Clifton Davis

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birthday: October 4, 1945

A tall, handsome black actor best known for his work on TV sitcoms and variety shows, Clifton Davis is also an ordained Seventh Day Adventist minister as well as a composer of such hit songs as the Jackson Five's "Never Can Say Good-bye". Davis' sitcom work has included regular stints as a barber living with his mother in what was a then-pioneering show starring African-Americans, "That's My Mama" (ABC, 1974-75), and "Amen" (NBC, 1986-1991), in which, ironically, he played Reuben Gregory, the young mini…more

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Credits

Actor

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Parade
The 22nd Annual Dove Awards
That's My Mama
Clifton Curtis
The 21st Annual Dove Awards
A Day to Care For the Children
Host

Music

1990 King Orange Jamboree Parade
Song Performer ("Anything Goes")
1990 King Orange Jamboree Parade
Song Performer ( Anything Goes )
Command Performance: An All-Star Salute to the President
Song Performer ("Once in a Lifetime")
Command Performance: An All-Star Salute to the President
Song Performer ( Once in a Lifetime )

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Career Milestones

1996
Made episodic guest appearances on "Sparks", "Malcolm & Eddie", "Living Single" and "The Jamie Foxx Show"
1990
Hosted the syndicated "Stellar Gospel Music Awards" for first time
1977
TV-movie debut, "Little Ladies of the Night" (ABC)
1972
Starred on the CBS variety series "The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show"
1971
Earned Grammy nomination for writing hit Jackson Five song "Never Can Say Good-bye"