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David Johansen
Known for: ActingDavid 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 22
Married to the Mob
as 'The Priest' 
Scrooged
as Ghost of Christmas Past 
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Halston (segment ‘Cat From Hell’) 
Cats Don't Dance
as Bus Driver (voice) 
Above the Shadows
as Ron 
Freejack
as Brad Carter 
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
as Self / Buster Poindexter 
A Very Murray Christmas
as The Bartender 
Mr. Nanny
as Thanatos 
Let It Ride
as Looney 
Candy Mountain
as Keith Burns 
Naked in New York
as Orangutang 
Car 54, Where Are You?
as Officer Gunther Toody 
The Filth and the Fury
as Self (archive footage) 
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
as Self 
Crooked Lines
as Charlie 
Lightning in a Bottle
as Self 
Burnzy's Last Call
as Andre 
Glass Chin
as Stanley Loori 
The Harry Smith Project Live
as Self