Victor Buono "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962). The film starred Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and Buono played the ne'er-do-well musical accompanist Edwin Flagg, a performance for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. Shortly after "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?", Buono appeared in "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964) as Big Sam Hollis, the father of Bette Davis, who played the title role. The film was also directed by Aldrich. In the Biblical epic "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965), Buono portrayed
Bette Davis filmography Bette Davis filmography This is a complete filmography of Bette Davis. Davis began acting in films in 1931, initially as a contract player with Universal Studios, where she made her film debut in "Bad Sister" (1931). Davis was initially seen as unappealing by studio executives, and was assigned to a string of B-movies early in her career. Davis made a transition to Warner Brothers in 1932, and made her breakthrough performance in "The Man Who Played God" (1932), opposite George Arliss. She continued in a succession of films, but did not gain further recognition until she agreed to star in