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David Johansen
Sign in to saveAlso known as Buster Poindexter, David Roger Johansen, David Jo Hansen
American singer (1950–2025)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Animated Inclinations
- Le droit à la propriété et la Constitution
- Lignes de chemin de fer
- The notwithstanding clause of the Charter
- Public access to government documents
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Film & TV
Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
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
- Personality Crisis: One Night Only — Self / Buster Poindexter2022
- Centaurworld — Beartaur (voice)2021
- Above the Shadows — Ron2019
- Always at The Carlyle — Self2018
- Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past2017
- A Very Murray Christmas — The Bartender2015
- Glass Chin — Stanley Loori2014
- Clockwork Orange County — Self2012
- New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery — Himself2011
- New York Dolls: Lookin' Fine on Television2011
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1950-01-09
- Active to
- 2025-02-28
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 41,620
- Total plays
- 229,981
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David Roger Johansen (January 9, 1950 – February 28, 2025) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as lead singer of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter and for playing the Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooged (1988). Early life Johansen was born in the New York City borough of Staten Island to a librarian mother, Helen, and an insurance sales representative father, who had previously sung opera. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roger
- Family name
- Johansen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Staten Island
- Place of death
- Staten Island
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Image
- David Johansen at SO36.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1950-01-09
- Commons category
- David Johansen
- member of
- New York Dolls
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2025-02-28
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
- name in native language
- David Johansen
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