Audrey "Art" Davis (May 31, 1913 â€" January 16, 1987) was an American
musician, singer and actor.Davis was born in Paradise, Texas, United
States. His family moved to Oklahoma when he was two and then back to
Texas to the town of Lewisville. His father was a musician, and by the
age of seven, Davis was an accomplished fiddler. His parents divorced
and his mother moved the family to Dallas where Davis enrolled in high
school. He played football and was in the school band playing
clarinet. He served in the 112th Cavalry Regiment of the Texas
National Guard where he gained riding experienceHis first band was
called The Rhythm Aces and they worked with many Western Swing bands
such as Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies, the Light Crust
Doughboys, and Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers. In 1934, Davis was
recording with the Cowboy Ramblers for Bluebird Records. He added the
mandolin to his repertoire of instruments that he played. He became a
staff musician at WRR Radio in Dallas and met Gene Autry who was
looking for a back up fiddler for a recording session. He recorded
with Autry on September 22, 1935 for American Record Corporation.Autry
offered Davis work in Autry's movies and on road tours. He worked with
Autry for three years and then moved to Equity Pictures to work on
Adventures of the Masked Phantom (1939) under the name Larry Mason.
His next movie was The Texas Marshal (1941) with Tim McCoy. He then
appeared in six serial films in 1941 and 1942 with Lee Powell and his
singing buddy Bill Boyd. Davis served in the United States Navy in
World War II. His last time on film was a short musical A Cowboy's
Holiday (1949).
musician, singer and actor.Davis was born in Paradise, Texas, United
States. His family moved to Oklahoma when he was two and then back to
Texas to the town of Lewisville. His father was a musician, and by the
age of seven, Davis was an accomplished fiddler. His parents divorced
and his mother moved the family to Dallas where Davis enrolled in high
school. He played football and was in the school band playing
clarinet. He served in the 112th Cavalry Regiment of the Texas
National Guard where he gained riding experienceHis first band was
called The Rhythm Aces and they worked with many Western Swing bands
such as Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies, the Light Crust
Doughboys, and Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers. In 1934, Davis was
recording with the Cowboy Ramblers for Bluebird Records. He added the
mandolin to his repertoire of instruments that he played. He became a
staff musician at WRR Radio in Dallas and met Gene Autry who was
looking for a back up fiddler for a recording session. He recorded
with Autry on September 22, 1935 for American Record Corporation.Autry
offered Davis work in Autry's movies and on road tours. He worked with
Autry for three years and then moved to Equity Pictures to work on
Adventures of the Masked Phantom (1939) under the name Larry Mason.
His next movie was The Texas Marshal (1941) with Tim McCoy. He then
appeared in six serial films in 1941 and 1942 with Lee Powell and his
singing buddy Bill Boyd. Davis served in the United States Navy in
World War II. His last time on film was a short musical A Cowboy's
Holiday (1949).
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