Ossie Davis
Personal Information
- Occupation: Actor
- Birthday: 17 Dec, 1917
- Death day: 04 Feb, 2005 ( 20 years old )
- Place of birth: Cogdell, Georgia, USA
- Also known as: Ozzie Davis, Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis, Raiford Chatman Davis
Ossie Davis
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
Credits
- 2022 - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues ( movie ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 - Folk Britannia ( tv ) as Self (archival footage)
- 2005 - The Peace! ( movie ) as Self
- 2005 - Deacons for Defense ( movie ) as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
- 2005 - The History Makers: Success ( movie ) as Self
- 2005 - Unstoppable ( movie ) as Self
- 2005 - By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' ( movie ) as Self
- 2004 - She Hate Me ( movie ) as Judge Buchanan
- 2004 - Proud ( movie ) as Lorenzo DuFau
- 2004 - Baadasssss! ( movie ) as Granddad
- 2004 - TV Revolution ( tv )
- 2004 - Beah: A Black Woman Speaks ( movie ) as Self
- 2004 - The L Word ( tv ) as Melvin Porter
- 2003 - The Evolution of an American Filmmaker ( movie ) as Self
- 2003 - The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars ( movie ) as Narrator
- 2003 - Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property ( movie ) as Himself
- 2003 - Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives ( movie )
- 2002 - Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' ( movie ) as Self
- 2002 - Bubba Ho-tep ( movie ) as John F. "Jack" Kennedy
- 2002 - Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years ( tv ) as Narrator
- 2001 - Feast of All Saints ( movie ) as Jean-Jacques
- 2001 - Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore ( movie ) as Narrator
- 2001 - The Legend of the Candy Cane ( movie ) as Julius (voice)
- 2000 - Here's to Life! ( movie ) as Duncan Cox
- 2000 - Dinosaur ( movie ) as Yar (voice)
- 2000 - Finding Buck McHenry ( movie ) as Buck McHenry
- 1999 - The Unfinished Journey ( movie ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve ( movie ) as Caretaker
- 1999 - The Soul Collector ( movie ) as Mordecai
- 1999 - Third Watch ( tv ) as Mr. Parker
- 1999 - The Secret Path ( movie ) as Too Tall
- 1999 - Paul Robeson: Here I Stand ( movie ) as Self
- 1999 - A Vow to Cherish ( movie ) as Alexander Billman
- 1998 - Christianity: The First 1000 Years ( tv ) as Himself - Narrator
- 1998 - Doctor Dolittle ( movie ) as Archer Dolittle
- 1998 - Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood ( movie ) as Self
- 1998 - Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist ( movie ) as Self
- 1997 - 12 Angry Men ( movie ) as Juror 2
- 1997 - 4 Little Girls ( movie ) as Self - Actor and Playwright
- 1997 - Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers ( movie ) as Narrator
- 1997 - Miss Evers' Boys ( movie ) as Mr. Evers
- 1997 - Thomas Jefferson ( tv ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 - Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough ( movie ) as Self
- 1996 - I'm Not Rappaport ( movie ) as Midge Carter
- 1996 - Get on the Bus ( movie ) as Jeremiah
- 1996 - Promised Land ( tv )
- 1996 - Promised Land ( tv ) as Erasmus Jones
- 1996 - The West ( tv ) as Self
- 1996 - The West ( tv ) as Self / John R. Gills (voice)
- 1995 - JAG ( tv ) as Terrence Minnerly
- 1995 - The Client ( tv ) as Judge Harry Roosevelt
- 1995 - The Android Affair ( movie ) as Dr. Winston
- 1995 - Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder ( movie ) as Uncle Phil
- 1994 - Touched by an Angel ( tv ) as Gabriel
- 1994 - Touched by an Angel ( tv ) as Erasmus Jones
- 1994 - Baseball ( tv ) as Various (voice)
- 1994 - Baseball ( tv ) as (voice)
- 1994 - The Client ( movie ) as Harry Roosevelt
- 1994 - Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice ( movie ) as Uncle Phil
- 1994 - The Stand ( movie ) as Judge Richard Farris
- 1994 - The Stand ( tv ) as Judge Richard Farris
- 1994 - The Stand ( tv ) as Judge Richard Farris (credit only)
- 1994 - Malcolm X: Make It Plain ( movie ) as Self
- 1994 - Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World ( movie ) as Narrator
- 1993 - Grumpy Old Men ( movie ) as Chuck
- 1993 - Cop & ½ ( movie ) as Detective in Squad Room
- 1993 - Goin' Back to T-Town ( movie ) as Narrator
- 1993 - Alex Haley's Queen ( tv ) as Parson Dick
- 1993 - The Ernest Green Story ( movie ) as Grandfather
- 1992 - Lincoln ( movie ) as Frederick Douglas (voice)
- 1992 - Malcolm X ( movie ) as Eulogy Performer (voice)
- 1992 - Gladiator ( movie ) as Noah
