David Johansen
Actor
Born January 9, 1950 in 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.
Filmography
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Self / Buster Poindexter
Centaurworld
Beartaur (voice)
Above the Shadows
Ron
Always at The Carlyle
Self
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past
A Very Murray Christmas
The Bartender
Glass Chin
Stanley Loori
Clockwork Orange County
Self
New York Dolls: Live From The Bowery
Himself
New York Rock at the BBC
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
Self
The Harry Smith Project Live
Self
Motherfucker: A Movie
Self
New York Dolls: All Dolled Up
Himself
Punk: Attitude
Himself
New York Doll
Self
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Himself
Lightning in a Bottle
Self
Teen Titans
Ding Dong Daddy Dowd (voice)
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Self
Crooked Lines
Charlie
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Campfire Stories
Ranger Bill
25 Years of Punk
Self
Deadline
Benny
The Filth and the Fury
Self (archive footage)
200 Cigarettes
Tiki Bartender
The Tic Code
Marvin
Nick and Jane
Carter
The Deli
The Cabbie
Oz
Eli Zabitz
Cats Don't Dance
Bus Driver (voice)
The Weinerville Chanukah Special
Gonsah K'nocker (as Buster Poindexter)
Burnzy's Last Call
Andre
Car 54, Where Are You?
Officer Gunther Toody
September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill
Self
Naked in New York
Orangutang
Mr. Nanny
Thanatos
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
Auggie
Freejack
Brad Carter
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
Let It Ride
Looney
The Jim Henson Hour
Self
The Ventures: 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (30th Anniversary Super Session)
Scrooged
Ghost of Christmas Past
Married to the Mob
'The Priest'
Candy Mountain
Keith Burns
The Equalizer
Garnet
Miami Vice
Singer at Party
Night Lunch
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest