Johnnie Davis

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-05-11 (73 years old)

Deathday

1983-11-28

Place of Birth

Brazil, Indiana, USA

Johnnie Davis

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.

Acting

1938

Hollywood Hotel

as Georgia

1938

Katnip Kollege

as Johnny Cat (voice)

1938

Men Are Such Fools

as Tad Turkel

1938

Brother Rat

as A. Furman Towsend, Jr.

1938

1937

Varsity Show

as Buzz Bolton

1938

Garden of the Moon

as Slappy Harris

1938

Mr. Chump

as Bill "Scats" Small

1938

Campus Cinderella

as Johnny Morton

1937

Over the Goal

as Tiny Waldron

1943

Sarong Girl

as Scat Davis

1936

I Love to Singa

as Owl Jolson (singing voice)

1939

A Child Is Born

as Ringer Banks

1939

Sweepstakes Winner

as Mark Downey

1956

Jazz Ball

as Self (archive footage)

1939

Slapsie Maxie's

as Johnny the Waiter

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