- 1991 - Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker ( movie ) as Self
- 1991 - Jungle Fever ( movie ) as Reverend Purify
- 1990 - Evening Shade ( tv ) as Ponder Blue
- 1990 - Joe Versus the Volcano ( movie ) as Marshall
- 1990 - The Red Shoes ( movie )
- 1989 - Making 'Do the Right Thing' ( movie ) as Self
- 1989 - Do the Right Thing ( movie ) as Da Mayor
- 1989 - B.L. Stryker ( tv ) as Oz Jackson
- 1988 - American Experience ( tv ) as Self - Harlem Resident
- 1988 - School Daze ( movie ) as Coach Odom
- 1986 - American Masters ( tv ) as Self
- 1986 - Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories ( movie ) as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
- 1985 - Avenging Angel ( movie ) as Capt. Harry Moradian
- 1985 - Tyler Texas Black Film Collection ( movie ) as Himself
- 1984 - Harry & Son ( movie ) as Raymond
- 1984 - Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood ( movie ) as Narrator
- 1984 - The House of God ( movie ) as Dr. Sanders
- 1983 - Reading Rainbow ( tv ) as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1981 - Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige ( movie ) as Chuffy Russell
- 1981 - Death of a Prophet ( movie )
- 1980 - All God's Children ( movie ) as Blaine Whitfield
- 1979 - Freedom Road ( movie ) as Narrator
- 1979 - Hot Stuff ( movie ) as Captain John Geiberger
- 1979 - Roots: The Next Generations ( tv ) as Dad Jones
- 1979 - Freedom Man ( movie ) as Benjamin Banneker
- 1978 - The Kennedy Center Honors ( tv ) as Self
- 1978 - King ( tv ) as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
- 1977 - Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid ( movie ) as Dr. Fredericks
- 1976 - The Tenth Level ( movie ) as Reed
- 1976 - Countdown at Kusini ( movie ) as Ernest Motapo
- 1975 - Let's Do It Again ( movie ) as Elder Johnson
- 1975 - Black Shadows on a Silver Screen ( movie ) as Narrator
- 1973 - Wattstax ( movie ) as Self (uncredited)
- 1972 - Malcolm X ( movie ) as Eulogy (voice)
- 1971 - The Sheriff ( movie ) as James Lucas
- 1970 - Kongi's Harvest ( movie ) as Narrator
- 1969 - Night Gallery ( movie ) as Osmond Portifoy
- 1969 - Slaves ( movie ) as Luke
- 1969 - Sam Whiskey ( movie ) as Jed Hooker
- 1969 - Teacher, Teacher ( movie ) as Charles Carter
- 1969 - The Fall ( movie )
- 1968 - Hawaii Five-O ( tv ) as Ramon Borelle
- 1968 - The Name of the Game ( tv ) as Kubani
- 1968 - The Scalphunters ( movie ) as Joseph Lee
- 1968 - Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class ( movie ) as Narrator
- 1967 - The Outsider ( movie ) as Lt. Wagner
- 1967 - Black Liberation ( movie ) as Narrator
- 1966 - A Man Called Adam ( movie ) as Nelson Davis
- 1965 - Run for Your Life ( tv ) as Frankie Morton
- 1965 - Run for Your Life ( tv ) as Dave Corbett
- 1965 - Run for Your Life ( tv ) as Sgt. Dave Corbett
- 1965 - The Sun... the Sand... the Hill ( movie ) as Jason King (archival footage)
- 1965 - The Sun... the Sand... the Hill ( movie ) as Jason King (archive footage)
- 1965 - The Hill ( movie ) as Jacko King
- 1964 - 12 O'Clock High ( tv ) as Major Glenn Luke
- 1964 - Shock Treatment ( movie ) as Capshaw
- 1963 - The Cardinal ( movie ) as Father Gillis
- 1963 - The Great Adventure ( tv ) as John Ross
- 1963 - The Fugitive ( tv ) as Lt. Johnny Gaines
- 1963 - Gone Are the Days! ( movie ) as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
- 1962 - Hands of Inge ( movie ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1961 - The Defenders ( tv ) as Nixie
- 1961 - The Defenders ( tv ) as Officer Bond
- 1961 - The Defenders ( tv ) as Assistant District Attorney
- 1961 - The Defenders ( tv ) as District Attorney
- 1961 - The Defenders ( tv ) as District Attorney Daniel Jackson
- 1960 - John Brown's Raid ( movie ) as Dangerfield Newby
- 1959 - Bonanza ( tv ) as Sam Davis
- 1956 - Tony Awards ( tv ) as Self - Presenter
- 1951 - Hallmark Hall of Fame ( tv ) as Charles Carter
- 1951 - Fourteen Hours ( movie ) as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1950 - No Way Out ( movie ) as John Brooks (uncredited)
- 1947 - Kraft Television Theatre ( tv ) as The Emperor Jones
Directing
Writing
- 2024 - Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch ( movie ) ... Writer
- 1983 - For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers ( movie ) ... Writer
- 1981 - Purlie ( movie ) ... Musical
- 1976 - Countdown at Kusini ( movie ) ... Screenplay
- 1970 - Cotton Comes to Harlem ( movie ) ... Screenplay
- 1963 - East Side/West Side ( tv ) ... Writer
- 1963 - Gone Are the Days! ( movie ) ... Writer