Johnnie Davis

Johnnie Davis

Born: May 11, 1910
Died: November 28, 1983
in Brazil, Indiana, USA
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.

Movies for Johnnie Davis...

Jazz Ball
Title: Jazz Ball
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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The Shining Future
Title: The Shining Future
Character: Self
Released: April 11, 1944
Type: Movie
Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1960 enjoying the prosperity and advantages made possible by the successful prosecution of the war, and how the sacrifices of 1944 have made the world a better place.
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Knickerbocker Holiday
Title: Knickerbocker Holiday
Character: Tenpin
Released: March 17, 1944
Type: Movie
The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly the fun-loving type, and one of his first official acts is to call for the death of Brom Broeck (Nelson Eddy), a newspaper publisher well-known for his fearless exposes of police and government corruption. However, Broeck hasn't done anything that would justify the death penalty, so Stuyvesant waits (without much patience) for Broeck to step out of line. Broeck is romancing a beautiful woman named Tina Tienhoven (Constance Dowling), whose sister Ulda (Shelley Winters) happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin (Johnnie "Scat" Davis). After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.
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You Can't Ration Love
Title: You Can't Ration Love
Character: Kewpie
Released: February 28, 1944
Type: Movie
In this WW II musical, a group of lovely college co-eds, realizing that there is a shortage of single young men, decide to begin rationing their dates so that all of them can have some fun. This is beneficial for the campus wimp who suddenly finds himself the hottest property on campus.
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Sarong Girl
Title: Sarong Girl
Character: Scat Davis
Released: June 11, 1943
Type: Movie
A dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed.
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A Child Is Born
Title: A Child Is Born
Character: Ringer Banks
Released: December 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
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Slapsie Maxie's
Title: Slapsie Maxie's
Character: Johnny the Waiter
Released: September 16, 1939
Type: Movie
In this comedic short, when a waiter accidentally knocks out boxing champ Tiger Dorsey in Slapsie Maxie's restaurant, Maxie arranges a boxing match between the reluctant waiter and the champ.
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Sweepstakes Winner
Title: Sweepstakes Winner
Character: Mark Downey
Released: May 20, 1939
Type: Movie
A scatterbrained waitress invests her inheritance in a broken-down race horse and a sweepstakes ticket.
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Brother Rat
Title: Brother Rat
Character: A. Furman Towsend, Jr.
Released: October 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.
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Garden of the Moon
Title: Garden of the Moon
Character: Slappy Harris
Released: September 23, 1938
Type: Movie
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performing at the Garden of the Moon, which is broadcast over the radio. The problem is that John Quinn is the club's ruthless, scheming manager who will do anything to keep Vincente under his thumb. John's assistant, Toni Blake, falls for Vincente, complicating the escalating war.
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Campus Cinderella
Title: Campus Cinderella
Character: Johnny Morton
Released: September 17, 1938
Type: Movie
This musical comedy has a popular basketball star playing for a different college than what his father wanted after he falls in love with a co-ed.
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Mr. Chump
Title: Mr. Chump
Character: Bill "Scats" Small
Released: August 8, 1938
Type: Movie
A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.
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Cowboy from Brooklyn
Title: Cowboy from Brooklyn
Character: Jeff Hardy
Released: July 9, 1938
Type: Movie
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
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Men Are Such Fools
Title: Men Are Such Fools
Character: Tad Turkel
Released: June 15, 1938
Type: Movie
Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find a husband. She rises through the ranks, becoming a copywriter, and attracts the attention of Jimmy, an amorous coworker who wants to marry her. But Jimmy is jealous of Linda's career and of Harry, a radio executive who works with Linda, and their marriage gets off to a very rough start.
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Katnip Kollege
Title: Katnip Kollege
Character: Johnny Cat (voice)
Released: June 11, 1938
Type: Movie
At the Katnip Kollege, we see a roomful of cats taking a course in Swingology. Everyone swings except Johnny, who can't cut it and has to sit in the dunce chair. Miss Kitty Bright tells him to look her up when he learns how to swing. Finally, listening to the pendulum clock at night, Johnny gets the beat. He rushes out to where everyone is playing and sings "Easy As Rollin' Off a Log" to Kitty Bright. She joins in; he grabs a trumpet for an instrumental break, with the complete band. They both fall off a log; she covers him with kisses.
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Hollywood Hotel
Title: Hollywood Hotel
Character: Georgia
Released: January 15, 1938
Type: Movie
After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere. Her agent discovers struggling actress Virginia Stanton (Rosemary Lane) -- an exact match for Mona -- and sends her to the premiere instead, with young musician Ronnie Bowers (Dick Powell). After various mishaps, including a case of mistaken identity, Ronnie and Virginia struggle to find success in Hollywood.
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Over the Goal
Title: Over the Goal
Character: Tiny Waldron
Released: October 16, 1937
Type: Movie
The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.
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Varsity Show
Title: Varsity Show
Character: Buzz Bolton
Released: September 4, 1937
Type: Movie
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.
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I Love to Singa
Title: I Love to Singa
Character: Owl Jolson (singing voice)
Released: July 18, 1936
Type: Movie
I Love to Singa depicts the story of a young owl who wants to sing jazz, instead of the classical music that his German parents wish him to perform. The plot is a lighthearted tribute to Al Jolson's film The Jazz Singer.