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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-07-14 (131 years old)

Place of Birth

Vidalia, Louisiana, USA

Spencer Williams

Biography:

Spencer Williams was an African American actor and filmmaker. He was best known for playing Andy in the Amos 'n Andy television show and for directing the 1941 race film The Blood of Jesus. Williams was a pioneer African-American film producer and director.

Known For

Acting

1983

1975

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)

1959

1951

Amos 'n' Andy as Andrew H. "Andy" Brown

1949

Rhapsody of Negro Life as Spencer Jordan

1947

Juke Joint as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney

1946

Girl in Room 20 as Joe Phillips
Beale Street Mama as Bad News Johnson

1945

The Negro Sailor as Frank Roberts - columnist

1944

Go Down Death as Big Jim Bottoms
Of One Blood as Wesley Hill

1942

1941

The Blood of Jesus as Razz Jackson

1940

Son of Ingagi as Detective Nelson

1939

Bad Boy as Terry

1938

Two-Gun Man from Harlem as Butch Carter

1937

Harlem on the Prairie as Doc Clayburn

1931

1930

Georgia Rose as Ezra

1929

The Framing of the Shrew as Lawyer Evans Chew
Melancholy Dame as Webster Dill

Production

1941

The Blood of Jesus as Producer

Directing

1949

1947

Juke Joint as Director

1946

Girl in Room 20 as Director
Jivin' in Bebop as Director
Beale Street Mama as Director

1945

Harlem Hotshots as Director

1944

Go Down Death as Director
Of One Blood as Director

1943

Marching On! as Director

1941

The Blood of Jesus as Director

1931

Hot Biskits as Director

Writing

1944

Of One Blood as Writer

1943

Marching On! as Writer

1941

1940

Son of Ingagi as Story

1931

Hot Biskits as Writer

1929

The Lady Fare as Writer