[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Donald Michel ‘Don’ David was born in Los Angeles, California to a family which had been Californians since 1846. His grandfather had been a close friend of Mark Twain's. While his formal education has been in agriculture and forestry, Davis began his musical career in an old miner's shack in 1932 during a 12-week stay on the Kern River. There, an old miner named Dick Weed, taught him to play the banjo and harmonica at the same time.
Davis kept adding instruments until he could play six at once and while in the army, entertained around Fort Lewis, Colorado. At one time he tried out the insurance business but finally quit devoting his entire time to music. He toured the U.S. and has been on several national television shows including ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’.
Don Davis died in Los Angeles, California on August 8, 1992, three days before his 74th birthday.
Davis appeared in only five films from 1976 to 1982. His only Euro-western appearance was in 1977’s “Un autre homme, une autre chance” (Another Man, Another Chance) as the bandman
DAVIS, Don (aka Don S. Davis) (Donald Michel
Levy) [8/11/1916/1918, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – 8/8/1992, Los
Angeles, California, U.S.A.] – musician, author, film, TV actor, married to
Rachel Rae Slavut [1916-2014] (1973-1992).
Another Man, Another Chance – 1977 (the bandman)
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