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Ossie Davis

AKA: Ozzie Davis
Birthday: 1917-12-17
Died: 2005-02-04
Birthplace: 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

Filmography

Do the Right Thing
Character: Da Mayor
Jungle Fever
Character: Reverend Purify
Joe Versus the Volcano
Character: Marshall

Doctor Dolittle
Character: Archer Dolittle
Grumpy Old Men
Character: Chuck
The Hill
Character: Jacko King

Sam Whiskey
Character: Jed Hooker
The Scalphunters
Character: Joseph Lee
12 Angry Men
Character: Juror 2

Bubba Ho-tep
Character: John F. "Jack" Kennedy
Baadasssss!
Character: Granddad
Let's Do It Again
Character: Elder Johnson

I'm Not Rappaport
Character: Midge Carter
Avenging Angel
Character: Capt. Harry Moradian
Get on the Bus
Character: Jeremiah

The Secret Path
Character: Too Tall
Feast of All Saints
Character: Jean-Jacques
Harry & Son
Character: Raymond

The House of God
Character: Dr. Sanders
Hot Stuff
Character: Captain John Geiberger
Finding Buck McHenry
Character: Buck McHenry

The Peace!
Character: Self
Miss Evers' Boys
Character: Mr. Evers

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Character: Dr. Fredericks
A Man Called Adam
Character: Nelson Davis
Teacher, Teacher
Character: Charles Carter

Gone Are the Days!
Character: Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
The Tenth Level
Character: Reed

The Soul Collector
Character: Mordecai
The Cardinal
Character: Father Gillis

School Daze
Character: Coach Odom
The Android Affair
Character: Dr. Winston
Countdown at Kusini
Character: Ernest Motapo

Deacons for Defense
Character: Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
Slaves
Character: Luke
Fourteen Hours
Character: Cab Driver (uncredited)

No Way Out
Character: John Brooks (uncredited)
The Outsider
Character: Lt. Wagner

4 Little Girls
Character: Self - Actor and Playwright
Malcolm X
Character: Eulogy (voice)

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
Character: Jason King (archive footage)
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
Character: Jason King (archival footage)

Freedom Road
Character: Narrator
All God's Children
Character: Blaine Whitfield

Freedom Man
Character: Benjamin Banneker
The Ernest Green Story
Character: Grandfather

Dinosaur
Character: Yar (voice)
Gladiator
Character: Noah
Black Liberation
Character: Narrator

A Vow to Cherish
Character: Alexander Billman

Night Gallery
Character: Osmond Portifoy

The Sheriff
Character: James Lucas
The Client
Character: Harry Roosevelt

The History Makers: Success
Character: Himself

Proud
Character: Lorenzo DuFau

Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Character: Self
The Legend of the Candy Cane
Character: Julius (voice)

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Character: Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
Hands of Inge
Character: Narrator (voice)
She Hate Me
Character: Judge Buchanan

Kongi's Harvest
Character: Narrator
Shock Treatment
Character: Capshaw
The Unfinished Journey
Character: Narrator (voice)

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Character: Uncle Phil
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Character: Uncle Phil

Cop and ½
Character: Detective in Squad Room
Lincoln
Character: Frederick Douglas (voice)
Goin' Back to T-Town
Character: Narrator

Malcolm X
Character: Eulogy Performer (voice)

Unstoppable
Character: Self
Here's to Life!
Character: Duncan Cox


Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Character: Self (archive Footage)
The Stand
Character: Judge Richard Farris
Gordon's War
Job: Director

Black Girl
Job: Director
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Job: Director
Kongi's Harvest
Job: Director

Gone Are the Days!
Job: Writer
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Job: Screenplay

Countdown at Kusini
Job: Director
Countdown at Kusini
Job: Screenplay
Purlie
Job: Musical