- Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 6 wins & 15 nominations total
Known for
Credits
Actor
Producer
Director
Personal details
- Official sites
- Alternative names
- Sammy Jr. & Altovise
- Height
- 5′ 4½″ (1.64 m)
- Born
- Died
- May 16, 1990
- Beverly Hills, California, USA(complications from throat cancer)
- SpousesAltovise DavisMay 11, 1970 - May 16, 1990 (his death, 1 child)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesSuzette Davis(Sibling)
- Other worksPrint ad: Alka-Seltzer
- Publicity listings
Did you know
- TriviaDespite being 64 at the time of his death, he was survived by his mother Elvera Sanchez (1905-2000) and his grandmother, Elvera's mother Luisa (who died in 1995 at 112).
- QuotesBeing a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted.
- TrademarksHis glass eye (the left eye)
- Nickname
- Smoky
- Salaries(1960)$125,000
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