Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara uku, Davis ya fara aikinsa a vaudeville tare da mahaifinsa Sammy Davis Sr. da Will Mastin Trio, wanda ya yi yawon shakatawa a duk faɗin ƙasar, kuma aikinsa na fim ya fara a 1933. Bayan aikin soja, Davis ya koma cikin uku kuma ya zama abin mamaki na dare bayan wasan kwaikwayon dare a Ciro's (a West Hollywood) bayan kyautar Academy Awards ta 1951.
Ka yi haƙuri. Tare da uku, ya zama mai zane-zane. A shekara ta 1954, sa'ad da yake ɗan shekara 29, ya rasa idonsa na hagu a haɗarin mota. Shekaru da yawa daga baya, ya koma addinin Yahudanci, yana gano abubuwan da suka dace tsakanin zaluncin da 'yan Afirka na Amurka da na yahudawa suka fuskanta.