Kammala wannan magana: A shekara uku, Davis ya fara aikinsa a vaudeville tare da mahaifinsa Sammy Davis Sr. da Will Mastin Trio, wanda ya yi yawon shakatawa na kasa, 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 Yammacin Hollywood) bayan da
Kyautar Kwalejin Kwalejin 1951. 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.