Sonny Carl Davis

Acting

Sonny Carl Davis

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Sonny Carl Davis is an American film and television actor. He has appeared in numerous film and television productions, best known as Cowboy in Pinnell's Last Night at the Alamo and as local Texan explaining his state in Richard Linklater's Bernie.

Known for

American Playhouse poster
6.6

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

American Playhouse

1982

The 'Burbs poster
6.8

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.

The 'Burbs

1989

The Magnificent Seven poster
6.6

The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which is a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai. It aired between 1998 and 2000. It was filmed in Newhall, California. The pilot, scripted by Chris Black and Frank Q. Dobbs, was filmed in Mescal, Arizona and the Dragoon Mountains of Arizona, near Tombstone. Robert Vaughn, who had starred in the original 1960 movie, frequently guest-starred as a crusading judge.

The Magnificent Seven

1998

Thelma & Louise poster
7.6

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.

Thelma & Louise

1991

Fast Times at Ridgemont High poster
6.8

A group of Southern-California high school students ignore their studies in favor of indulging in their teenage distractions.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1982

Lonesome Dove poster
7.9

A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.

Lonesome Dove

1989

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

The Long Game poster
7.1

In a segregated Texas, five Mexican-American teenage caddies were prohibited from playing at the country club where they worked. Against all odds, they formed their own team, built a one-hole course in the fields, and won the 1957 Texas State championship. Based on a true story.

The Long Game

2024

Evil Bong 888: Infinity High poster
3.9

When he's finally given a chance to go legit by opening a restaurant, Rabbit can't stop himself from sliding back to his old ways. With EeBee as his Master Chef, weed is definitely on the menu and this high-end joint is the toke of the town. Staffed with tons of familiar faces and fan favorite buds, will Rabbit end on a high note? Or will he be chopped by the cops in a kitchen nightmare that goes up in smoke.

Evil Bong 888: Infinity High

2024

Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon poster
4.0

Join the one and only The Gingerdead Man and his perverse pals, Ebee The Evil Bong, The Gingerweed Man and more, as they rampage through the entire GDM franchise, ripping out silly and splatterific sequences from your favorite films! It's a sugary tsunami of blood, babes and beastly baked goods that will leave you thirsty for more, making this one MURDERTHON you won't wanna miss!

Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon

2025

Evil Bong-A-Thon! poster
NR

Flash back on two decades of debaucherous, delirious Evil Bong escapades with this, the ultimate hookah horror cinema experience! Rolling up the hazy highlights from all 9 maniacal adventures of Ebee and her pals into one freaky film fattie. "Evil Bong-A-Thon" is exactly what you think it is and so much more.

Evil Bong-A-Thon!

2025

Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad) poster
10.0

Singing cowboy Eli Cody, aka Buck Alamo, is told by his doctor that any day could be his last. Buck has hurt almost everyone in his life and decides to take his loyal dog, Chester, on a journey through Texas to beg forgiveness from his daughters and several friends, as well as to relive some of the good old days.

Buck Alamo or (A Phantasmagorical Ballad)

2023

2010s · 20 titles

Trial by Fire poster
7.0

The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.

Trial by Fire

2019

Bernie poster
6.6

In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

Bernie

2012

Kill or Be Killed poster
4.1

In the autumn of 1900, outlaw Claude Barbee puts his 'retirement plan' in action, attempting to lead his train-robbing gang across Texas to recover a cash stash hidden after a botched railroad heist.

Kill or Be Killed

2016

Saturday Morning Massacre poster
4.3

A dark and bloody parody about a Scooby-Doo-like team of paranormal investigators and their devoted dog.

Saturday Morning Massacre

2012

Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong poster
3.6

Serial killing cookie, Gingerdead Man, tracks down the lone survivor of his murderous rampage, who unleashes the Evil Bong once again.

Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong

2013

Killjoy's Psycho Circus poster
4.3

Killjoy, the demon of vengeance, trickster god and killer clown has finally made it to Earth! Along with his gruesome crew Freakshow, Punchy and the sexy/psychotic Batty Boop, Killjoy is free to terrorize mortals in new and excruciating ways.

Killjoy's Psycho Circus

2016

A Night in Old Mexico poster
5.7

Forced to give up his land and home, Texas rancher Red Bovie isn't about to retire quietly in a dismal trailer park. Instead he hops in his Cadillac and hits the road with his estranged grandson for one last wild adventure filled with guns, women and booze. It’s just another night in Old Mexico.

A Night in Old Mexico

2013

Evil Bong 3: The Wrath of Bong poster
3.9

When an evil alien bong crashes on Earth, Luann, Larnell and their other pals soon discover its evil intent: full-blown global domination!

Evil Bong 3: The Wrath of Bong

2011

Evil Bong 420 poster
3.8

Rabbit has escaped the Evil Bong’s World of Weed, and has opened a topless bowling alley. When his old friends, Larnell and Sarah Leigh stop by to help him celebrate his wacky new business venture, the Evil Bong gets hot on his trail.

