Johnnie Davis

Johnnie Davis

Birthday: 1910-05-11

Place of Birth: Brazil, Indiana, USA

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.

Movies

Knickerbocker Holiday
Knickerbocker Holiday

The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide th...

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Hollywood Hotel
Hollywood Hotel

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola...

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Katnip Kollege
Katnip Kollege

At the Katnip Kollege, we see a roomful of cats taking a course in Swingology. Everyone swings excep...

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Men Are Such Fools
Men Are Such Fools

Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes...

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Brother Rat
Brother Rat

Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married an...

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Cowboy from Brooklyn
Cowboy from Brooklyn

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot....

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Varsity Show
Varsity Show

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played ...

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Garden of the Moon
Garden of the Moon

Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performin...

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Mr. Chump
Mr. Chump

A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy....

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Campus Cinderella
Campus Cinderella

This musical comedy has a popular basketball star playing for a different college than what his fath...

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Over the Goal
Over the Goal

The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as we...

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The Shining Future
The Shining Future

Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy...

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Sarong Girl
Sarong Girl

A dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed....

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I Love to Singa
I Love to Singa

I Love to Singa depicts the story of a young owl who wants to sing jazz, instead of the classical mu...

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A Child Is Born
A Child Is Born

A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward....

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Sweepstakes Winner
Sweepstakes Winner

A scatterbrained waitress invests her inheritance in a broken-down race horse and a sweepstakes tick...

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You Can't Ration Love
You Can't Ration Love

In this WW II musical, a group of lovely college co-eds, realizing that there is a shortage of singl...

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Jazz Ball
Jazz Ball

A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from...

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Slapsie Maxie's
Slapsie Maxie's

In this comedic short, when a waiter accidentally knocks out boxing champ Tiger Dorsey in Slapsie Ma...

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