Birth name Thomas James Davis Medium Television Name Tom Davis | Nationality American Role Writer Years active 1975–2012 Parents Jean Davis | |
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Born August 13, 1952St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. ( 1952-08-13 ) Influences Jack Benny, Bob and Ray Spouse Mimi Raleigh (m. 1991–2012) Books OpenGL? Programming Guide: the Official Guide to Learning OpenGL?, Version 2. 1 Movies and TV shows Coneheads, Blues Brothers 2000, Trading Places, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, One More Saturday Night Similar People Al Franken, Dan Aykroyd, Tom Schiller, Jim Downey, John Belushi | ||
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Thomas James "Tom" Davis (August 13, 1952 – July 19, 2012) was an American writer, comedian, and author. He is best known for his comedy partnership with Al Franken, as half of the comedy duo "Franken & Davis" on the Saturday Night Live television show on NBC.
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- Life and career
- Illness and death
- Filmography
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Comedian tom davis talks to buglemag com about his new show murder in successville
Life and career
Davis was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He attended The Blake School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he began his friendship and professional partnership with Al Franken. In 1975, Davis got his big break as one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live, where he and Franken also performed together. The duo wrote the screenplay for, and appeared in, the film One More Saturday Night, and had brief appearances in Trading Places and The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash. Davis was a frequent guest on The Al Franken Show, appearing in sketches as various characters. In a well-known sketch on Saturday Night Live, he provided the voice calling into an interview with Dan Aykroyd's Jimmy Carter as the youngster that Jimmy Carter talked down from a bum trip. Davis created the SNL sketches "Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber" (with Steve Martin), "Nick The Lounge Singer" (with Bill Murray), "The Continental" (with Christopher Walken), and "Coneheads" (with Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin).
Illness and death
In 2009, Davis was diagnosed with cancer. He was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, where, on March 31, 2009, Dr. Eric Genden removed a tumor on Davis' right tonsil that had metastasized to an adjoining lymph node with minimally invasive robotic surgery.
Davis died on July 19, 2012, of throat and neck cancer, aged 59. He is survived by his wife, Mimi Raleigh, a veterinarian in Mount Kisco, New York, whom he married in 1991; they separated in 1999, but reconciled before his death. He is also survived by his mother, Jean Davis, and a large extended family.