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Ossie Davis
Dec 17, 1917 (107 years old) in Cogdell, Georgia, USA
Known For
Bonanza
The L Word
American Experience
American Masters
The Defenders
Credits
2022 ·
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2006 ·
Folk Britannia
as Self (archival footage)
2005 ·
The Peace!
as Self
2005 ·
Deacons for Defense
as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
2005 ·
The History Makers: Success
as Self
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
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 Himself - 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 Sgt. Dave Corbett
1965 ·
Run for Your Life
as 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 District Attorney
1961 ·
The Defenders
as Assistant 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
2025 ·
Haití: Killing the Dream
as
