
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)
- 2006 · Folk Britannia as Self (archival footage)
- 2005 · The History Makers: Success as Self
- Future · Haiti: Killing the Dream as
- 2005 · The Peace! as Self
- 2005 · Deacons for Defense as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
- 2005 · Unstoppable as Self
- 2005 · By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' as Self
- 2004 · She Hate Me as Judge Buchanan
- 2004 · Proud as Lorenzo DuFau
- 2004 · Baadasssss! as Granddad
- 2004 · TV Revolution as
- 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 · Here's to Life! as Duncan Cox
- 2000 · Dinosaur as Yar (voice)
- 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 · Third Watch as Mr. Parker
- 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 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 · 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 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 as
- 1996 · Promised Land as Erasmus Jones
- 1996 · The West as Self
- 1996 · The West as Self / John R. Gills (voice)
- 1995 · JAG as Terrence Minnerly
- 1995 · The Client as Judge Harry Roosevelt
- 1995 · The Android Affair as Dr. Winston
- 1995 · Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Uncle Phil
- 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 · Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Self
- 1989 · Do the Right Thing as Da Mayor
- 1989 · B.L. Stryker as Oz Jackson
- 1988 · American Experience as Self - Harlem Resident
- 1988 · School Daze as Coach Odom
- 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
- 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 · Roots: The Next Generations as Dad Jones
- 1979 · Freedom Man as Benjamin Banneker
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1978 · King as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
- 1977 · Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid 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 a Silver Screen as Narrator
- 1973 · Wattstax as Self (uncredited)
- 1972 · Malcolm X as Eulogy (voice)
- 1971 · The Sheriff as James Lucas
- 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 as
- 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 · The Outsider as Lt. Wagner
- 1967 · Black Liberation as Narrator
- 1966 · A Man Called Adam as Nelson Davis
- 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 Assistant District Attorney
- 1961 · The Defenders as District Attorney
- 1961 · The Defenders as District Attorney Daniel Jackson
- 1960 · John Brown's Raid as Dangerfield Newby
- 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