David Johansen
Birthday: 1950-01-09
Place of Birth: Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Biography: David Roger Johansen (born January 9, 1950) was an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter. David has appeared in several films including Car 54, Where Are You? and Scrooged with Bill Murray.
Movies
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him....
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Freejack
Time-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009 New Yo...
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Scrooged
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature ...
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New York Doll
A recovering alcoholic and recently converted Mormon, Arthur "Killer" Kane, of the rock band The New...
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Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
Right after Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California, in 1955, a toy salesman in town for a conventio...
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Mr. Nanny
A former pro-wrestler is hired to be the bodyguard/nanny for a couple of bratty kids whose inventor ...
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Let It Ride
An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it ...
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Campfire Stories
Two teens on their way to a backwoods party come across a beautiful young woman having car trouble. ...
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September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
Filmmaker Larry Weinstein stages a wide range of performances in tribute to the compositions of Kurt...
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Always at The Carlyle
The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet set as well as a...
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New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
On March 16th, 2011, to kick off the release of their album "Dancing Backward in High Heels," the Ne...
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New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
In the early 70’s, Rock photographer Bob Gruen and his wife Nadya purchased a portable Video Recorde...
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New York Dolls: TV Treasures
Compilation of extremely rare footage of the legendary New York Dolls. Live material, interviews, ra...
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The Return of the New York Dolls
After 27 years apart, the three surviving members of the New York Dolls, David Johansen, Sylvain Syl...
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Burnzy's Last Call
A downtown Manahattan gin mill plays host to a series of comic vignettes....
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200 Cigarettes
In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, ...
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Car 54, Where Are You?
Brash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis Muldo...
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Married to the Mob
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime wo...
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Cats Don't Dance
An ambitious singing and dancing cat in 1939 Hollywood overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dr...
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Personality Crisis: One Night Only
A portrait of musician David Johansen from Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi featuring a live perfo...
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The Weinerville Chanukah Special
The Weinerville Gang is throwing a Hanukkah party at the Weinerville Ski Lodge. Upon preparations on...
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Glass Chin
After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing in a ...
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The Deli
An enchanting slice-of-life comedy about a hard luck gambler who gets in over his head when he start...
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A Very Murray Christmas
Bill Murray worries no one will show up to his TV show due to a massive snowstorm in New York City. ...
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Night Lunch
This is Poe and Král's first effort, shot on small-gauge stock, before their more well-known endeavo...
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Crooked Lines
Johnny, Chris, Sal, and Joe are four petty crooks thrown together for the job of a lifetime. $1 mill...
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God Is On Their Side
The American Army holds a mass prayer offensive in order to convince God (David Johansen) to support...
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Clockwork Orange County
Many objected to leather-jacket, spike-hair kids with tattoos. But, that did not dissuade a generati...
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End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
A years-in-the-making documentary on the legendary punk band the Ramones. Through a mixture of archi...
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Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
Bandleader Vince Giordano keeps the Jazz Age alive with his 11-member band The Nighthawks, vintage m...
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Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
A stunningly-photographed, thought-provoking road trip into the heart of the poor white American Sou...
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The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
The Old, Weird America tracks the history of the Anthology of American Folk Music from its initial c...
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Punk: Attitude
From London's 1970 mod scene to Sonic Youth, punk music has always been about attitude and anarchy. ...
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Lightning in a Bottle
On February 7th, 2003, renowned artists across multiple music genres and generations commandeered th...
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The Filth and the Fury
Julien Temple's second documentary profiling punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols is an enlightening, ...
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Mayor of the Sunset Strip
A look at the history of fame in the world through the eyes of pop star impresario, Rodney Bingenhei...
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New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television
The legendary and infamous New York Dolls at their best! Amazing rare live clips and interviews film...
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Nick and Jane
N.Y. corporate Jane discovers her boyfriend John in bed with another woman, leaves building enraged ...
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Candy Mountain
A mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker....
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MOFO NYC
MOFO NYC is the party brainchild of DJ Singer Glam Bitch Mother Michael T. Along with partners the ...
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25 Years of Punk
Lou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock ...
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Naked in New York
Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joan...
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Above the Shadows
A young woman who has faded to the point of becoming invisible must find her way back with the help ...
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The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)
The Ventures are an American instrumental rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington. Founded by...
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The Harry Smith Project Live
Hal Willner's Harry Smith Project concerts in London, New York and Los Angeles celebrated the eccent...
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New York Rock at the BBC
Celebrating the cream of the New York rock scene, including classic performances from the Ramones, N...
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The Tic Code
A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical orient...
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Gandahar
On the planet Gandahar where peace reigns and poverty is unknown, this utopian lifestyle is upset by...
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