Ossie Davis
Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. He may be best known for his roles in Spike Lee-directed films such as School Daze (1988) and Do the Right Thing (1989). Other films Davis acted in include The Hill (1965), A Man Called Adam (1966), Let's Do It Again (1975), Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), Grumpy Old Men (1993), The Client (1994), Dr. Dolittle (1998), Dinosaur (2000), and Bubba Ho-Tep (2002). He was married to Ruby Dee, with whom he frequently performed, from 1948 until his death.
Fotos
Películas (109)
Love in Exile
2026 · Writer
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
2024 · Writer, Original Story
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · Self (archive footage)
The Peace!
2005 · Self
Deacons for Defense
2005 · Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
The History Makers: Success
2005 · Self
Unstoppable
2005 · Self
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005 · Self
She Hate Me
2004 · Judge Buchanan
Proud
2004 · Lorenzo DuFau
Baadasssss!
2004 · Granddad
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004 · Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003 · Self
The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars
2003 · Narrator
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003 · Himself
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002 · Self
Bubba Ho-tep
2002 · John F. "Jack" Kennedy
Feast of All Saints
2001 · Jean-Jacques
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
2001 · Narrator
The Legend of the Candy Cane
2001 · Julius (voice)
A vivir que son dos días
2000 · Duncan Cox
Dinosaurio
2000 · Yar (voice)
Finding Buck McHenry
2000 · Buck McHenry
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · Narrator (voice)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
1999 · Caretaker
The Soul Collector
1999 · Mordecai
The Secret Path
1999 · Too Tall
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Self
A Vow to Cherish
1999 · Alexander Billman
Doctor Dolittle
1998 · Archer Dolittle
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998 · Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998 · Self, Thanks
12 Angry Men
1997 · Juror 2
4 Little Girls
1997 · Self - Actor and Playwright
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers
1997 · Narrator
Miss Evers' Boys
1997 · Mr. Evers
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997 · Self
I'm Not Rappaport
1996 · Midge Carter
Get on the Bus
1996 · Jeremiah / 'Pop'
The Android Affair
1995 · Dr. Winston
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995 · Uncle Phil
The Client
1994 · Harry Roosevelt
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994 · Uncle Phil
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994 · Self
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
1994 · Narrator
Grumpy Old Men
1993 · Chuck
Cop & ½
1993 · Detective in Squad Room
Goin' Back to T-Town
1993 · Narrator
The Ernest Green Story
1993 · Grandfather
Lincoln
1992 · Frederick Douglas (voice)
Malcolm X
1992 · Eulogy Performer (voice)
The Real Malcolm X
1992
Haiti: Killing the Dream
1992
Gladiator
1992 · Noah
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 · Self
Jungle Fever
1991 · Reverend Purify
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990 · Marshall
The Red Shoes
1990
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989 · Self
Do the Right Thing
1989 · Da Mayor
School Daze
1988 · Coach Odom
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
1986 · Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
Avenging Angel
1985 · Capt. Harry Moradian
Tyler Texas Black Film Collection
1985 · Himself
Harry & Son
1984 · Raymond
Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
1984 · Narrator
The House of God
1984 · Dr. Sanders
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983 · Writer
Purlie
1981 · Musical
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981 · Chuffy Russell
Death of a Prophet
1981
All God's Children
1980 · Blaine Whitfield
Freedom Road
1979 · Narrator
Hot Stuff
1979 · Captain John Geiberger
Freedom Man
1979 · Benjamin Banneker
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977 · Dr. Fredericks
The Tenth Level
1976 · Reed
Countdown at Kusini
1976 · Ernest Motapo, Director, Screenplay
Let's Do It Again
1975 · Elder Johnson
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975 · Narrator
Gordon's War
1973 · Director
Wattstax
1973 · Self (uncredited)
Black Girl
1972 · Director
Malcolm X
1972 · Eulogy (voice)
The Sheriff
1971 · James Lucas
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970 · Director, Screenplay
Kongi's Harvest
1970 · Narrator, Director
Night Gallery
1969 · Osmond Portifoy
Slaves
1969 · Luke
Sam Whiskey
1969 · Jed Hooker
Teacher, Teacher
1969 · Charles Carter
The Fall
1969
The Scalphunters
1968 · Joseph Lee
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968 · Narrator
The Outsider
1967 · Lt. Wagner
Black Liberation
1967 · Narrator
Now is the Time
1967 · Self
A Man Called Adam
1966 · Nelson Davis
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
1965 · Jason King (archival footage), Jason King (archive footage)
The Hill
1965 · Jacko King
Shock Treatment
1964 · Capshaw
The Cardinal
1963 · Father Gillis
Gone Are the Days!
1963 · Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson, Writer
Hands of Inge
1962 · Narrator (voice)
John Brown's Raid
1960 · Dangerfield Newby
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Cab Driver (uncredited)
No Way Out
1950 · John Brooks (uncredited)
The Man Who Loved the Stars
· Benjamin Banneker
Series (36)
Folk Britannia
2006 · Self (archival footage)
TV Revolution
2004
The L Word
2004 · Melvin Porter
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002 · Narrator
Third Watch
1999 · Mr. Parker
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
1998 · Himself - Narrator
Thomas Jefferson
1997 · Narrator (voice)
Promised Land
1996 · Erasmus Jones
The West
1996 · Self, Self / John R. Gills (voice)
JAG
1995 · Terrence Minnerly
The Client
1995 · Judge Harry Roosevelt
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Gabriel, Erasmus Jones
Baseball
1994 · Various (voice), (voice)
The Stand
1994 · Judge Richard Farris, Judge Richard Farris (credit only)
Alex Haley's Queen
1993 · Parson Dick
Evening Shade
1990 · Ponder Blue
B.L. Stryker
1989 · Oz Jackson
American Experience
1988 · Self - Harlem Resident
American Masters
1986 · Self
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
1982 · Writer
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · 'Dad' Jones
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
King
1978 · Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Ramon Borelle
The Name of the Game
1968 · Kubani
Run for Your Life
1965 · Frankie Morton, Dave Corbett, Sgt. Dave Corbett
12 O'Clock High
1964 · Major Glenn Luke
The Great Adventure
1963 · John Ross
East Side/West Side
1963 · Writer
The Fugitive
1963 · Lt. Johnny Gaines
The Defenders
1961 · Nixie, Officer Bond, District Attorney, Assistant District Attorney, District Attorney Daniel Jackson
Bonanza
1959 · Sam Davis
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Charles Carter
Kraft Television Theatre
1947 · The Emperor Jones