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Ossie Davis


Ossie Davis

Geburtstag:

12/18/1917

Geburtsort:

Cogdell, Georgia, USA:

Biografie:

Raiford Chatman „Ossie“ Davis (18. Dezember 1917 – 4. Februar 2005) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Regisseur, Drehbuchautor und Aktivist. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seine Rollen in Filmen von Spike Lee wie „School Daze“ (1988) und „Do the Right Thing“ (1989). Zu seinen weiteren Filmen zählen „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) und „Bubba Ho-Tep“ (2002). Von 1948 bis zu seinem Tod war er mit Ruby Dee verheiratet, mit der er häufig gemeinsam auftrat.


Credits

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Peace! (2005)
as Self
Deacons for Defense (2005)
as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
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
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)
as Self
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)
as
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' (2002)
as Self
Bubba Ho-tep (2002)
as John F. "Jack" Kennedy
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
The Secret Path (1999)
as Too Tall
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
as Self
A Vow to Cherish (1999)
as Alexander Billman
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
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997)
as Self
I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
as Midge Carter
Get on the Bus (1996)
as Jeremiah / 'Pop'
The Android Affair (1995)
as Dr. Winston
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995)
as Uncle Phil
The Client (1994)
as Harry Roosevelt
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice (1994)
as Uncle Phil
Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994)
as Self
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World (1994)
as Narrator
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
as Chuck
Cop & ½ (1993)
as Detective in Squad Room
Goin' Back to T-Town (1993)
as Narrator
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
as Grandfather
Lincoln (1992)
as Frederick Douglas (voice)
The Real Malcolm X (1992)
as
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
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
as Marshall
The Red Shoes (1990)
as
Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989)
as Self
Do the Right Thing (1989)
as Da Mayor
School Daze (1988)
as Coach Odom
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
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)
as Chuffy Russell
Death of a Prophet (1981)
as
All God's Children (1980)
as Blaine Whitfield
Freedom Road (1979)
as Narrator
Hot Stuff (1979)
as Captain John Geiberger
Freedom Man (1979)
as Benjamin Banneker
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
Wattstax (1973)
as Self (uncredited)
Malcolm X (1972)
as Eulogy (voice)
The Sheriff (1971)
as James Lucas
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)
as
The Scalphunters (1968)
as Joseph Lee
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
as Narrator
The Outsider (1967)
as Lt. Wagner
Now is the Time (1967)
as Self
Black Liberation (1967)
as Narrator
A Man Called Adam (1966)
as Nelson Davis
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill (1965)
as Jason King (archival footage)
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill (1965)
as Jason King (archive footage)
The Hill (1965)
as Jacko King
Shock Treatment (1964)
as Capshaw
The Cardinal (1963)
as Father Gillis
Gone Are the Days! (1963)
as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
Hands of Inge (1962)
as Narrator (voice)
John Brown's Raid (1960)
as Dangerfield Newby
Fourteen Hours (1951)
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
No Way Out (1950)
as John Brooks (uncredited)
Haiti: Killing the Dream ()
as
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch (2024)
Writer
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
Thanks
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
Writer
Purlie (1981)
Musical
Countdown at Kusini (1976)
Director
Countdown at Kusini (1976)
Screenplay
Gordon's War (1973)
Director
Black Girl (1972)
Director
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Director
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Screenplay
Kongi's Harvest (1970)
Director
Gone Are the Days! (1963)
Writer