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