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