
Ossie Davis
December 18, 1917 (107 years old) in Cogdell, Georgia, USA
Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. He is best known for his roles in the Spike Lee-directed films Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · The History Makers: Success as Self
- 2005 · Unstoppable as Self
- 2004 · She Hate Me as Judge Buchanan
- 2004 · Baadasssss! as Granddad
- 2004 · TV Revolution as
- 2000 · Here's to Life! as Duncan Cox
- 2000 · Finding Buck McHenry as Buck McHenry
- 1999 · The Unfinished Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve as Caretaker
- 1999 · The Soul Collector as Mordecai
- 1999 · A Vow to Cherish as Alexander Billman
- 1997 · 12 Angry Men as Juror 2
- 1997 · Thomas Jefferson as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough as Self
- 1996 · Get on the Bus as Jeremiah
- 1996 · The West as Self
- 1996 · The West as Self / John R. Gills (voice)
- 1995 · The Client as Judge Harry Roosevelt
- 1995 · Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Uncle Phil
- 1989 · Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Self
- 1989 · B.L. Stryker as Oz Jackson
- 1988 · School Daze as Coach Odom
- 1981 · Death of a Prophet as
- 1980 · All God's Children as Blaine Whitfield
- 1979 · Freedom Road as Narrator
- 1979 · Hot Stuff as Captain John Geiberger
- 1979 · Freedom Man as Benjamin Banneker
- 1978 · King as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
- 1976 · The Tenth Level as Reed
- 1975 · Let's Do It Again as Elder Johnson
- 1971 · The Sheriff as James Lucas
- 1969 · The Fall as
- 1967 · The Outsider as Lt. Wagner
- 1966 · A Man Called Adam as Nelson Davis
- 1960 · John Brown's Raid as Dangerfield Newby
- Future · Haiti: Killing the Dream as
- 2006 · Folk Britannia as Self (archival footage)
- 2005 · The Peace! as Self
- 2005 · Deacons for Defense as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
- 2005 · By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' as Self
- 2004 · Proud as Lorenzo DuFau
- 2004 · Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self
- 2004 · The L Word as Melvin Porter
- 2003 · The Evolution of an American Filmmaker as Self
- 2003 · The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars as Narrator
- 2003 · Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Himself
- 2003 · Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives as
- 2002 · Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' as Self
- 2002 · Bubba Ho-tep as John F. "Jack" Kennedy
- 2002 · Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years as Narrator
- 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)
- 1999 · Third Watch as Mr. Parker
- 1999 · The Secret Path as Too Tall
- 1999 · Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self
- 1998 · Christianity: The First 1000 Years as Himself - Narrator
- 1998 · Doctor Dolittle as Archer Dolittle
- 1998 · Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self
- 1998 · Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Self
- 1997 · 4 Little Girls as Self - Actor and Playwright
- 1997 · Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers as Narrator
- 1997 · Miss Evers' Boys as Mr. Evers
- 1996 · I'm Not Rappaport as Midge Carter
- 1996 · Promised Land as
- 1996 · Promised Land as Erasmus Jones
- 1995 · JAG as Terrence Minnerly
- 1995 · The Android Affair as Dr. Winston
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Gabriel
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Erasmus Jones
- 1994 · Baseball as Various (voice)
- 1994 · Baseball as (voice)
- 1994 · The Client as Harry Roosevelt
- 1994 · Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Uncle Phil
- 1994 · The Stand as Judge Richard Farris
- 1994 · The Stand as Judge Richard Farris (credit only)
- 1994 · Malcolm X: Make It Plain as Self
- 1994 · Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World as Narrator
- 1993 · Grumpy Old Men as Chuck
- 1993 · Cop & ½ as Detective in Squad Room
- 1993 · Goin' Back to T-Town as Narrator
- 1993 · Alex Haley's Queen as Parson Dick
- 1993 · The Ernest Green Story as Grandfather
- 1992 · Lincoln as Frederick Douglas (voice)
- 1992 · Malcolm X as Eulogy Performer (voice)
- 1992 · Gladiator as Noah
- 1991 · Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self
- 1991 · Jungle Fever as Reverend Purify
- 1990 · Evening Shade as Ponder Blue
- 1990 · Joe Versus the Volcano as Marshall
- 1990 · The Red Shoes as
- 1989 · Do the Right Thing as Da Mayor
- 1988 · American Experience as Self - Harlem Resident
- 1986 · American Masters as Self
- 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 · Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood as Narrator
- 1984 · The House of God as Dr. Sanders
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1981 · Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige as Chuffy Russell
- 1979 · Roots: The Next Generations as Dad Jones
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1977 · Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid as Dr. Fredericks
- 1976 · Countdown at Kusini as Ernest Motapo
- 1975 · Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Narrator
- 1973 · Wattstax as Self (uncredited)
- 1972 · Malcolm X as Eulogy (voice)
- 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
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Ramon Borelle
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Kubani
- 1968 · The Scalphunters as Joseph Lee
- 1968 · Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class as Narrator
- 1967 · Black Liberation as Narrator
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Frankie Morton
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Dave Corbett
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Sgt. Dave Corbett
- 1965 · The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as Jason King (archival footage)
- 1965 · The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as Jason King (archive footage)
- 1965 · The Hill as Jacko King
- 1964 · 12 O'Clock High as Major Glenn Luke
- 1964 · Shock Treatment as Capshaw
- 1963 · The Cardinal as Father Gillis
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as John Ross
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Lt. Johnny Gaines
- 1963 · Gone Are the Days! as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
- 1962 · Hands of Inge as Narrator (voice)
- 1961 · The Defenders as Nixie
- 1961 · The Defenders as Officer Bond
- 1961 · The Defenders as District Attorney
- 1961 · The Defenders as Assistant District Attorney
- 1961 · The Defenders as District Attorney Daniel Jackson
- 1959 · Bonanza as Sam Davis
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Charles Carter
- 1951 · Fourteen Hours as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1950 · No Way Out as John Brooks (uncredited)
- 1947 · Kraft Television Theatre as The Emperor Jones