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