From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ossie Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an African-American film actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ossie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Movie | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self (archive footage) | 2022-10-27 |
Movie | The History Makers: Success | Self | 2005-02-15 |
Movie | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' | Self | 2005-02-08 |
Movie | The Peace! | Self | 2005-09-20 |
Movie | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | Self | 2004-02-25 |
Series | The L Word | Unknown | 2004-01-18 |
Series | TV Revolution | Unknown | 2004-05-23 |
Movie | Baadasssss! | Granddad | 2004-05-28 |
Movie | She Hate Me | Judge Buchanan | 2004-07-30 |
Movie | Proud | Lorenzo DuFau | 2004-07-02 |
Movie | Deacons for Defense | Reverend 'Rev' Gregory | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Himself | 2003-02-16 |
Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
Movie | Bubba Ho-tep | John F. "Jack" Kennedy | 2002-06-09 |
Movie | Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' | Self | 2002-06-14 |
Movie | Feast of All Saints | Jean-Jacques | 2001-11-11 |
Movie | Dinosaur | Yar (voice) | 2000-05-19 |
Movie | Finding Buck McHenry | Buck McHenry | 2000-04-16 |
Movie | Here's to Life! | Duncan Cox | 2000-09-18 |
Movie | Paul Robeson: Here I Stand | Self | 1999-02-24 |
Movie | A Vow to Cherish | Alexander Billman | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | The Secret Path | Too Tall | 1999-04-02 |
Movie | The Soul Collector | Mordecai | 1999-10-24 |
Series | Third Watch | Unknown | 1999-09-23 |
Movie | Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve | Caretaker | 1999-12-14 |
Movie | Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood | Self | 1998-02-10 |
Movie | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Self | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Doctor Dolittle | Archer Dolittle | 1998-06-26 |
Series | Christianity: The First 1000 Years | Himself - Narrator | 1998-11-29 |
Movie | Miss Evers' Boys | Mr. Evers | 1997-02-22 |
Series | Thomas Jefferson | Narrator (voice) | 1997-02-18 |
Movie | 4 Little Girls | Self - Actor and Playwright | 1997-07-09 |
Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 2 | 1997-08-17 |
Series | Promised Land | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
Series | The West | Self | 1996-09-15 |
Movie | Get on the Bus | Jeremiah | 1996-10-16 |
Movie | I'm Not Rappaport | Midge Carter | 1996-12-24 |
Movie | The Android Affair | Dr. Winston | 1995-04-12 |
Movie | Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder | Uncle Phil | 1995-03-20 |
Series | The Client | Judge Harry Roosevelt | 1995-09-17 |
Series | JAG | Unknown | 1995-09-23 |
Movie | Malcolm X: Make It Plain | Self | 1994-01-26 |
Movie | Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice | Uncle Phil | 1994-05-13 |
Series | The Stand | Judge Richard Farris | 1994-05-08 |
Movie | The Client | Harry Roosevelt | 1994-07-20 |
Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
Series | Baseball | Various (voice) | 1994-09-18 |
Movie | The Ernest Green Story | Grandfather | 1993-01-17 |
Series | Alex Haley's Queen | Parson Dick | 1993-02-14 |
Movie | Grumpy Old Men | Chuck | 1993-12-25 |
Movie | Cop and ½ | Detective in Squad Room | 1993-04-02 |
Movie | Gladiator | Noah | 1992-03-06 |
Movie | Malcolm X | Eulogy Performer (voice) | 1992-11-18 |
Movie | Lincoln | Frederick Douglas (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
Movie | Jungle Fever | Reverend Purify | 1991-06-07 |
Movie | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self | 1991-10-28 |
Movie | Joe Versus the Volcano | Marshall | 1990-03-09 |
Movie | The Red Shoes | 1990-02-07 | |
Series | Evening Shade | Ponder Blue | 1990-09-21 |
Series | B.L. Stryker | Oz Jackson | 1989-02-13 |
Movie | Do the Right Thing | Da Mayor | 1989-06-14 |
Movie | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self | 1989-11-03 |
Movie | School Daze | Coach Odom | 1988-02-12 |
Movie | Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories | Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice) | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Tyler Texas Black Film Collection | Himself | 1985-01-08 |
Movie | Avenging Angel | Capt. Harry Moradian | 1985-01-11 |
Movie | The House of God | Dr. Sanders | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | Harry & Son | Raymond | 1984-03-02 |
Movie | Death of a Prophet | 1981-01-01 | |
Movie | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige | Chuffy Russell | 1981-05-31 |
Movie | All God's Children | Blaine Whitfield | 1980-04-28 |
Movie | Freedom Man | Benjamin Banneker | 1979-01-01 |
Series | Roots: The Next Generations | Dad Jones | 1979-02-18 |
Movie | Freedom Road | Narrator | 1979-10-29 |
Movie | Hot Stuff | Captain John Geiberger | 1979-08-10 |
Series | King | Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. | 1978-02-12 |
Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
Movie | Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid | Dr. Fredericks | 1977-09-12 |
Movie | Countdown at Kusini | Ernest Motapo | 1976-04-16 |
Movie | The Tenth Level | Reed | 1976-08-26 |
Movie | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Narrator | 1975-04-19 |
Movie | Let's Do It Again | Elder Johnson | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Malcolm X | Eulogy (voice) | 1972-05-24 |
Movie | The Sheriff | James Lucas | 1971-03-30 |
Movie | Kongi's Harvest | Narrator | 1970-05-01 |
Movie | The Fall | 1969-01-15 | |
Movie | Teacher, Teacher | Charles Carter | 1969-02-05 |
Movie | Sam Whiskey | Jed Hooker | 1969-04-01 |
Movie | Night Gallery | Osmond Portifoy | 1969-11-08 |
Movie | Slaves | Luke | 1969-07-02 |
Movie | The Scalphunters | Joseph Lee | 1968-02-29 |
Movie | Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class | Narrator | 1968-01-02 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Black Liberation | Narrator | 1967-01-01 |
Movie | The Outsider | Lt. Wagner | 1967-11-21 |
Movie | A Man Called Adam | Nelson Davis | 1966-03-16 |
Movie | The Hill | Jacko King | 1965-06-17 |
Movie | The Sun... the Sand... the Hill | Jason King (archive footage) | 1965-07-01 |
Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Movie | Shock Treatment | Capshaw | 1964-07-22 |
Movie | The Cardinal | Father Gillis | 1963-12-12 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Movie | Gone Are the Days! | Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson | 1963-08-09 |
Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
Movie | Fourteen Hours | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1951-04-01 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | No Way Out | John Brooks (uncredited) | 1950-08-16 |