Sammy Davis, Jr.


The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Diahann Carroll on her friendship with Sammy Davis, Jr. and meeting Marlon Brando
03:40
Bud Yorkin on the All in the Family  episode "Sammy's Visit" guest starring Sammy Davis, Jr.
01:15
Mike Douglas on Sammy Davis, Jr.'s appearance on The Mike Douglas Show
02:13
Leslie Uggams on working with Sammy Davis, Jr.
02:07
Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on the play "Golden Boy" starring Sammy Davis, Jr.
05:14
Howard Smit on working with Sammy Davis, Jr. as a guest star on Mod Squad
02:57
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Lee Adams

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Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on the play "Golden Boy" starring Sammy Davis, Jr.
05:14
Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on depicting the African-American experience in the play "Golden Boy" starring Sammy Davis, Jr.
01:18
Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on the play "Golden Boy" starring Sammy Davis, Jr.
05:14

Steve Allen

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Steve Allen on Sammy Davis, Jr. as a guest on Tonight - and Dwight Hemion placing Davis on the stage
01:04

Larry Auerbach

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Larry Auerbach on representing Sammy Davis, Jr.
03:58

Pat Boone

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Pat Boone on his favorite guests on The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
02:16

Diahann Carroll

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Diahann Carroll on her friendship with Sammy Davis, Jr. and meeting Marlon Brando
03:40
Diahann Carroll on The Sammy Davis Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration special (airdate: February 4, 1990)
01:58
Diahann Carroll on her friendship with Sammy Davis, Jr. and meeting Marlon Brando
03:40

Roy Clark

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Roy Clark on the guests of Hee Haw, including Al Martino, Garth Brooks, and Sammy Davis, Jr.
05:23

Richard Crenna

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Richard Crenna on Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. guest-starring on Make Room for Granddaddy, and on previous experiences with the two men
03:44

Billy Crystal

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Billy Crystal on his "Sammy Davis, Jr." imitation on Saturday Night Live
04:13

Bill Daily

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Bill Daily on a photo of him with Sammy Davis Jr. from I Dream of Jeannie
00:58

Bill Dana with Emerson College

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Bill Dana on Sammy Davis Jr.'s reaction to the episode of All in the Family he wrote
00:51
Bill Dana on working with Norman Lear on writing the All in the Family episode "Sammy's Visit," featuring Sammy Davis, Jr.
09:18

Mike Douglas

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Mike Douglas on Sammy Davis, Jr. appearing on The Mike Douglas Show
02:35
Mike Douglas on final say for booking guests
01:24
Mike Douglas on Sammy Davis, Jr.'s appearance on The Mike Douglas Show
02:13

Brad Garrett

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Brad Garrett on opening for Sammy Davis, Jr. and Frank Sinatra
00:26

Dwight Hemion

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Dwight Hemion and Gary Smith on dealing with performers like Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.
05:39
Dwight Hemion and Gary Smith on dealing with performers like Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.
05:39

Buz Kohan

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Buz Kohan on writing material for Sammy Davis, Jr.
00:17
Buz Kohan on working with Sammy Davis, Jr. on his 60th Anniversary Celebration 
12:10
Buz Kohan on writing for several Sammy Davis, Jr. TV specials
00:25
Buz Kohan on working with Sammy Davis, Jr. on his TV specials and series and on he and Bill Angelos becoming head writers on The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (at the same time they were writing Perry Como's TV specials)
18:41
Buz Kohan on working with Sammy Davis, Jr. after the end of The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show
04:56

Norman Lear with Emerson College

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Norman Lear on Bill Dana writing the "Sammy's Visit" episode of All in the Family -- and the script not being submitted for an Emmy award for Bill Dana
03:47

Jerry Lewis

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Jerry Lewis on Sammy Davis, Jr.
00:08

Sam Lovullo

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Sam Lovullo on his favorite guests on Hee Haw, including Ray Charles, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Paul Anka
09:57

Peter Marshall

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Peter Marshall on his friendship with Sammy Davis, Jr.
02:54

Nolan Miller

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Nolan Miller on the guest-stars of Charlie's Angels including Ida Lupino and Sammy Davis, Jr.
02:00

Walter C. Miller

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Walter C. Miller on working with Jerry Lewis and Sammy Davis, Jr.
01:12

Frank Nastasi

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Frank Nastasi on Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. appearing on The Soupy Sales Show
04:40

Nichelle Nichols

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Nichelle Nichols on working with Sammy Davis, Jr. and Pearl Bailey
03:09

Marty Pasetta

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Marty Pasetta on directing Sammy Davis, Jr.
00:52

David Pressman

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David Pressman on the guest stars of One Life to Live: Sammy Davis, Jr.
02:00

John Rich

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John Rich on informing guest star Sammy Davis, Jr. ("Sammy's Visit") on the way All in the Family was rehearsed
01:07
John Rich on insisting that guest star Sammy Davis Jr. not use cue cards on the All in the Family episode "Sammy's Visit"
00:49

Mickey Rooney

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Mickey Rooney on working with Sammy Davis, Jr.
01:30

Isabel Sanford

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Isabel Sanford on the notion of doing a reunion of The Jeffersons, and on working with Sammy Davis, Jr.
04:07

Nina Shaw

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Nina Shaw on she and Arsenio Hall both being close to Sammy Davis, Jr.
04:16

Sidney Sheldon

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Sidney Sheldon on guest stars on I Dream of Jeannie
00:30

Howard Smit

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Howard Smit on working with Sammy Davis, Jr. as a guest star on The Mod Squad
02:57
Howard Smit on working with Sammy Davis, Jr. as a guest star on Mod Squad
02:57

Gary Smith

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Gary Smith on working with Sammy Davis, Jr. and on working with African-American performers
10:14
Gary Smith on producing Singer Presents Tony Bennett, directed by Dwight Hemion, and on producing Sammy for Sammy Davis, Jr.
04:36

Aaron Spelling

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Aaron Spelling on network interference when writing for Sammy Davis, Jr. on Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater
03:03

Charles Strouse

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Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on the play "Golden Boy" starring Sammy Davis, Jr.
05:14
Lee Adams and Charles Strouse on depicting the African-American experience in the play "Golden Boy" starring Sammy Davis, Jr.
01:18

Ret Turner

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Ret Turner on doing wardrobe for Sammy Davis, Jr.
00:38

Leslie Uggams

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Leslie Uggams on working with Sammy Davis, Jr.
02:07
Leslie Uggams on working with Sammy Davis, Jr.
02:07

Bud Yorkin

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Bud Yorkin on the All in the Family episode "Sammy's Visit," guest-starring Sammy Davis, Jr.
01:15
Bud Yorkin on working with Sammy Davis, Jr.
01:01
Bud Yorkin on the All in the Family  episode "Sammy's Visit" guest starring Sammy Davis, Jr.
01:15

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