1. Clifton Duncan Davis was born on October 4,1945 and is an American actor, singer, songwriter, minister, and author.
33 Facts About Clifton Davis
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Clifton Davis starred in the television shows That's My Mama, Amen, Madam Secretary, and others.
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Clifton Davis has hosted the Stellar Gospel Music Awards, Gospel Superfest and Lifestyle Magazine.
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Clifton Davis has appeared on the game shows Match Game and Pyramid and appeared in many movies.
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Clifton Davis is a minister of a Baptist church and has operated an interdenominational ministry for many years.
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Clifton Davis has been a guest on the Trinity Broadcasting Network many times.
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Clifton Davis wrote "A Mason-Dixon Memory", one of the chapters in the book Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, about the racism that he experienced while growing up.
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Clifton Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Thelma van Putten Langhorn, a nurse, and Toussaint L'Ouverture Clifton Davis, a Seventh-day Adventist minister.
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Clifton Davis was raised in Mastic, New York, and he is a graduate of Pine Forge Academy, a Black boarding school operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Clifton Davis holds a BA in Theology from Oakwood University and a Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University.
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Clifton Davis created the role of Valentine in Galt MacDermot and John Guare's musical Two Gentlemen of Verona, based on the eponymous Shakespeare comedy.
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Clifton Davis left the Broadway production on November 27,1972, to open the touring company in January 1973.
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Clifton Davis played the role of Joey Evans in the 1978 West Coast Revival of Pal Joey, which was called Pal Joey '78.
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Clifton Davis returned to Broadway in 2014, creating the role of the Sultan in the stage adaptation of Disney's Aladdin.
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In 2022, Clifton Davis joined the Broadway company of Wicked, playing Dr Dillamond, a role he had previously played in the show's two separate touring companies.
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Clifton Davis starred as barber Clifton Curtis in the mid-1970s television show That's My Mama with Theresa Merritt, Theodore Wilson, and Ted Lange.
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Clifton Davis co-starred with singer and Broadway performer Melba Moore on her musical variety television show.
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Clifton Davis sang the Polish lyrics with Vinton to the show's theme song, titled "My Melody of Love".
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Clifton Davis appeared in the film Scott Joplin, in 1977.
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Clifton Davis made numerous appearances on several incarnations of Pyramid from the early 1970s to the early 1990s.
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From 1986 to 1991, Clifton Davis co-starred with Sherman Hemsley and Anna Maria Horsford as the Reverend Doctor Ruben Gregory in the sitcom Amen, which ran for five seasons.
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Clifton Davis released one acclaimed studio recording in 1991 on Benson Records titled Say Amen.
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Clifton Davis played the mayor of Miami in the 1999 film Any Given Sunday.
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Clifton Davis starred in Toronto and on Broadway in Aladdin, playing the Sultan of Agrabah.
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In October 2024, it was announced Clifton Davis had been cast as Vernon Dupree on the new CBS soap opera Beyond the Gates.
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Clifton Davis served as the co-founder and co-pastor of the Welcome Christian Center in Huntington Beach, California.
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Clifton Davis is a licensed minister at St Luke Baptist Church, New York, New York.
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Clifton Davis has had an interdenominational ministry for over 30 years.
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Clifton Davis has served as its National Spokesperson and Advisory Board Chairman.
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Clifton Davis is the emcee and host of The Most Soulful Sound, an annual gospel choir competition in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Since the end of 2005, Clifton Davis has held the position of executive director for Welcome America, a non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which hosts the largest Fourth of July celebration in the nation each year.
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Clifton Davis is a frequent guest and host on the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
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Clifton Davis hosted the TV show Gospel Superfest from 2000 to 2008, syndicated by United Television.