Spencer Williams
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Spencer Williams was an African American actor and filmmaker. He was best known for playing Andy in the Amos 'n Andy television show and for directing the 1941 race film The Blood of Jesus. Williams was a pioneer African-American film producer and director.
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- Born:
- Jul 14, 1893 In Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 21
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Melancholy Dame 1929-02-02
- Latest Project:
- Movie Black Shadows on a Silver Screen 1975-04-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1975-04-19 |
| Movie | The Horrible Dr. Hichcock | 1962-08-01 | |
| Series | Bourbon Street Beat | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
| Series | Amos 'n' Andy | Andrew H. "Andy" Brown | 1951-06-28 |
| Movie | Juke Joint | Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney | 1947-01-01 |
| Movie | Beale Street Mama | Bad News Johnson | 1946-01-01 |
| Movie | The Girl in Room 20 | Joe Phillips | 1946-01-01 |
| Movie | Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. | Old Hager | 1946-01-01 |
| Movie | The Negro Sailor | Frank Roberts - columnist | 1945-12-13 |
| Movie | Go Down Death | Big Jim Bottoms | 1944-01-01 |
| Movie | Of One Blood | Wesley Hill | 1944-01-01 |
| Movie | The Blood of Jesus | Razz Jackson | 1941-04-26 |
| Movie | Son of Ingagi | Detective Nelson | 1940-12-01 |
| Movie | Harlem Rides the Range | Watson | 1939-02-01 |
| Movie | The Bronze Buckaroo | Pete | 1939-01-01 |
| Movie | Bad Boy | Terry | 1939-07-10 |
| Movie | Two-Gun Man from Harlem | Butch Carter | 1938-05-01 |
| Movie | Harlem on the Prairie | Doc Clayburn | 1937-12-09 |
| Movie | Hot Biskits | 1931-12-31 | |
| Movie | Melancholy Dame | Webster Dill | 1929-02-02 |
| Movie | The Framing of the Shrew | Lawyer Evans Chew | 1929-04-27 |