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Ossie Davis

Born December 17, 1917Died February 04, 2005

Place of birth: Cogdell, Georgia, USA

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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Filmography

Actor (146 credits)

Movies

Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesSelf (archive footage)

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'Self

UnstoppableSelf

The History Makers: SuccessSelf

Baadasssss!Granddad

Beah: A Black Woman SpeaksSelf

ProudLorenzo DuFau

She Hate MeJudge Buchanan

The Evolution of an American FilmmakerSelf

The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two WarsNarrator

Deacons for DefenseReverend 'Rev' Gregory

Nat Turner: A Troublesome PropertyHimself

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Bubba Ho-tepJohn F. "Jack" Kennedy

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'Self

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The FillmoreNarrator

Feast of All SaintsJean-Jacques

The Legend of the Candy CaneJulius (voice)

DinosaurYar (voice)

Finding Buck McHenryBuck McHenry

Here's to Life!Duncan Cox

The Secret PathToo Tall

The Soul CollectorMordecai

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas EveCaretaker

A Vow to CherishAlexander Billman

The Unfinished JourneyNarrator (voice)

Paul Robeson: Here I StandSelf

Doctor DolittleArcher Dolittle

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the BlacklistSelf

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in HollywoodSelf

12 Angry MenJuror 2

Miss Evers' BoysMr. Evers

4 Little GirlsSelf - Actor and Playwright

Jackie Robinson: Breaking BarriersNarrator

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the RoughSelf

I'm Not RappaportMidge Carter

Get on the BusJeremiah

The Android AffairDr. Winston

Ray Alexander: A Menu for MurderUncle Phil

Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the WorldNarrator

The ClientHarry Roosevelt

Malcolm X: Make It PlainSelf

Ray Alexander: A Taste For JusticeUncle Phil

The StandJudge Richard Farris

Goin' Back to T-TownNarrator

Grumpy Old MenChuck

The Ernest Green StoryGrandfather

Cop & ½Detective in Squad Room

Malcolm XEulogy Performer (voice)

LincolnFrederick Douglas (voice)

Jungle FeverReverend Purify

Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerSelf

Joe Versus the VolcanoMarshall

Do the Right ThingDa Mayor

Making 'Do the Right Thing'Self

School DazeCoach Odom

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & StoriesAnansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

Avenging AngelCapt. Harry Moradian

Tyler Texas Black Film CollectionHimself

Harry & SonRaymond

The House of GodDr. Sanders

Marcus Garvey: Toward Black NationhoodNarrator

Death of a Prophet

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" PaigeChuffy Russell

All God's ChildrenBlaine Whitfield

Hot StuffCaptain John Geiberger

Freedom RoadNarrator

Freedom ManBenjamin Banneker

Billy: Portrait of a Street KidDr. Fredericks

The Tenth LevelReed

Countdown at KusiniErnest Motapo

Let's Do It AgainElder Johnson

Black Shadows on a Silver ScreenNarrator

WattstaxSelf (uncredited)

Malcolm XEulogy (voice)

The SheriffJames Lucas

Kongi's HarvestNarrator

Sam WhiskeyJed Hooker

Teacher, TeacherCharles Carter

Night GalleryOsmond Portifoy

The ScalphuntersJoseph Lee

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle ClassNarrator

The OutsiderLt. Wagner

Black LiberationNarrator

A Man Called AdamNelson Davis

The HillJacko King

The Sun... the Sand... the HillJason King (archive footage)

The Sun... the Sand... the HillJason King (archival footage)

Shock TreatmentCapshaw

Gone Are the Days!Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

The CardinalFather Gillis

Hands of IngeNarrator (voice)

John Brown's RaidDangerfield Newby

Fourteen HoursCab Driver (uncredited)

No Way OutJohn Brooks (uncredited)

Tv

Folk BritanniaSelf (archival footage)

The L WordMelvin Porter

Christianity: The First Two Thousand YearsNarrator

Third WatchMr. Parker

Christianity: The First 1000 YearsHimself - Narrator

Thomas JeffersonNarrator (voice)

Promised LandErasmus Jones

The WestSelf / John R. Gills (voice)

JAGTerrence Minnerly

The ClientJudge Harry Roosevelt

Touched by an AngelGabriel

The StandJudge Richard Farris

Touched by an AngelErasmus Jones

BaseballVarious (voice)

The StandJudge Richard Farris (credit only)

Baseball(voice)

Alex Haley's QueenParson Dick

Evening ShadePonder Blue

B.L. StrykerOz Jackson

American ExperienceSelf - Harlem Resident

American MastersSelf

Reading RainbowHimself - Narrator (voice)

Roots: The Next GenerationsDad Jones

The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf

KingRev. Martin Luther King Sr.

Night GalleryOsmund Portifoy

Hawaii Five-ORamon Borelle

The Name of the GameKubani

Run for Your LifeFrankie Morton

Run for Your LifeDave Corbett

Run for Your LifeSgt. Dave Corbett

12 O'Clock HighMajor Glenn Luke

The Great AdventureJohn Ross

The FugitiveLt. Johnny Gaines

The DefendersNixie

The DefendersOfficer Bond

The DefendersDistrict Attorney

The DefendersAssistant District Attorney

The DefendersDistrict Attorney Daniel Jackson

BonanzaSam Davis

Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter

Hallmark Hall of FameCharles Carter

Kraft Television TheatreThe Emperor Jones

Director (5 credits)

Movie

Countdown at KusiniDirector

Gordon's WarDirector

Black GirlDirector

Cotton Comes to HarlemDirector

Kongi's HarvestDirector

Writer (7 credits)

Movie

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton PatchWriter

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar EversWriter

Countdown at KusiniScreenplay

Cotton Comes to HarlemScreenplay

Gone Are the Days!Writer

Tv

East Side/West SideWriter

Misc. (1 credits)

Movie

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the BlacklistThanks