Evil Bong 420

2015

Deliverance Creek poster
5.0

At the end of the Civil War, Belle Gatlin Barlowe, a widowed mother of three, faces uncertainty as she attempts to defend her family's land by any means necessary. When the corrupt local bank pushes Belle into becoming an outlaw, the stakes become personal, setting off a chain of events that force her to question whether it's better to be lawful or to survive.

Deliverance Creek

2014

Evil Bong 777 poster
3.9

Eebee is now out of "Sexy Hell" and heading to Las Vegas with danger on her tail.

Evil Bong 777

2018

Evil Bong 666 poster
4.7

When a blood sacrifice opens a portal to Hell, Eebee is returned to Earth where Lucy Furr, the new proprietor of her weed shop, has some sinister plans of her own.

Evil Bong 666

2017

Jersey Shore Shark Attack poster
4.6

Many years ago, hundreds of locals and tourists were massacred by giant man-eating sharks in the infamous 1916 Jersey Shore attacks. But that's just a legend... or is it? It's a holiday weekend on the Jersey Shore and, unbeknownst to anyone, underwater drills have attracted dozens of albino bull sharks to the pier. When a man goes missing, TC (The Complication), Nookie and friends fear the worst and plead with the police chief to close down the beach. It isn't until a famous singer is eaten alive during a performance on the pier that the shark hunt begins. Now, the Preppies must work together with the Guidos in order to save the Jersey Shore and its inhabitants from another vicious slaughter.

Jersey Shore Shark Attack

2012

Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes poster
NR

Jerry and Carl have conned their way from one small Texas town to another, but things go haywire when one of them falls in love with Maureen. Not to mention the P.I. that's hot on their trail... A musical comedy based on "Two Gallants" by James Joyce and the songs of John Prine.

Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes

2018

Evil Bong: High-5! poster
2.7

With Larnell, Sarah Leigh, Rabbit, Velicity and a lobotomized Gingerdead Man trapped in her dastardly web of weed, the Bong World, for good, EeBee the Evil Bong once more sets about her plan for world domination.

Evil Bong: High-5!

2016

Thank You a Lot poster
5.0

A struggling, two-bit music manager will lose his job unless he signs a reclusive country music singer, James Hand, who also happens to be his estranged father.

Thank You a Lot

2014

Waiting for the Miracle to Come poster
5.8

An aspiring trapeze artist discovers a cryptic letter, written once by her recently deceased father, that leads her to a gold mine in a remote California desert.

Waiting for the Miracle to Come

2019

The Doo Dah Man poster
4.3

A New Jersey college student running away from home finds himself travelling through the back roads of Texas with a con man who's just escaped from prison.

The Doo Dah Man

2015

Also Starring Austin poster
7.0

ALSO STARRING AUSTIN uses scenes from locally shot films as a lens to explore a community's rapidly changing built and natural environment and unique, enduring culture.

Also Starring Austin

2018

Windsor poster
4.0

Six high school seniors and their beloved local hero search for a graceful exit from a struggling small town.

Windsor

2016

2000s · 7 titles

The Perfect Game poster
7.3

Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.

The Perfect Game

2009

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada poster
7.0

When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005

Charles Band's Evil Bong poster
3.6

Straight-laced nerd Alistair moves into a college dorm with hardcore marijuana users, who order an old giant bong that proves to have strange magical powers, which sends people to a bizarre drugged-out alternate realm from which there is no easy escape.

Charles Band's Evil Bong

2006

Charles Band's Evil Bong 2: King Bong poster
3.9

Larnell and Luanne travel to South America in search of an antidote to the deranged effects caused by taking hits off of the malevolent Evil Bong.

Charles Band's Evil Bong 2: King Bong

2009

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus poster
5.7

A boy witnesses his mother kissing what he believes to be is the real Santa Clause and retaliates with mischief.

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

2002

The Santa Trap poster
6.0

It's Christmas Eve and Judy Emerson is told there's no such thing as Santa. Determined to prove her family wrong, she sets an elaborate trap and successfully captures Santa Claus himself. But her parents think the jolly old elf is a burglar and have Santa arrested.

The Santa Trap

2002

The King of Texas poster
6.0

A documentary on the life of Texas filmmaker Eagle Pennell.

The King of Texas

2008

1990s · 13 titles

Thelma & Louise poster
7.6

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.

Thelma & Louise

1991

Fair Game poster
5.2

Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her

Fair Game

1995

Unlawful Entry poster
6.3

When Michael and Karen Carr’s home is robbed, the couple strike up a friendship with duty officer Pete Davis. But the disturbed cop develops an intense fixation on Karen, and his idea of friendship soon turns into a dangerous obsession, making him the Carrs’ worst nightmare.

Unlawful Entry

1992

Trancers II poster
5.6

Once again someone from the future has come back to create an army of Trancers, human zombies who do what they're told without question or pause. Now officer Jack Deth, a cop from the future stranded in the past, must once again go forth to stop them. This sci-fi action sequel chronicles his courageous actions as he struggles to save the future. His difficulties are compounded when his boss sends his first wife back from the future to help Deth who has unfortunately, married a 20th-century girl.

