David Johansen

ActorComposerSound Jan 9 (died age 75) Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA 1975–2022 (47 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Scrooged

Ghost of Christmas Past

Film

Cats Don't Dance

Bus Driver (voice)

Film

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

Film

Above the Shadows

Ron

Film

Married to the Mob

'The Priest'

Film

Freejack

Brad Carter

Film

A Very Murray Christmas

The Bartender

Film

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (55)

Movies (47)

Personality Crisis: One Night Only

2022

as Self / Buster Poindexter

4.4

Above the Shadows

2019

as Ron

6.7

Always at The Carlyle

2018

as Self

6.7

Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past

2017

A Very Murray Christmas

as The Bartender

Glass Chin

as Stanley Loori

Clockwork Orange County

2012

as Self

6.0

New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery

2011

as Himself

New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television

2011

New York Rock at the BBC

2008

6.5

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

2007

as Self

The Return of the New York Dolls

2006

as Himself

4.8

Motherfucker: A Movie

2006

as Self

The Harry Smith Project Live

2006

as Self

New York Doll

as Self

Punk: Attitude

as Himself

New York Dolls: All Dolled Up

2005

as Himself

8.5

Lightning in a Bottle

2004

as Self

7.3

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

as Himself

Crooked Lines

as Charlie

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

2003

as Self

6.8

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

2003

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

God Is On Their Side

as God

Campfire Stories

as Ranger Bill

25 Years of Punk

as Self

The Filth and the Fury

2000

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

New York Dolls: TV Treasures

as Himself

200 Cigarettes

as Tiki Bartender

The Tic Code

as Marvin

Cats Don't Dance

as Bus Driver (voice)

The Deli

as The Cabbie

Nick and Jane

as Carter

Burnzy's Last Call

as Andre

The Weinerville Chanukah Special

1995

as Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)

Car 54, Where Are You?

1994

as Officer Gunther Toody

3.3

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

1994

as Self

Mr. Nanny

as Thanatos

Naked in New York

as Orangutang

Freejack

as Brad Carter

Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel

1992

as Auggie

5.2

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990

as Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

6.2

Let It Ride

1989

as Looney

6.3

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

1989

Scrooged

1988

as Ghost of Christmas Past

Married to the Mob

as 'The Priest'

Candy Mountain

as Keith Burns

Night Lunch

as Self

Television (8)

Centaurworld

2021

as Beartaur (voice)

7.4

Teen Titans

2003

as Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)

Deadline

as Eli Zabitz

The Jim Henson Hour

as Himself (as Buster Poindexter)

The Equalizer

as Garnet

Miami Vice

as Singer at Party

Saturday Night Live

as Buster Poindexter

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Mr. Nanny

1993

Original Music Composer

5.1

Candy Mountain

1988

Music

5.8