Ossie Davis

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 120

Gender Male

Birthday 1917-12-18

Day of Death 2005-02-04 (87 years old)

Place of Birth Miami Beach, Florida, USA

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Ozzie Davis

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Ossie Davis

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Ossie Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an African-American film actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist.

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Acting

2005		The Peace! as Himself
2005		The History Makers: Success as Himself
2005		By Any Means Necessary: The Making of Malcolm X as Himself

2004		She Hate Me as Judge Buchanan
2004		Proud as Lorenzo DuFau
2004		Baadasssss! as Granddad
2004		TV Revolution (2 episodes)
2004		The L Word (4 episodes)

2003		Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Himself
2003		Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Himself
2003		Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003		Deacons for Defense as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

2002		Theater Talk: A Raisin in the Sun as Interviewee
2002		Bubba Ho-tep as John F. "Jack" Kennedy

2001		Feast of All Saints as Jean-Jacques
2001		Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore as Narrator
2001		The Legend of the Candy Cane as Julius (voice)

2000		Dinosaur as Yar (voice)
2000		Finding Buck McHenry as Buck McHenry
2000		Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Himself

1999		The Unfinished Journey
1999		Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve as The Caretaker
1999		The Soul Collector as Mordecai
1999		Third Watch (3 episodes)
1999		The Secret Path as Too Tall
1999		Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self
1999		A Vow To Cherish as Alexander Billman

1998		Christianity: The First 1000 Years (4 episodes) as Himself - Narrator
1998		Doctor Dolittle as Archer Dolittle

1997		12 Angry Men as Juror 2
1997		4 Little Girls as Self - Actor and Playwright
1997		Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers as Narrator
1997		Miss Evers' Boys as Mr. Evers
1997		Thomas Jefferson (2 episodes) as Narrator (voice)
1997		Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough as Self

1996		I'm Not Rappaport as Midge Carter
1996		Get on the Bus as Jeremiah
1996		Promised Land (2 episodes) as Erasmus Jones (1 episode)
1996		The West (9 episodes)
1996		Ripper as Ben Dodds

1995		JAG (1 episode) as Terrence Minnerly
1995		The Client (21 episodes)
1995		The Android Affair as Dr. Winston
1995		Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Uncle Phil

1994		Touched by an Angel (2 episodes) as Erasmus Jones (1 episode) as Gabriel
1994		Baseball (9 episodes) as Voice
1994		The Client as Harry Roosevelt
1994		Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Uncle Phil
1994		The Stand (4 episodes) as Judge Richard Farris
1994		Malcolm X: Make It Plain as Self

1993		Grumpy Old Men as Chuck
1993		Cop and ½ as Detective in Squad Room
1993		Going Back to T-Town as Narrator
1993		Alex Haley's Queen (3 episodes) as Parson Dick
1993		The Ernest Green Story as Grandfather

1992		Lincoln as Frederick Douglas (voice)
1992		Gladiator as Noah

1991		Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Himself
1991		Jungle Fever as Reverend Purify

1990		Evening Shade (100 episodes) as Ponder Blue
1990		Joe Versus the Volcano as Marshall
1990		The Red Shoes

1989		Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Himself
1989		Do the Right Thing as Da Mayor
1989		B.L. Stryker (12 episodes)

1988

as Coach Odom

1986		American Masters (1 episode) as Himself
1986		Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

1985		Avenging Angel as Capt. Harry Moradian
1985		Tyler Texas Black Film Collection as Himself

1984		Harry & Son as Raymond
1984		The House of God as Dr. Sanders

1981		Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige as Chuffy Russell
1981		Death of a Prophet

1980

as Blaine Whitfield

1979		Freedom Road as Narrator
1979		Hot Stuff as Captain John Geiberger
1979		Roots: The Next Generations (7 episodes) as Jones
1979		Freedom Man as Benjamin Banneker

1978		The Kennedy Center Honors (1 episode) as Self
1978		King (3 episodes) as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

1977

as Dr. Fredericks

1976		The Tenth Level as Reed
1976		Countdown at Kusini as Ernest Motapo

1975		Let's Do It Again as Elder Johnson
1975		Black Shadows on the Silver Screen as Narrator

1972

as Eulogy (voice)

1971

as James Lucas

1970		Night Gallery (1 episode) as Osmund Portifoy
1970		Kongi's Harvest as Narrator

1969		Night Gallery as Osmond Portifoy
1969		Slaves as Luke
1969		Sam Whiskey as Jed Hooker
1969		Teacher, Teacher as Charles Carter
1969		The Fall

1968		Hawaii Five-O (1 episode)
1968		The Scalphunters as Joseph Lee
1968		Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class as Narrator

1967		The Outsider as Lt. Wagner
1967		Black Liberation as Narrator

1966

as Nelson Davis

1965		Run for Your Life (3 episodes)
1965		The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as Jason King (archive footage) as Jason King (archival footage)
1965		The Hill as Jacko King

1964

as Capshaw

1963		The Cardinal as Father Gillis
1963		The Great Adventure (1 episode)
1963		The Fugitive (1 episode) as Lt. Johnny Gaines
1963		Gone Are the Days! as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

1962

as Narrator (voice)

1961

(3 episodes) as District Attorney Daniel Jackson (1 episode) as Assistant District Attorney (2 episodes) as District Attorney (1 episode) as Officer Bond (1 episode) as Nixie

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode)
1951		Fourteen Hours as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1950

as John Brooks (uncredited)

Writing

1983

… Writer

1981

… Musical

1976

… Screenplay

1970

… Screenplay

1963		East Side/West Side (1 episode) … Writer
1963		Gone Are the Days! … Writer

Directing

1976

… Director

1973

… Director

1972

… Director

1970		Cotton Comes to Harlem … Director
1970		Kongi's Harvest … Director

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