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David Johansen

David Johansen

ActingJanuary 9, 1950(died age 75)Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

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David Roger Johansen (January 9, 1950 – February 28, 2025) was an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter. David has appeared in several films including Car 54, Where Are You? and Scrooged with Bill Murray.

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Filmography (55)

Personality Crisis: One Night Only

2022·Self / Buster Poindexter

2021·Beartaur (voice)

Above the Shadows

Always at The Carlyle

Other Credits (2)

1993·Original Music Composer

Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past

2017

A Very Murray Christmas

2015·The Bartender

2014·Stanley Loori

Clockwork Orange County

New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery

New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television

New York Rock at the BBC

The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

The Return of the New York Dolls

Motherfucker: A Movie

The Harry Smith Project Live

New York Dolls: All Dolled Up

Lightning in a Bottle

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

2003·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

2003·Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)

God Is On Their Side

Campfire Stories

2001·Ranger Bill

25 Years of Punk

New York Dolls: TV Treasures

The Filth and the Fury

2000·Self (archive footage)

1999·Tiki Bartender

Cats Don't Dance

1997·Bus Driver (voice)

1997·The Cabbie

1997·Eli Zabitz

Burnzy's Last Call

The Weinerville Chanukah Special

1995·Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

Car 54, Where Are You?

1994·Officer Gunther Toody

Naked in New York

1993·Orangutang

1992·Brad Carter

Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990·Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)

The Jim Henson Hour

1989·Himself (as Buster Poindexter)

1988·Ghost of Christmas Past

Married to the Mob

1988·'The Priest'

1988·Keith Burns

1984·Singer at Party

Saturday Night Live

1975·Self - Musical Guest