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One of the first Black entertainers to break through the color line separating Las Vegas's stages from its audiences, headlining a show on the Strip in 1954 and going on to reach headliner status across nightclubs, film, and network television. He began performing at age two in his father's vaudeville act, and by 1964 was starring in the Broadway musical Golden Boy, which featured the first interracial kiss in a Broadway production. Nicknamed "Mr. Entertainment," Davis worked across singing, dancing, comedy, and acting as a member of the Rat Pack alongside Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.