David Johansen
Acting • Born 1950-01-09 – Died 2025-02-28
Biography
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.
Filmography
56 credits
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Movie • 1990
Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Freejack
Movie • 1992
Brad Carter
Scrooged
Movie • 1988
Ghost of Christmas Past
New York Doll
Movie • 2005
Self
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
Movie • 1992
Auggie
Mr. Nanny
Movie • 1993
Thanatos
Let It Ride
Movie • 1989
Looney
Campfire Stories
Movie • 2001
Ranger Bill
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
Movie • 1994
Self
Always at The Carlyle
Movie • 2018
Self
New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
Movie • 2011
Himself
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
Movie • 2005
Himself
New York Dolls: TV Treasures
Movie • 2000
Himself
The Return of the New York Dolls
Movie • 2006
Himself
Burnzy's Last Call
Movie • 1995
Andre
200 Cigarettes
Movie • 1999
Tiki Bartender
Married to the Mob
Movie • 1988
'The Priest'
Car 54, Where Are You?
Movie • 1994
Officer Gunther Toody
Cats Don't Dance
Movie • 1997
Bus Driver (voice)
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Movie • 2022
Self / Buster Poindexter
The Weinerville Chanukah Special
Movie • 1995
Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)
Glass Chin
Movie • 2014
Stanley Loori
The Deli
Movie • 1997
The Cabbie
A Very Murray Christmas
Movie • 2015
The Bartender
Night Lunch
Movie • 1975
Self
Crooked Lines
Movie • 2003
Charlie
God Is On Their Side
Movie • 2002
God
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television
Movie • 2011
The Filth and the Fury
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Movie • 2003
Self
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
Movie • 2017
Clockwork Orange County
Movie • 2012
Self
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
Movie • 2007
Self
Punk: Attitude
Movie • 2005
Himself
Lightning in a Bottle
Movie • 2004
Self
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Movie • 2004
Himself
Nick and Jane
Movie • 1997
Carter
Candy Mountain
Movie • 1988
Keith Burns
Motherfucker: A Movie
Movie • 2006
Self
25 Years of Punk
Movie • 2001
Self
Naked in New York
Movie • 1993
Orangutang
Above the Shadows
Movie • 2019
Ron
The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)
Movie • 1989
The Harry Smith Project Live
Movie • 2006
Self
New York Rock at the BBC
Movie • 2008
The Tic Code
Movie • 1998
Marvin
Teen Titans
TV • 2003
Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Singer at Party
Deadline
TV • 2000
Oz
TV • 1997
Eli Zabitz
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Garnet
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
Centaurworld
TV • 2021
Beartaur (voice)
The Jim Henson Hour
TV • 1989
Himself (as Buster Poindexter)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Buster Poindexter