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Sammy Davis Jr.

Shows · Sammy Davis Jr.

ActorOn stage 19561978

On stage 4 productions, 22 years

1956 Mr. Wonderful Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Jack Donohue 383 perf.
1964 Golden Boy Majestic Theatre · Revival · directed by Arthur Penn 569 perf.
1974 Sammy Uris Theatre · Original · directed by Darrell Giddens 14 perf.
1978 Stop the World- I Want to Get Off New York State Theatre · Revival · directed by Mel Shapiro 30 perf.

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Worked with more than once2 names

Sally Neal 2 productions
Albert Popwell 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 2 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Birth or death year. Neither is on the record.
  • Any biography.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — actor — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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