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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-12-17 (107 years old)

Place of Birth

Cogdell, Georgia, USA

Ossie Davis

Biography:

Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist.

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Known For

Acting

2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)

2006

Folk Britannia as Self (archival footage)

2005

The Peace! as Self
Unstoppable as Self

2004

Baadasssss! as Granddad
Proud as Lorenzo DuFau
She Hate Me as Judge Buchanan
The L Word as Melvin Porter

2003

Deacons for Defense as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

2002

Bubba Ho-tep as John F. "Jack" Kennedy

2001

Feast of All Saints as Jean-Jacques

2000

Dinosaur as Yar (voice)
Finding Buck McHenry as Buck McHenry
Here's to Life! as Duncan Cox

1999

The Secret Path as Too Tall
The Soul Collector as Mordecai
A Vow to Cherish as Alexander Billman
The Unfinished Journey as Narrator (voice)
Third Watch as Mr. Parker

1998

Doctor Dolittle as Archer Dolittle

1997

12 Angry Men as Juror 2
Miss Evers' Boys as Mr. Evers
4 Little Girls as Self - Actor and Playwright
Thomas Jefferson as Narrator (voice)

1996

I'm Not Rappaport as Midge Carter
Get on the Bus as Jeremiah
The West as Self
Promised Land as Erasmus Jones
The West as Self / John R. Gills (voice)

1995

The Android Affair as Dr. Winston
JAG as Terrence Minnerly
The Client as Judge Harry Roosevelt

1994

The Client as Harry Roosevelt
The Stand as Judge Richard Farris
The Stand as Judge Richard Farris
Touched by an Angel as Erasmus Jones
Baseball as Various (voice)
The Stand as Judge Richard Farris (credit only)
Baseball as (voice)

1993

The Ernest Green Story as Grandfather
Cop & ½ as Detective in Squad Room
Alex Haley's Queen as Parson Dick

1992

Malcolm X as Eulogy Performer (voice)
Gladiator as Noah
Lincoln as Frederick Douglas (voice)

1991

Jungle Fever as Reverend Purify

1990

Evening Shade as Ponder Blue

1989

Do the Right Thing as Da Mayor
B.L. Stryker as Oz Jackson

1988

School Daze as Coach Odom
American Experience as Self - Harlem Resident

1986

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

1985

Avenging Angel as Capt. Harry Moradian

1984

Harry & Son as Raymond
The House of God as Dr. Sanders

1983

Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1981

1980

All God's Children as Blaine Whitfield

1979

Hot Stuff as Captain John Geiberger
Freedom Road as Narrator
Freedom Man as Benjamin Banneker

1978

King as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

1977

1976

Countdown at Kusini as Ernest Motapo

1975

Let's Do It Again as Elder Johnson

1973

Wattstax as Self (uncredited)

1972

Malcolm X as Eulogy (voice)

1971

The Sheriff as James Lucas

1970

Kongi's Harvest as Narrator
Night Gallery as Osmund Portifoy

1969

Sam Whiskey as Jed Hooker
Teacher, Teacher as Charles Carter
Slaves as Luke
Night Gallery as Osmond Portifoy

1968

The Scalphunters as Joseph Lee
Hawaii Five-O as Ramon Borelle

1967

The Outsider as Lt. Wagner
Black Liberation as Narrator

1966

A Man Called Adam as Nelson Davis

1965

The Hill as Jacko King
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as Jason King (archive footage)
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as Jason King (archival footage)
Run for Your Life as Frankie Morton
Run for Your Life as Sgt. Dave Corbett
Run for Your Life as Dave Corbett

1964

Shock Treatment as Capshaw
12 O'Clock High as Major Glenn Luke

1963

Gone Are the Days! as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
The Cardinal as Father Gillis
The Great Adventure as John Ross
The Fugitive as Lt. Johnny Gaines

1962

Hands of Inge as Narrator (voice)

1961

The Defenders as Nixie
The Defenders as Officer Bond
The Defenders as District Attorney
The Defenders as Assistant District Attorney
The Defenders as District Attorney Daniel Jackson

1960

John Brown's Raid as Dangerfield Newby

1959

Bonanza as Sam Davis

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1951

Fourteen Hours as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Charles Carter

1950

No Way Out as John Brooks (uncredited)

1947

Kraft Television Theatre as The Emperor Jones

Directing

1976

1973

Gordon's War as Director

1972

Black Girl as Director

1970

Kongi's Harvest as Director

Writing

1981

Purlie as Musical

1976

Countdown at Kusini as Screenplay

1970

Crew