Trancers II

1991

Blood Money poster
3.3

Hardened criminal Lester is in prison for armed robbery and murder. When his request for parole is refused, he escapes and hatches a plan for revenge and make him rich. He leads two gang members to the home of a witness who helped put him in jail. But the FBI and a SWAT team are on his trail...

Blood Money

1996

Bad Channels poster
5.0

An alien determined to capture human females takes over a radio station to do it.

Bad Channels

1992

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life poster
5.0

A haggard cowboy reflects upon his life while awaiting his death.

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

1992

Seedpeople poster
4.4

The citizens of Comet Valley are being taken over by seeds from an alien plant that has taken root there. A sheriff investigates the strange goings-on.

Seedpeople

1992

Persons Unknown poster
5.5

When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after getting in her way roller-blading. That introduction turns out to be a well thought out plan by Amanda and her sister Molly, to obtain security codes. The girls and their cohorts rob his client and stash the loot. All the while, detective Jim has been following them and he grabs the money for himself. Then his conscience gets the best of him and he falls in love with Molly. His client turns out to be drug dealers and he's forced to risk his life to protect Molly and Amanda.

Persons Unknown

1996

Angel of Death poster
6.5

Escaped convict Gary Nicholson falls in love becomes obsessed with artist Laura Hendricks. He vows to protect her and her six-year-old son from any and all antagonists.

Angel of Death

1990

Christmas in Connecticut poster
4.7

Elizabeth is the star of a successful cooking show and author of several cookbooks. But when her manager, Alexander sees forest ranger Jefferson, who lost his cabin in a fire, comment on TV about wishing he could get a home-cooked Christmas dinner, he arranges for a special live show on Christmas, for Elizabeth to cook him Christmas Dinner. Only Elizabeth can't cook, and trying to keep Jefferson and the viewing public from finding out on a live show may be a little difficult.

Christmas in Connecticut

1992

False Arrest poster
5.8

A luxury home, a handsome husband and terrific children. But it all comes crashing down when she is accused of being a mastermind behind a brutal triple-homicide and is arrested and handcuffed in front of her own children. A gripping story of passion and betrayal as a woman fights to clear her name and avoid the death penalty for a crime she didn't commit.

False Arrest

1991

Pair of Aces poster
6.7

A Texas Ranger has to protect his two daughters as he investigates a serial killer who is attacking cheerleaders. Meanwhile he finds himself working with a safe cracker who claims to be innocent of the charges filed against him.

Pair of Aces

1990

1980s · 14 titles

The 'Burbs poster
6.8

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.

The 'Burbs

1989

Fast Times at Ridgemont High poster
6.8

A group of Southern-California high school students ignore their studies in favor of indulging in their teenage distractions.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1982

Where the Buffalo Roam poster
5.9

Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

Where the Buffalo Roam

1980

Project X poster
6.2

A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious 'Project X'. Getting to know the chimps fairly well, he begins to suspect there is more to the secret project than he is being told.

Project X

1987

TerrorVision poster
5.7

After Stanley Putterman installs a state-of-the-art satellite dish in his backyard, a strange monster leaps off the screen and needs to feed on humans for survival. The Putterman children Sherman and Suzy—along with Suzy's metalhead boyfriend O.D.—are left to figure out what to do.

TerrorVision

1986

The Burning Bed poster
6.9

An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.

The Burning Bed

1984

84 Charlie Mopic poster
6.3

An Army cameraman is embedded with a reconnaissance patrol and charts their mission across territory controlled by the North Vietnamese.

84 Charlie Mopic

1989

Wacko poster
5.1

Thirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.

Wacko

1982

Melvin and Howard poster
6.5

The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes. Inspired by real events.

Melvin and Howard

1980

Roadie poster
5.8

A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.

Roadie

1980

Red Headed Stranger poster
5.6

Reverend Julian Shay (Willie Nelson) strode into the saloon, pulled out his six-shooter, and killed his adulterous wife (Morgan Fairchild) and the man she had left him for. It was the beginning of his violent transformation from God-Loving preacher to ruthless outlaw.

Red Headed Stranger

1986

Last Night at the Alamo poster
6.9

The events on the last night in the existence of a little suburban Houston pub. It has to be closed down for development reasons but one of the regular customers, Cowboy, seems to have friends in high places.

Last Night at the Alamo

1984

Why Would I Lie? poster
7.5

Cletus is a compulsive liar. He prefers the term 'fabrication' to lie though. When Cletus becomes a social worker he's assigned the case of a boy called Jorge (with a 'J') who was taken from his mother. Cletus sets out to reunite Jorge with his mother, but to do so he has to fabricate many a story to keep Jorge from being adopted. In search of the mother, Cletus meets and falls in love with a women's advice councillor.

Why Would I Lie?

1980

In the Custody of Strangers poster
6.4

A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But events follow which result in the boy spending far longer behind bars than anyone had foreseen.

In the Custody of Strangers

1982

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