Ossie Davis

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-12-18 (88 years old)

Deathday

2005-02-04

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ossie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Acting

1989

1998

Doctor Dolittle

as Archer Dolittle

1991

Jungle Fever

as Reverend Purify

2000

Dinosaur

as Yar (voice)

1990

1993

1993

1965

The Hill

as Jacko King

1969

Sam Whiskey

as Jed Hooker

1968

The Scalphunters

as Joseph Lee

1997

12 Angry Men

as Juror 2

2002

Bubba Ho-tep

as John F. "Jack" Kennedy

2004

Baadasssss!

as Granddad

1975

Let's Do It Again

as Elder Johnson

1996

I'm Not Rappaport

as Midge Carter

1985

Avenging Angel

as Capt. Harry Moradian

1996

Get on the Bus

as Jeremiah

1999

The Secret Path

as Too Tall

1984

Harry & Son

as Raymond

2001

Feast of All Saints

as Jean-Jacques

1984

The House of God

as Dr. Sanders

1979

Hot Stuff

as Captain John Geiberger

2000

Finding Buck McHenry

as Buck McHenry

1992

Malcolm X

as Eulogy Performer (voice)

2000

Here's to Life!

as Duncan Cox

2005

The Peace!

as Self

1997

Miss Evers' Boys

as Mr. Evers

1960

John Brown's Raid

as Dangerfield Newby

1977

1966

A Man Called Adam

as Nelson Davis

1969

Teacher, Teacher

as Charles Carter

1963

Gone Are the Days!

as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

1976

1999

1963

The Cardinal

as Father Gillis

2005

1988

School Daze

as Coach Odom

1995

The Android Affair

as Dr. Winston

1976

Countdown at Kusini

as Ernest Motapo

2005

Deacons for Defense

as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self (archive footage)

1969

Slaves

as Luke

1951

Fourteen Hours

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1950

No Way Out

as John Brooks (uncredited)

1967

The Outsider

as Lt. Wagner

1997

4 Little Girls

as Self - Actor and Playwright

1972

Malcolm X

as Eulogy (voice)

1965

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

as Jason King (archive footage)

1965

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

as Jason King (archival footage)

1980

All God's Children

as Blaine Whitfield

1979

Freedom Road

as Narrator

1979

Freedom Man

as Benjamin Banneker

1993

1992

Gladiator

as Noah

1967

Black Liberation

as Narrator

1999

A Vow to Cherish

as Alexander Billman

1969

Night Gallery

as Osmond Portifoy

1971

The Sheriff

as James Lucas

1994

The Client

as Harry Roosevelt

2004

Proud

as Lorenzo DuFau

2001

1986

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

1962

Hands of Inge

as Narrator (voice)

2004

She Hate Me

as Judge Buchanan

1970

Kongi's Harvest

as Narrator

1964

Shock Treatment

as Capshaw

1999

The Unfinished Journey

as Narrator (voice)

1993

Cop & ½

as Detective in Squad Room

1992

Lincoln

as Frederick Douglas (voice)

1973

Wattstax

as Self (uncredited)

1994

The Stand

as Judge Richard Farris

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