type: TV
The Don Knotts Show was a variety program aired by NBC as part of its 1970-71 lineup. Long relegated to the role of sidekick, which he had portrayed for many years in several television series and films, Don Knotts was the headliner here. Each week, he and his guests put on standard TV variety fare of the era. Two recurring features were a skit about the effort involved in putting a weekly television series on the air, much in the spirit of The Jack Benny Show, and The Front Porch, in which Don and a guest would sit in rocking chairs and quietly discuss their philosophies of life. Notable regulars in his cast included Elaine Joyce and Gary Burghoff, who had previously portrayed "Radar O'Reilly" in the film version of M*A*S*H and was about to achieve his greatest fame in reprising that role for the television version of it.
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Title: The Johnny Cash Show
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 1969
Type: TV
The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings in 1970. Cash opened each show, and its regulars included members of his touring troupe, June Carter Cash and the Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, and The Tennessee Three, with Australian-born musical director-arranger-conductor Bill Walker. The Statler Brothers performed brief comic interludes. It featured many folk-country musicians, such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Merle Haggard, James Taylor and Tammy Wynette. It also featured other musicians such as jazz great Louis Armstrong, who died eight months after appearing on the show.
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Title: The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 1969
Type: TV
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American network television music and comedy variety show hosted by singer Glen Campbell from January 1969 through June 1972 on CBS. He was offered the show after he hosted a 1968 summer replacement for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Campbell used "Gentle on My Mind" as the theme song of the show. The show was one of the few rural-oriented shows to survive CBS's rural purge of 1971.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: The Bob Hope Show
Character: Self
Released: April 9, 1950
Type: TV
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.