Ossie Davis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ossie Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an African-American film actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ossie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Dec 18, 1917 In Miami Beach, Florida, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 77
- First Appeared:
- In the movie No Way Out 1950-08-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Peace! 2005-09-20
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Peace! | Self | 2005-09-20 |
| Movie | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' | Self | 2005-02-08 |
| Movie | Deacons for Defense | Reverend 'Rev' Gregory | 2005-04-05 |
| Series | The L Word | Unknown | 2004-01-18 |
| Movie | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | Self | 2004-02-25 |
| Movie | She Hate Me | Judge Buchanan | 2004-07-30 |
| Movie | Baadasssss! | Granddad | 2004-05-28 |
| Movie | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Himself | 2003-02-16 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Movie | The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self | 2003-05-20 |
| Movie | Bubba Ho-tep | John F. "Jack" Kennedy | 2002-06-09 |
| Movie | Feast of All Saints | Jean-Jacques | 2001-11-11 |
| Movie | Dinosaur | Yar (voice) | 2000-05-19 |
| Movie | Finding Buck McHenry | Buck McHenry | 2000-04-16 |
| Movie | A Vow to Cherish | Alexander Billman | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | The Soul Collector | Mordecai | 1999-10-24 |
| Movie | The Secret Path | Too Tall | 1999-04-02 |
| Movie | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Self | 1998-01-01 |
| Series | Thomas Jefferson | Narrator (voice) | 1997-02-18 |
| Movie | Miss Evers' Boys | Mr. Evers | 1997-02-22 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 2 | 1997-08-17 |
| Movie | Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers | Narrator | 1997-06-23 |
| Movie | 4 Little Girls | Self - Actor and Playwright | 1997-07-09 |
| Series | The West | 1996-09-15 | |
| Series | Promised Land | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
| Movie | I'm Not Rappaport | Midge Carter | 1996-12-24 |
| Movie | Get on the Bus | Jeremiah | 1996-10-16 |
| Movie | The Android Affair | Dr. Winston | 1995-04-12 |
| Series | JAG | Unknown | 1995-09-23 |
| Movie | The Client | Harry Roosevelt | 1994-07-20 |
| Movie | The Stand | Judge Richard Farris | 1994-05-08 |
| Series | Baseball | Voice | 1994-09-18 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
| Movie | The Ernest Green Story | Grandfather | 1993-01-17 |
| Movie | Cop & ½ | Detective in Squad Room | 1993-04-02 |
| Series | Alex Haley's Queen | Parson Dick | 1993-02-14 |
| Movie | Malcolm X | Eulogy Performer (voice) | 1992-11-18 |
| Movie | Gladiator | Noah | 1992-03-06 |
| Movie | Lincoln | Frederick Douglas (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
| Movie | Jungle Fever | Reverend Purify | 1991-06-07 |
| Movie | The Red Shoes | 1990-02-07 | |
| Series | Evening Shade | Ponder Blue | 1990-09-21 |
| Movie | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self | 1989-11-03 |
| Movie | School Daze | Coach Odom | 1988-02-12 |
| Movie | Tyler Texas Black Film Collection | Himself | 1985-01-08 |
| Movie | Avenging Angel | Capt. Harry Moradian | 1985-01-11 |
| Movie | The House of God | Dr. Sanders | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Harry & Son | Raymond | 1984-03-02 |
| Movie | Death of a Prophet | 1981-01-01 | |
| Movie | All God's Children | Blaine Whitfield | 1980-04-28 |
| Movie | Hot Stuff | Captain John Geiberger | 1979-08-10 |
| Movie | Freedom Road | Narrator | 1979-10-29 |
| Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
| Movie | Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid | Dr. Fredericks | 1977-09-12 |
| Movie | The Tenth Level | Reed | 1976-08-26 |
| Movie | Countdown at Kusini | Ernest Motapo | 1976-04-16 |
| Movie | Let's Do It Again | Elder Johnson | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Malcolm X | Eulogy (voice) | 1972-05-24 |
| Movie | The Sheriff | James Lucas | 1971-03-30 |
| Movie | The Fall | 1969-01-15 | |
| Movie | Sam Whiskey | Jed Hooker | 1969-04-01 |
| Movie | Teacher, Teacher | Charles Carter | 1969-02-05 |
| Movie | Slaves | Luke | 1969-07-02 |
| Movie | Night Gallery | Osmond Portifoy | 1969-11-08 |
| Movie | Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class | Narrator | 1968-01-02 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
| Movie | The Scalphunters | Joseph Lee | 1968-02-29 |
| Movie | The Outsider | Lt. Wagner | 1967-11-21 |
| Movie | A Man Called Adam | Nelson Davis | 1966-03-16 |
| Movie | The Hill | Jacko King | 1965-06-17 |
| Movie | The Sun... the Sand... the Hill | Jason King (archive footage) | 1965-07-01 |
| Movie | Shock Treatment | Capshaw | 1964-07-22 |
| Movie | Gone Are the Days! | Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson | 1963-08-09 |
| Movie | The Cardinal | Father Gillis | 1963-12-12 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | Fourteen Hours | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1951-04-01 |
| Movie | No Way Out | John Brooks (uncredited) | 1950-08-16 |