- Father of 2 daughters: Noelle Davis and Laura Davis.
- BA from Yale
- Rose to rank of major in US Air Force
- Longtime companion (since 1978) of actress Jennifer Bassey before their 2005 marriage.
- In 1954, won two Tony Awards with collaborator Charles Lederer for "Kismet:" as Best Author (Musical) and as co-author of the book who, with several collaborators, contributed to the Best Musical win. He also received two other Tony nominations: in 1978, for Most Innovative Production of a Revival, as producer of "Timbuktu!;" and in 1990 as Best Book (Musical) for "Grand Hotel, The Musical."
- He attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana and graduated from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1938.
- He served the United States Army Air Corps in both Asia and Europe during World War II.
- Charles Lederer and his musical, "Kismet," at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 1997 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.
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