Spencer Williams

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-07-14 (76 years old)

Deathday

1969-12-13

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.

Acting

1941

The Blood of Jesus

as Razz Jackson

1944

Go Down Death

as Big Jim Bottoms

1947

Juke Joint

as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney

1946

Girl in Room 20

as Joe Phillips

1938

1939

Bad Boy

as Terry

1949

Rhapsody of Negro Life

as Spencer Jordan

1929

The Framing of the Shrew

as Lawyer Evans Chew

1937

Harlem on the Prairie

as Doc Clayburn

1929

Melancholy Dame

as Webster Dill

1940

Son of Ingagi

as Detective Nelson

1944

Of One Blood

as Wesley Hill

1946

Beale Street Mama

as Bad News Johnson

1975

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1945

The Negro Sailor

as Frank Roberts - columnist

1930

Production

1941

1941

1944

Go Down Death

as Director

1939

1947

Juke Joint

as Director

1943

Marching On!

as Writer

1943

Marching On!

as Director

1946

Girl in Room 20

as Director

1940

1941

1931

Hot Biskits

as Director

1929

The Lady Fare

as Writer

1945

Harlem Hotshots

as Director

1931

Hot Biskits

as Writer

1946

Jivin' in Bebop

as Director

1949

1944

Of One Blood

as Director

1944

Of One Blood

as Writer

1946

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