---
name: "John E. Davis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-e-davis"
fi1m_id: "john-e-davis"
imdb_id: "nm0204886"
tmdb_id: 1841265
wikidata_id: "Q127970015"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "31 August 1947"
died: "27 January 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:07:31.938612+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John E. Davis

## Identity

John E. Davis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-e-davis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-e-davis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0204886
- **TMDB ID:** 1841265
- **Wikidata ID:** Q127970015
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127970015, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204886/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1841265

Composer. Born 31 August 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 27 January 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 31 August 1947, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 27 January 2023
- **Also known as:** John Davis
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127970015, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204886/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1841265

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Beverly Hills, 90210*](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md) (74)

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## Biography

John E. Davis was an American composer and actor. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 31 August 1947, he composed music and themes for many television series, often under the credit John Davis.

He is known for the main title theme of *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), on which he also worked as composer, and for his contributions to *Mission: Impossible* (1988), *T. J. Hooker* (1982), *Dynasty* (1981) and *The Love Boat* (1977). He returned for the 2008 series *90210* and received five awards for his television work.

Davis died on 27 January 2023 in Ohio.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), Fi1m 74, Music, Main Title Theme Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Box of Moonlight* (1996), as Sheriff
- *Burke's Law* (1994), series, Music, Main Title Theme Composer
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, Music, Main Title Theme Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1988), series, Music
- *Nightingales* (1988), Music
- *The Colbys* (1985), series, Music
- *Sweet Dreams* (1985), as Skip Catmill
- *Hotel* (1982), series, Music
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, Music
- *Breach of Contract* (1982), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Dynasty* (1981), series, Music
- *The Electric Horseman* (1979), Sound Assistant
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, Music

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