Ossie Davis


    Starbirth:
    December 17, 1917
    Supernova:
    February 4, 2005
    Birthplace:
    Cogdell, Georgia, USA
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Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ossie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues Self (archive Footage) 2022
The Peace! Self 2005
The History Makers: Success Himself 2005
Unstoppable Self 2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' Self 2005
She Hate Me Judge Buchanan 2004
Proud Lorenzo DuFau 2004
Baadasssss! Granddad 2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks Self 2003
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker Self 2003
The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars Narrator 2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property Himself 2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2003
Deacons for Defense Reverend 'Rev' Gregory 2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' Self 2002
Bubba Ho-tep John F. "Jack" Kennedy 2002
Feast of All Saints Jean-Jacques 2001
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore Narrator 2001
The Legend of the Candy Cane Julius (voice) 2001
Here's to Life! Duncan Cox 2000
Dinosaur Yar (voice) 2000
Finding Buck McHenry Buck McHenry 2000
The Unfinished Journey Narrator (voice) 1999
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve Caretaker 1999
The Soul Collector Mordecai 1999
The Secret Path Too Tall 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand Self 1999
A Vow to Cherish Alexander Billman 1999
Doctor Dolittle Archer Dolittle 1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist Self 1998
12 Angry Men Juror 2 1997
4 Little Girls Self - Actor and Playwright 1997
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers Narrator 1997
Miss Evers' Boys Mr. Evers 1997
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough Self 1997
I'm Not Rappaport Midge Carter 1996
Get on the Bus Jeremiah 1996
The Android Affair Dr. Winston 1995
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder Uncle Phil 1995
The Client Harry Roosevelt 1994
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice Uncle Phil 1994
The Stand Judge Richard Farris 1994
Malcolm X: Make It Plain Self 1994
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World Narrator 1994
Grumpy Old Men Chuck 1993
Cop and ½ Detective in Squad Room 1993
Goin' Back to T-Town Narrator 1993
The Ernest Green Story Grandfather 1993
Lincoln Frederick Douglas (voice) 1992
Malcolm X Eulogy Performer (voice) 1992
Gladiator Noah 1992
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Self 1991
Jungle Fever Reverend Purify 1991
Joe Versus the Volcano Marshall 1990
The Red Shoes 1990
Making 'Do the Right Thing' Self 1989
Do the Right Thing Da Mayor 1989
School Daze Coach Odom 1988
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice) 1986
Avenging Angel Capt. Harry Moradian 1985
Tyler Texas Black Film Collection Himself 1985
Harry and Son Raymond 1984
Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood Narrator 1984
The House of God Dr. Sanders 1984
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige Chuffy Russell 1981
Death of a Prophet 1981
All God's Children Blaine Whitfield 1980
Freedom Road Narrator 1979
Hot Stuff Captain John Geiberger 1979
Freedom Man Benjamin Banneker 1979
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid Dr. Fredericks 1977
The Tenth Level Reed 1976
Countdown at Kusini Ernest Motapo 1976
Let's Do It Again Elder Johnson 1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen Narrator 1975
Malcolm X Eulogy (voice) 1972
The Sheriff James Lucas 1971
Kongi's Harvest Narrator 1970
Night Gallery Osmond Portifoy 1969
Slaves Luke 1969
Sam Whiskey Jed Hooker 1969
Teacher, Teacher Charles Carter 1969
The Fall 1969
The Scalphunters Joseph Lee 1968
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class Narrator 1968
The Outsider Lt. Wagner 1967
Black Liberation Narrator 1967
A Man Called Adam Nelson Davis 1966
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill Jason King (archive footage) 1965
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill Jason King (archival footage) 1965
The Hill Jacko King 1965
Shock Treatment Capshaw 1964
The Cardinal Father Gillis 1963
Gone Are the Days! Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson 1963
Hands of Inge Narrator (voice) 1962
John Brown's Raid 1960
Fourteen Hours Cab Driver (uncredited) 1951
No Way Out John Brooks (uncredited) 1950
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Touched by an Angel Gabriel <mt>
Hallmark Hall of Fame Charles Carter <mt>
The Fugitive Lt. Johnny Gaines <mt>
Roots: The Next Generations Dad Jones <mt>
TV Revolution <blank> <mt>
B.L. Stryker <blank> <mt>
Thomas Jefferson Narrator (voice) <mt>
Evening Shade Ponder Blue <mt>
Third Watch <blank> <mt>
The Great Adventure John Ross <mt>
Hawaii Five-O Ramon Borelle <mt>
The L Word Melvin Porter <mt>
JAG Terrence Minnerly <mt>
The Stand Judge Richard Farris <mt>
Promised Land <blank> <mt>
Run for Your Life Frankie Morton <mt>
Alex Haley's Queen Parson Dick <mt>
The Kennedy Center Honors Self <mt>
The Client Judge Harry Roosevelt <mt>
The West Self <mt>
Christianity: The First 1000 Years Himself - Narrator <mt>
King Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. <mt>
Promised Land Erasmus Jones <mt>
Touched by an Angel Erasmus Jones <mt>
Baseball Various (voice) <mt>
American Masters Self <mt>
The Defenders Nixie <mt>
The Defenders Officer Bond <mt>
The Defenders District Attorney <mt>
The Defenders Assistant District Attorney <mt>
The Defenders District Attorney Daniel Jackson <mt>
Night Gallery Osmund Portifoy <mt>
Run for Your Life Dave Corbett <mt>
Run for Your Life Sgt. Dave Corbett <mt>
The Name of the Game Kubani <mt>
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years Narrator <mt>
Folk Britannia Self (archival footage) <mt>
Kraft Television Theatre The Emperor Jones <mt>
Reading Rainbow Himself - Narrator (voice) <mt>
The West Self / John R. Gills (voice) <mt>
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