Ossie Davis
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Works
Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesSelf (archive footage)2022- The Peace!Self2005
2005- UnstoppableSelf2005
She Hate MeJudge Buchanan2004- ProudLorenzo DuFau2004
Baadasssss!Granddad2004
2004
- 2003
2003
Deacons for DefenseReverend 'Rev' Gregory2003
Bubba Ho-tepJohn F. "Jack" Kennedy2002
Feast of All SaintsJean-Jacques2001
The Legend of the Candy CaneJulius (voice)2001
Here's to Life!Duncan Cox2000
DinosaurYar (voice)2000
Finding Buck McHenryBuck McHenry2000- The Unfinished JourneyNarrator (voice)1999
The Soul CollectorMordecai1999
The Secret PathToo Tall1999
1999
A Vow to CherishAlexander Billman1999
Doctor DolittleArcher Dolittle1998
12 Angry MenJuror 21997
4 Little GirlsSelf - Actor and Playwright1997- 1997
Miss Evers' BoysMr. Evers1997
I'm Not RappaportMidge Carter1996
Get on the BusJeremiah1996
The Android AffairDr. Winston1995
Ray Alexander: A Menu for MurderUncle Phil1995
The ClientHarry Roosevelt1994
Ray Alexander: A Taste For JusticeUncle Phil1994
1994- 1994
Grumpy Old MenChuck1993
Cop & ½Detective in Squad Room1993
Goin' Back to T-TownNarrator1993
The Ernest Green StoryGrandfather1993- LincolnFrederick Douglas (voice)1992
Malcolm XEulogy Performer (voice)1992
GladiatorNoah1992
Jungle FeverReverend Purify1991
Joe Versus the VolcanoMarshall1990
1990- 1989
Do the Right ThingDa Mayor1989
School DazeCoach Odom1988
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & StoriesAnansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)1986
Avenging AngelCapt. Harry Moradian1985- 1985
Harry & SonRaymond1984- 1984
The House of GodDr. Sanders1984
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" PaigeChuffy Russell1981
All God's ChildrenBlaine Whitfield1980
Freedom RoadNarrator1979
Hot StuffCaptain John Geiberger1979- Freedom ManBenjamin Banneker1979
Billy: Portrait of a Street KidDr. Fredericks1977
The Tenth LevelReed1976
Countdown at KusiniErnest Motapo1976
Let's Do It AgainElder Johnson1975
Black Shadows on a Silver ScreenNarrator1975
Malcolm XEulogy (voice)1972
The SheriffJames Lucas1971
Kongi's HarvestNarrator1970
Night GalleryOsmond Portifoy1969
SlavesLuke1969
Sam WhiskeyJed Hooker1969
Teacher, TeacherCharles Carter1969
1969
The ScalphuntersJoseph Lee1968
1968
The OutsiderLt. Wagner1967
Black LiberationNarrator1967
A Man Called AdamNelson Davis1966- The Sun... the Sand... the HillJason King (archive footage)1965
- The Sun... the Sand... the HillJason King (archival footage)1965
The HillJacko King1965
Shock TreatmentCapshaw1964
The CardinalFather Gillis1963
Gone Are the Days!Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson1963
Hands of IngeNarrator (voice)1962
John Brown's RaidDangerfield Newby1960
Fourteen HoursCab Driver (uncredited)1951
No Way OutJohn Brooks (uncredited)1950
Personal details
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- Alternative names
- Ozzie Davis
- Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis
- Raiford Chatman Davis
- BornDecember 17, 1917Cogdell, Georgia, USA
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