Ossie Davis

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1917-12-17

Deathday 2005-02-04 (87 years old)

Place of Birth Cogdell, Georgia, USA

Also Known As Ozzie Davis, Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis, Raiford Chatman Davis

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

Known For

Actor

2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Folk Britannia

as Self (archival footage)

2005
The Peace!

as Self

2005
Unstoppable

as Self

2004
She Hate Me

as Judge Buchanan

2004
Proud

as Lorenzo DuFau

2004
Baadasssss!

as Granddad

2004
The L Word

as Melvin Porter

2003
Deacons for Defense

as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

2002
Bubba Ho-tep

as John F. "Jack" Kennedy

2001
Feast of All Saints

as Jean-Jacques

2001
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
The Soul Collector

as Mordecai

1999
The Secret Path

as Too Tall

1999
A Vow to Cherish

as Alexander Billman

1999
Third Watch

as Mr. Parker

1998
Doctor Dolittle

as Archer Dolittle

1998
1997
12 Angry Men

as Juror 2

1997
4 Little Girls

as Self - Actor and Playwright

1997
Miss Evers' Boys

as Mr. Evers

1997
Thomas Jefferson

as Narrator (voice)

1996
I'm Not Rappaport

as Midge Carter

1996
Get on the Bus

as Jeremiah

1996
Promised Land

as Erasmus Jones

1996
The West

as Self

1996
The West

as Self / John R. Gills (voice)

1995
The Android Affair

as Dr. Winston

1995
JAG

as Terrence Minnerly

1995
The Client

as Judge Harry Roosevelt

1994
The Client

as Harry Roosevelt

1994
The Stand

as Judge Richard Farris

1994
1994
Touched by an Angel

as Erasmus Jones

1994
Baseball

as Various (voice)

1994
The Stand

as Judge Richard Farris

1993
1993
Cop and ½

as Detective in Squad Room

1993
1993
The Ernest Green Story

as Grandfather

1993
Alex Haley's Queen

as Parson Dick

1992
Lincoln

as Frederick Douglas (voice)

1992
Malcolm X

as Eulogy Performer (voice)

1992
Gladiator

as Noah

1991
Jungle Fever

as Reverend Purify

1990
1990
Evening Shade

as Ponder Blue

1989
Do the Right Thing

as Da Mayor

1989
B.L. Stryker

as Oz Jackson

1988
School Daze

as Coach Odom

1986
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

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

1986
1985
Avenging Angel

as Capt. Harry Moradian

1984
Harry & Son

as Raymond

1984
The House of God

as Dr. Sanders

1983
Reading Rainbow

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

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.

1977
1976
1976
Countdown at Kusini

as Ernest Motapo

1975
Let's Do It Again

as Elder Johnson

1972
Malcolm X

as Eulogy (voice)

1971
The Sheriff

as James Lucas

1970
Kongi's Harvest

as Narrator

1970
Night Gallery

as Osmund Portifoy

1969
Night Gallery

as Osmond Portifoy

1969
Slaves

as Luke

1969
Sam Whiskey

as Jed Hooker

1969
Teacher, Teacher

as Charles Carter

1968
The Scalphunters

as Joseph Lee

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Ramon Borelle

1968
1967
The Outsider

as Lt. Wagner

1967
Black Liberation

as Narrator

1966
A Man Called Adam

as Nelson Davis

1965
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

as Jason King (archive footage)

1965
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

as Jason King (archival footage)

1965
The Hill

as Jacko King

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

1964
Shock Treatment

as Capshaw

1963
The Cardinal

as Father Gillis

1963
Gone Are the Days!

as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

1963
The Great Adventure

as John Ross

1963
The Fugitive

as Lt. Johnny Gaines

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
Fourteen Hours

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Charles Carter

1950
No Way Out

as John Brooks (uncredited)

1947
Kraft Television Theatre

as The Emperor Jones

Director

1976
1973
Gordon's War

as Director

1972
Black Girl

as Director

1970
1970
Kongi's Harvest

as Director