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Oct 22, 2021 · After 45 years in the film business, Austin filmmaking legend Sonny Carl Davis has one piece of advice for young actors. "Do good work and make friends," he warmly explained.
Oct 5, 2023 · Published October 5, 2023 at 12:14 PM CDT. American Genre Film Archive. Sonny Carl Davis (right) stars as Cowboy in 'Last Night at the Alamo.'. Emerging from the same state of mind that bred the outlaw country movement, Eagle Pennell was Texas’ own outlaw filmmaker, documenting a colorful world of barflys, drunks, and assorted hangers-on.
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- Davis Said His Role in Bernie Was as A Town Gossip
- Davis Counts Among His Other Credits, Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong Play
- Davis’ Former Nextdoor Neighbor Was The Sex Pistols Frontman Johnny Rotten
- Davis Said Hanging Out with Willie Nelson Was Like ‘Hanging Out with Buddha’
- Davis’ Anti-Ted Cruz Ad Is A Hit on Social Media
Richard Linklater told the L Magazine in a 2012 interview that Davis brought a lot of improvisation to his role as a “kind of Greek chorus” in Bernie. The movie deals with an unlikely friendship between a local mortician, played by Jack Black, and a wealthy widow, played by Shirley MacLaine, in the small Texas town of Carthage. The movie was based ...
Davis counts among his many screen credits, Gingerdead Man Vs. Evil Bong, according to his IMDb page. Davis told the Austin Statesman about his role in that movie, which came as part of a trilogy of Evil Bong movies. Davis said, “I play Rabbit, a delivery guy who delivers the evil bong to some stoner dudes.” Other roles that Davis has under his bel...
Davis, a Texas native, left his home state for Southern California in the late 1970s. When he first arrived in Venice Beach, Davis told the Statesmanthat his first next door neighbor was the Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson. When Wilson moved out, he was replaced by Sex Pistols’ frontman Johnny Rotten. Davis told the newspaper that Rotten was “just a nice...
Davis IS a friend of fellow-Beto O’Rourke supporter, Willie Nelson. In a 2014 interview with Fort Worth Weekly, Davis compared Nelson to Buddha saying, “What you see is what you get. Willie is everybody’s friend. He spends time with you. When you’re with him, you are the most important person in the world. You get the feeling that you matter. It me...
As the ad spread across the internet, Davis’ role became a hit on Twitter. Here are some of the best responses to the ad: READ NEXT: Conor McGregor’s Girlfriend Has Been With Him Since 2008 But He Says He Has No Plans to Pop the Question!
Sep 19, 2014 · His real name is Sonny Carl Davis. He’s an Austin-based actor currently working alongside Barry Corbin, Joe Stevens, Madelyn Deutch, Nick Krause, Quinn Shephard, Adam Hicks, Ian Colletti, and Peyton Clark on Windsor (“ A Script For Texas ,” Sept. 10, 2014). LOU PERRYMAN AND SONNY CARL DAVIS IN A SCENE FROM LAST NIGHT AT THE ALAMO.
Sonny Carl Davis Live: First to Be Eaten: Ramblings of a Bit Player takes place at the AFS Cinema on Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11. Purchase tickets. You probably know him as the “diner guy” in those anti-Ted Cruz commercials, but we’re here to tell you that Sonny Carl Davis has a lot …
Sep 21, 2020 · Review: Buck Alamo First look at the new film starring Sonny Carl Davis By Richard Whittaker, 9:00PM, Mon. Sep. 21, 2020
Nov 3, 2021 · Sonny Carl Davis has been around the Austin movie scene since starring in Eagle Pennell’s 1977 short “A Hell of a Note.” That short about two rowdy good ol’ boys in Texas morphed into the 1978 feature film “The Whole Shootin’ Match,” and that led to yet another feature, 1983’s “Last Night at the Alamo.” […]
