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