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Birthday: Sep 21, 1951
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

DeWayne Jessie

DeWayne Jessie (a.k.a. "Otis Day"; born September 21, 1951) is an American character actor best known for his portrayal of Otis Day in National Lampoon's Animal House. In the movie, the songs "Shama Lama Ding Dong" and "Shout" were sung by Lloyd G. Williams and lip-synched by Jessie. In the 1980s, Jessie purchased the rights to the band name Otis Day and The Knights from Universal Studios and formed a real-life version of the band with some members of his family and toured the country for years afterward, with Jessie assuming the identity of Otis Day. The group released a concert video, Otis My Man, in 1987 and recorded an album, produced by George Clinton, that came out in 1989 titled Shout which flopped. It included updated versions of "Shout" and "Shama Lama Ding Dong" sung by Jessie. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Sparkle Ham 1976
Animal House Otis Day 1978
The Star Chamber Stanley Flowers 1983
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings Rainbow 1976
Car Wash Lloyd 1976
Halls of Anger Lerone Johnson 1970
Darktown Strutters V.D. 1975
Scott Joplin John The Baptist 1977
Which Way Is Up? Sugar 1977
The New Centurions Mugging Suspect (uncredited) 1972
Where the Buffalo Roam Man #1 1980
Gorp Sweet Moe 1980
Thank God It's Friday Floyd 1978
D.C. Cab Bongo 1983
Firehouse Oldest Boy 1973
Rage! Resident #3 (as Otis Day) 1980
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update Otis Day 2003
Fun with Dick and Jane Robber (as Dewayne Jessie) 1977
Series Cast Year
Drawn Together Fat Albert (voice) 2004
Beyond Westworld Lingo 1980
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