Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis

acting Dec 18, 1917 Feb 4, 2005 Cogdell, Georgia, USA

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100 of 107 films rated

IMDb avg 6.7
IMDb median 6.7
RT avg 64%
RT median 65%

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  1. Haiti: Killing the Dream
  2. Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues → Self (archive footage)
  3. Folk Britannia (TV) → Self (archival footage)
  4. Deacons for Defense → Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
  5. The History Makers: Success → Self
  6. The Peace! → Self
  7. By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' → Self
  8. Unstoppable → Self
  9. The L Word (TV) → Melvin Porter
  10. She Hate Me → Judge Buchanan
  11. TV Revolution (TV)
  12. Baadasssss! → Granddad
  13. Beah: A Black Woman Speaks → Self
  14. Proud → Lorenzo DuFau
  15. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property → Himself
  16. The Evolution of an American Filmmaker → Self
  17. Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
  18. The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars → Narrator
  19. Bubba Ho-tep → John F. "Jack" Kennedy
  20. Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (TV) → Narrator
  21. Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' → Self
  22. Feast of All Saints → Jean-Jacques
  23. The Legend of the Candy Cane → Julius (voice)
  24. Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore → Narrator
  25. Dinosaur → Yar (voice)
  26. Here's to Life! → Duncan Cox
  27. Finding Buck McHenry → Buck McHenry
  28. Third Watch (TV) → Mr. Parker
  29. The Secret Path → Too Tall
  30. The Unfinished Journey → Narrator (voice)
  31. Paul Robeson: Here I Stand → Self
  32. The Soul Collector → Mordecai
  33. A Vow to Cherish → Alexander Billman
  34. Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve → Caretaker
  35. Doctor Dolittle → Archer Dolittle
  36. Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist → Self
  37. Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood → Self
  38. Christianity: The First 1000 Years (TV) → Himself - Narrator
  39. 12 Angry Men → Juror 2
  40. Thomas Jefferson (TV) → Narrator (voice)
  41. Miss Evers' Boys → Mr. Evers
  42. 4 Little Girls → Self - Actor and Playwright
  43. Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough → Self
  44. Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers → Narrator
  45. Promised Land (TV)
  46. Promised Land (TV) → Erasmus Jones
  47. The West (TV) → Self
  48. The West (TV) → Self / John R. Gills (voice)
  49. I'm Not Rappaport → Midge Carter
  50. Get on the Bus → Jeremiah / 'Pop'
  51. JAG (TV) → Terrence Minnerly
  52. The Client (TV) → Judge Harry Roosevelt
  53. Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder → Uncle Phil
  54. The Android Affair → Dr. Winston
  55. Touched by an Angel (TV) → Gabriel
  56. Touched by an Angel (TV) → Erasmus Jones
  57. The Stand (TV) → Judge Richard Farris
  58. The Stand (TV) → Judge Richard Farris (credit only)
  59. Baseball (TV) → Various (voice)
  60. Baseball (TV) → (voice)
  61. The Client → Harry Roosevelt
  62. Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice → Uncle Phil
  63. Malcolm X: Make It Plain → Self
  64. Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World → Narrator
  65. Grumpy Old Men → Chuck
  66. Alex Haley's Queen (TV) → Parson Dick
  67. Cop & ½ → Detective in Squad Room
  68. The Ernest Green Story → Grandfather
  69. Goin' Back to T-Town → Narrator
  70. Malcolm X → Eulogy Performer (voice)
  71. Gladiator → Noah
  72. Lincoln → Frederick Douglas (voice)
  73. The Real Malcolm X
  74. Jungle Fever → Reverend Purify
  75. Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker → Self
  76. Evening Shade (TV) → Ponder Blue
  77. Joe Versus the Volcano → Marshall
  78. The Red Shoes
  79. Do the Right Thing → Da Mayor
  80. B.L. Stryker (TV) → Oz Jackson
  81. Making 'Do the Right Thing' → Self
  82. American Experience (TV) → Self - Harlem Resident
  83. School Daze → Coach Odom
  84. American Masters (TV) → Self
  85. Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories → Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
  86. Avenging Angel → Capt. Harry Moradian
  87. Tyler Texas Black Film Collection → Himself
  88. Harry & Son → Raymond
  89. The House of God → Dr. Sanders
  90. Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood → Narrator
  91. Reading Rainbow (TV) → Self - Narrator (voice)
  92. Death of a Prophet
  93. Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige → Chuffy Russell
  94. All God's Children → Blaine Whitfield
  95. Roots: The Next Generations (TV) → 'Dad' Jones
  96. Hot Stuff → Captain John Geiberger
  97. Freedom Road → Narrator
  98. Freedom Man → Benjamin Banneker
  99. The Kennedy Center Honors (TV) → Self
  100. King (TV) → Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
  101. Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid → Dr. Fredericks
  102. The Tenth Level → Reed
  103. Countdown at Kusini → Ernest Motapo
  104. Let's Do It Again → Elder Johnson
  105. Black Shadows on a Silver Screen → Narrator
  106. Wattstax → Self (uncredited)
  107. Malcolm X → Eulogy (voice)
  108. The Sheriff → James Lucas
  109. Kongi's Harvest → Narrator
  110. Sam Whiskey → Jed Hooker
  111. Night Gallery → Osmond Portifoy
  112. Slaves → Luke
  113. Teacher, Teacher → Charles Carter
  114. The Fall
  115. Hawaii Five-O (TV) → Ramon Borelle
  116. The Name of the Game (TV) → Kubani
  117. The Scalphunters → Joseph Lee
  118. Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class → Narrator
  119. The Outsider → Lt. Wagner
  120. Black Liberation → Narrator
  121. Now is the Time → Self
  122. A Man Called Adam → Nelson Davis
  123. Run for Your Life (TV) → Frankie Morton
  124. Run for Your Life (TV) → Dave Corbett
  125. Run for Your Life (TV) → Sgt. Dave Corbett
  126. The Hill → Jacko King
  127. The Sun... the Sand... the Hill → Jason King (archival footage)
  128. The Sun... the Sand... the Hill → Jason King (archive footage)
  129. 12 O'Clock High (TV) → Major Glenn Luke
  130. Shock Treatment → Capshaw
  131. The Fugitive (TV) → Lt. Johnny Gaines
  132. The Great Adventure (TV) → John Ross
  133. The Cardinal → Father Gillis
  134. Gone Are the Days! → Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
  135. Hands of Inge → Narrator (voice)
  136. The Defenders (TV) → Nixie
  137. The Defenders (TV) → Officer Bond
  138. The Defenders (TV) → District Attorney
  139. The Defenders (TV) → Assistant District Attorney
  140. The Defenders (TV) → District Attorney Daniel Jackson
  141. John Brown's Raid → Dangerfield Newby
  142. Bonanza (TV) → Sam Davis
  143. Tony Awards (TV) → Self - Presenter
  144. Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV) → Charles Carter
  145. Fourteen Hours → Cab Driver (uncredited)
  146. No Way Out → John Brooks (uncredited)
  147. Kraft Television Theatre (TV) → The Emperor Jones

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