Ossie Davis

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

Doctor Dolittle
Dinosaur
Do the Right Thing
Malcolm X
The Client
The L Word
Birth Location Cogdell, Georgia, USA
Born 1917-12-17
Died 2005-02-04

Movies

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive Footage)
2022
The Peace! as Self
2005
2005
Unstoppable as Self
2005
She Hate Me as Judge Buchanan
2004
Proud as Lorenzo DuFau
2004
Baadasssss! as Granddad
2004
Deacons for Defense as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
2003
Bubba Ho-tep as John F. "Jack" Kennedy
2002
Feast of All Saints as Jean-Jacques
2001
The Legend of the Candy Cane as Julius (voice)
2001
Here's to Life! as Duncan Cox
2000
Dinosaur as Yar (voice)
2000
Finding Buck McHenry as Buck McHenry
2000
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
Doctor Dolittle as Archer Dolittle
1998
12 Angry Men as Juror 2
1997
4 Little Girls as Self - Actor and Playwright
1997
Miss Evers' Boys as Mr. Evers
1997
I'm Not Rappaport as Midge Carter
1996
Get on the Bus as Jeremiah
1996
The Android Affair as Dr. Winston
1995
The Client as Harry Roosevelt
1994
The Stand as Judge Richard Farris
1994
Grumpy Old Men as Chuck
1993
Cop and ½ as Detective in Squad Room
1993
Goin' Back to T-Town as Narrator
1993
The Ernest Green Story as Grandfather
1993
Lincoln as Frederick Douglas (voice)
1992
Malcolm X as Eulogy Performer (voice)
1992
Gladiator as Noah
1992
Jungle Fever as Reverend Purify
1991
1990
Do the Right Thing as Da Mayor
1989
School Daze as Coach Odom
1988
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
1986
Avenging Angel as Capt. Harry Moradian
1985
Harry and Son as Raymond
1984
The House of God as Dr. Sanders
1984
All God's Children as Blaine Whitfield
1980
Freedom Road as Narrator
1979
Hot Stuff as Captain John Geiberger
1979
Freedom Man as Benjamin Banneker
1979
1977
The Tenth Level as Reed
1976
Countdown at Kusini as Ernest Motapo
1976
Let's Do It Again as Elder Johnson
1975
Malcolm X as Eulogy (voice)
1972
The Sheriff as James Lucas
1971
Kongi's Harvest as Narrator
1970
Night Gallery as Osmond Portifoy
1969
Slaves as Luke
1969
Sam Whiskey as Jed Hooker
1969
Teacher, Teacher as Charles Carter
1969
1969
The Scalphunters as Joseph Lee
1968
The Outsider as Lt. Wagner
1967
Black Liberation as Narrator
1967
A Man Called Adam as Nelson Davis
1966
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
Shock Treatment as Capshaw
1964
The Cardinal as Father Gillis
1963
Gone Are the Days! as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
1963
Hands of Inge as Narrator (voice)
1962
Fourteen Hours as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1951
No Way Out as John Brooks (uncredited)
1950

Movies

Purlie Musical
1981
Countdown at Kusini Screenplay
1976
1976
Gordon's War Director
1973
Black Girl Director
1972
1970
1970
Kongi's Harvest Director
1970
1963