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- Birth nameMorris Mac Davis
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Mac Davis was born on January 21, 1942 in Lubbock, Texas, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for North Dallas Forty (1979), Passengers (2016) and Next (2007). He was married to Lise Gerard, Sarah Jane Barg and Fran Cook. He died on September 29, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- SpousesLise Gerard(1982 - September 29, 2020) (his death, 2 children)Sarah Jane Barg(February 18, 1970 - October 7, 1975) (divorced)Fran Cook(1963 - 1968) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenJoel Scott DavisNoah Claire DavisCody Luke Davis
- ParentsEdith Irene DavisThomas Jefferson Davis
- He was a successful singer/songwriter who made a brief, but acclaimed, transition into acting. As a songwriter, he wrote the hit "In the Ghetto" for Elvis Presley and he wrote and performed the hits "I Believe In Music" and "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me".
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006.
- He also wrote the song "Watching Scotty Grow", which Bobby Goldsboro made a #11 hit single in early 1971. (Scotty was Davis's real-life son; both men joked later that when the song was released, Scotty Davis began to think Goldsboro was really his dad.).
- Some of his songs (such as "Don't Cry, Daddy" and "In the Ghetto", performed by Elvis Presley) were credited to "Scott" or "Scotty" Davis, after his son.
- On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Davis among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.
- One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written.
- [about Elvis Presley's reaction to Davis' song "Don't Cry Daddy"] "Don't Cry Daddy" is a pretty sad song. He got to the end of it and it was just real quiet and Elvis says, "I'm gonna cut that someday for my daddy". And, by God, he did. He lived up to his word.
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