Tom Davis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 13, 1952
- Died
- July 19, 2012
- Birthplace
- St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Tom Davis was a four-time Emmy Award winning writer from twelve seasons at Saturday Night Live. He wrote/co-wrote sketches for the series including Theodoric of York, The Coneheads (inspired by his Easter Island vacation with Dan Aykroyd on LSD), The Continental, and Nick the Lounge Singer. He wrote a memoir Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss and co-authored Rhoney Gissen Stanley's memoir Owsley and Me: My LSD Family. He also collaborated with Jerry Garcia on a screenplay adaptation of The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. that was never produced. He was half the comedy team of Franken & Davis from high school in 1968 until he & Al broke up in 1990.
Filmography
Belushi 2020
as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd 2005
as Peter (voice) (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found 2005
as Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special 1999
Writer
Blues Brothers 2000 1998
as Prison Clerk
The Best of the Blues Brothers 1993
as Interviewer (uncredited), Writer
Coneheads 1993
as Supplicant, Screenplay
Face of a Stranger 1991
as Don
The Feud 1989
as Teammate
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel 1988
as The Awesome Pair
One More Saturday Night 1986
as Larry Hays, Writer
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter 1985
Actor
- Franken and Davis at Stockton State
Franken and Davis at Stockton State 1983
as Himself, Writer
The Coneheads 1983
as (voice), Writer
Trading Places 1983
as Baggage Handler #2
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever 1981
as Self, Writer
- Blowing up a Building
Blowing up a Building 1981
as Man on Street, Writer
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead 1981
as Self - Host
Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda 1979
Writer
The Paul Simon Special 1977
Writer
Tunnel Vision 1976
as Tom
Credits from TMDB.