People
Ossie Davis
- Name: Ossie Davis
- Birthday: 1917-12-17
- Also known as: Ozzie Davis,Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis,Raiford Chatman Davis
- Place of birth: Cogdell, Georgia, USA
- Popularity: 3.332
Biography:
Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage) | 2022-10-27 |
| The Peace! as Self | 2005-09-20 |
| The History Makers: Success as Self | 2005-02-15 |
| Unstoppable as Self | 2005-02-13 |
| By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' as Self | 2005-02-08 |
| She Hate Me as Judge Buchanan | 2004-07-30 |
| Proud as Lorenzo DuFau | 2004-07-02 |
| Baadasssss! as Granddad | 2004-05-28 |
| Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self | 2004-02-25 |
| The Evolution of an American Filmmaker as Self | 2003-05-20 |
| The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars as Narrator | 2003-02-28 |
| Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Himself | 2003-02-16 |
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 |
| Deacons for Defense as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory | 2003-01-01 |
| Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' as Self | 2002-06-14 |
| Bubba Ho-tep as John F. "Jack" Kennedy | 2002-06-09 |
| Feast of All Saints as Jean-Jacques | 2001-11-11 |
| Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore as Narrator | 2001-06-11 |
| The Legend of the Candy Cane as Julius (voice) | 2001-06-01 |
| Here's to Life! as Duncan Cox | 2000-09-18 |
| Dinosaur as Yar (voice) | 2000-05-19 |
| Finding Buck McHenry as Buck McHenry | 2000-04-16 |
| The Unfinished Journey as Narrator (voice) | 1999-12-31 |
| Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve as Caretaker | 1999-12-14 |
| The Soul Collector as Mordecai | 1999-10-24 |
| The Secret Path as Too Tall | 1999-04-02 |
| Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self | 1999-02-24 |
| A Vow to Cherish as Alexander Billman | 1999-01-01 |
| Doctor Dolittle as Archer Dolittle | 1998-06-26 |
| Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self | 1998-02-10 |
| Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Self | 1998-01-01 |
| 12 Angry Men as Juror 2 | 1997-08-17 |
| 4 Little Girls as Self - Actor and Playwright | 1997-07-09 |
| Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers as Narrator | 1997-06-23 |
| Miss Evers' Boys as Mr. Evers | 1997-02-22 |
| Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough as Self | 1997-01-01 |
| I'm Not Rappaport as Midge Carter | 1996-12-24 |
| Get on the Bus as Jeremiah | 1996-10-16 |
| The Android Affair as Dr. Winston | 1995-04-12 |
| Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Uncle Phil | 1995-03-20 |
| The Client as Harry Roosevelt | 1994-07-20 |
| Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Uncle Phil | 1994-05-13 |
| Malcolm X: Make It Plain as Self | 1994-01-26 |
| Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World as Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Grumpy Old Men as Chuck | 1993-12-25 |
| Cop and ½ as Detective in Squad Room | 1993-04-02 |
| Goin' Back to T-Town as Narrator | 1993-03-01 |
| The Ernest Green Story as Grandfather | 1993-01-17 |
| Lincoln as Frederick Douglas (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
| Malcolm X as Eulogy Performer (voice) | 1992-11-18 |
| Gladiator as Noah | 1992-03-06 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self | 1991-10-28 |
| Jungle Fever as Reverend Purify | 1991-06-07 |
| Joe Versus the Volcano as Marshall | 1990-03-09 |
| The Red Shoes | 1990-02-07 |
| Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Self | 1989-11-03 |
| Do the Right Thing as Da Mayor | 1989-06-14 |
| School Daze as Coach Odom | 1988-02-12 |
| Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice) | 1986-01-01 |
| Avenging Angel as Capt. Harry Moradian | 1985-01-11 |
| Tyler Texas Black Film Collection as Himself | 1985-01-08 |
| Harry & Son as Raymond | 1984-03-02 |
| Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood as Narrator | 1984-02-07 |
| The House of God as Dr. Sanders | 1984-01-01 |
| Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige as Chuffy Russell | 1981-05-31 |
| Death of a Prophet | 1981-01-01 |
| All God's Children as Blaine Whitfield | 1980-04-28 |
| Freedom Road as Narrator | 1979-10-29 |
| Hot Stuff as Captain John Geiberger | 1979-08-10 |
| Freedom Man as Benjamin Banneker | 1979-01-01 |
| Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid as Dr. Fredericks | 1977-09-12 |
| The Tenth Level as Reed | 1976-08-26 |
| Countdown at Kusini as Ernest Motapo | 1976-04-16 |
| Let's Do It Again as Elder Johnson | 1975-10-11 |
| Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Narrator | 1975-04-19 |
| Malcolm X as Eulogy (voice) | 1972-05-24 |
| The Sheriff as James Lucas | 1971-03-30 |
| Kongi's Harvest as Narrator | 1970-05-01 |
| Night Gallery as Osmond Portifoy | 1969-11-08 |
| Slaves as Luke | 1969-07-02 |
| Sam Whiskey as Jed Hooker | 1969-04-01 |
| Teacher, Teacher as Charles Carter | 1969-02-05 |
| The Fall | 1969-01-15 |
| The Scalphunters as Joseph Lee | 1968-02-29 |
| Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class as Narrator | 1968-01-02 |
| The Outsider as Lt. Wagner | 1967-11-21 |
| Black Liberation as Narrator | 1967-01-01 |
| A Man Called Adam as Nelson Davis | 1966-03-16 |
| The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as Jason King (archival footage) | 1965-07-01 |
| The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as Jason King (archive footage) | 1965-07-01 |
| The Hill as Jacko King | 1965-06-17 |
| Shock Treatment as Capshaw | 1964-07-22 |
| The Cardinal as Father Gillis | 1963-12-12 |
| Gone Are the Days! as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson | 1963-08-09 |
| Hands of Inge as Narrator (voice) | 1962-01-01 |
| John Brown's Raid as Dangerfield Newby | 1960-10-25 |
| Fourteen Hours as Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1951-04-01 |
| No Way Out as John Brooks (uncredited) | 1950-08-16 |
