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Robert Davi
Born this day in 1951
Franz Sanchez in Licence to Kill
Robert Davi was born in Astoria, Queens, New York City.
Originally, he trained to be an opera singer, but sadly he damaged his voice. I
think though that it was ultimately fortuitous that he studied acting at the
Hofstra University and then studied with acting coaches, Stella Adler and later
Lee Strasberg.
Davi got his first acting part in the Frank Sinatra tv film,
Contract on Cherry Street (1977) in which he played Mickey Sinardos. From
there, Davi worked in both television and on the big screen, playing several
memorable parts: bad guy Jake in The Goonies (1985), as FBI Special Agent Big Johnson in Die Hard (1988), as Det. Sean McKinney in Maniac Cop
2 (1990) and Maniac Cop 3: Badge
of Silence (1993), and strip club owner Al
Torres in Showgirls (1995). He currently has eight projects in the
works and has almost 140 acting credits to his name. He has the distinction of
working on three well-known franchises: Bond, Pink Panther, and Stargate
Atlantis. Davi has even voice acted some
video games!
I met Robert Davi at a Hollywood Collector’s Show that
hosted a Bond reunion. There were probably about 20 Bond alumns and Davi was
one of the guests. All of the Bond alumns were fantastic. They were friendly,
engaging, interested. And Davi was probably one of the warmest of the group.
When we met him at this particular show, he was touring. We were not aware that
he was a singer – a crooner in the vein of Frank Sinatra – and he had his CDs (Davi
Sings Sinatra – On the Road to Romance) on
his table. After chatting with him, getting his autograph in my James
Bond Archives (Taschen), a photo op, and
then he signed one of his CDs and gave it to us! And, you know what? He can
really sing and has a wonderful voice! It’s actually one of my favorite CDs for
that style of music.
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