- Films
- 16
- Avg rating
- 6.24
- Peak run
- 1959’69
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Sammy by the numbers
Average
6.24
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.24
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.58
rating spread
Career
31y
1959 to 1989
Total votes
122K
across every film
Best
7.0
Sweet Charity
Worst
5.1
Cannonball Run II
Newest first
Filmography
| 1989 | Tap | Little Mo | 6.6 | 2,017 |
| 1988 | Moon Over Parador | Sammy Davis Jr. | 6.0 | 7,083 |
| 1984 |  Cannonball Run II | Morris Fenderbaum | 5.1 | 19,141 |
| 1983 | Cracking Up | Sammy Davis, Jr. | 5.7 | 1,207 |
| 1982 | Heidi's Song | Head Ratte | · | 384 |
| 1981 |  The Cannonball Run | Fenderbaum | 6.3 | 44,334 |
| 1974 | Gone with the West | Kid Dandy | · | 584 |
| 1970 | One More Time | Charles Salt | · | 623 |
| 1969 | Sweet Charity | Big Daddy | 7.0 | 7,888 |
| 1968 | Salt and Pepper | Charles Salt | · | 908 |
| 1966 | A Man Called Adam | Adam Johnson | · | 880 |
| 1964 | Robin and the 7 Hoods | Will | 6.4 | 6,180 |
| 1962 | Convicts 4 | Wino | · | 642 |
| 1962 | Sergeants 3 | Jonah Williams | 5.9 | 1,463 |
| 1960 |  Ocean's Eleven | Josh Howard | 6.5 | 26,453 |
| 1959 | Porgy and Bess | Sportin' Life | 6.9 | 2,134 |
Better together?
Sammy Davis Jr.'s regulars
- Peter LawfordCo-star · 4 films · 6.20 avg▼−0.10
- Frank SinatraCo-star · 3 films · 6.27 avg▼−0.09
- Dean MartinCo-star · 3 films · 6.27 avg●−0.01
- Jerry LewisDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.70 avg▼−0.35
- Hal NeedhamDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.70 avg▼−0.22
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Sammy Davis Jr.
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