MOVIZZ

Ossie Davis1917 - 2005 (88)

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Actor

Popularity

0.6

Famous

Biography

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.

Credits

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

6.6(24)

The Peace!

2005

Documentary

as Self

5(1)

0.4

Deacons for Defense

2005

Drama • TV Movie

as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

6.2(9)

0.9

The History Makers: Success

2005

Documentary

as Self

0.3

Unstoppable

2005

Documentary

as Self

0.3

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

2005

Documentary

as Self

5(1)

1.2

She Hate Me

2004

Comedy • Drama

as Judge Buchanan

5.2(114)

1.9

Proud

2004

Drama

as Lorenzo DuFau

4.4(9)

0.4

Baadasssss!

2004

Drama

as Granddad

6.5(53)

1.1

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

2004

Documentary

as Self

0.3

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

2003

Documentary

as Self

7.3(3)

1.2

The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars

2003

Documentary

as Narrator

0.3

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

2003

Documentary

as Himself

6.1(11)

0.7

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003

Documentary • History

4.8(7)

0.8

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

2002

Documentary

as Self

0.2

Bubba Ho-tep

2002

Comedy • Fantasy • Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as John F. "Jack" Kennedy

6.5(645)

1.7

Feast of All Saints

2001

Drama • Romance

as Jean-Jacques

4.7(10)

1.4

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore

2001

Documentary

as Narrator

0.3

The Legend of the Candy Cane

2001

Animation • Comedy • TV Movie

as Julius (voice)

0.4

Here's to Life!

2000

as Duncan Cox

0.8

Dinosaur

2000

Adventure • Animation • Family

as Yar (voice)

6.5(2,628)

5.4

Finding Buck McHenry

2000

Drama • Family

as Buck McHenry

0.5

The Unfinished Journey

1999

Documentary • History

as Narrator (voice)

6(2)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

1999

Fantasy • Music • TV Movie

as Caretaker

9(5)

0.7

The Soul Collector

1999

Drama • Fantasy • Romance • TV Movie

as Mordecai

7.2(10)

0.9

The Secret Path

1999

Drama • TV Movie

as Too Tall

7.6(19)

5.1

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

1999

Documentary

as Self

0.9

A Vow to Cherish

1999

TV Movie

as Alexander Billman

6.2(5)

1.1

Doctor Dolittle

1998

Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as Archer Dolittle

5.7(3,140)

3.7

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

1998

Documentary

as Self

0.3

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998

Documentary • History

as Self

7.7(3)

1.8

12 Angry Men

1997

Drama • TV Movie

as Juror 2

7.7(403)

2.6

4 Little Girls

1997

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self - Actor and Playwright

7.2(47)

0.8

Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers

1997

as Narrator

10(1)

0.2

Miss Evers' Boys

1997

Drama • History • TV Movie

as Mr. Evers

6.3(20)

1.1

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

1997

Documentary

as Self

6.5(2)

0.8

I'm Not Rappaport

1996

Comedy

as Midge Carter

5.6(31)

1.3

Get on the Bus

1996

Adventure • Drama

as Jeremiah

6.4(69)

1.4

The Android Affair

1995

Science Fiction

as Dr. Winston

5(7)

0.9

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

1995

Mystery • TV Movie

as Uncle Phil

0.9

The Client

1994

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Harry Roosevelt

6.7(1,206)

3.5

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

1994

Mystery • TV Movie

as Uncle Phil

0.6

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

1994

Documentary • History

as Self

10(1)

Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World

1994

as Narrator

0.4

Grumpy Old Men

1993

Comedy • Romance

as Chuck

6.7(701)

2.2

Cop & ½

1993

Action • Comedy • Family

as Detective in Squad Room

4.5(150)

0.7

Goin' Back to T-Town

1993

Documentary • History

as Narrator

0.2

The Ernest Green Story

1993

Drama • TV Movie

as Grandfather

6.9(6)

0.9

Lincoln

1992

Documentary

as Frederick Douglas (voice)

6.8(5)

1.2

Malcolm X

1992

Drama • History

as Eulogy Performer (voice)

7.5(1,762)

Gladiator

1992

Action • Drama

as Noah

7.6(374)

2.1

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

Documentary

as Self

7.7(6)

1.3

Jungle Fever

1991

Drama • Romance

as Reverend Purify

6.4(299)

1.9

Joe Versus the Volcano

1990

Comedy • Romance

as Marshall

5.8(546)

2.2

The Red Shoes

1990

Animation

0.2

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

1989

Documentary

as Self

6.7(7)

Do the Right Thing

1989

Drama

as Da Mayor

7.8(1,871)

2.7

School Daze

1988

Comedy • Drama • Music

as Coach Odom

5.7(106)

1.3

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

1986

Family

as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

0.7

Avenging Angel

1985

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Capt. Harry Moradian

5(51)

0.8

Tyler Texas Black Film Collection

1985

as Himself

7(1)

0.2

Harry & Son

1984

Drama

as Raymond

5.8(65)

1.9

Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood

1984

Documentary

as Narrator

0.2

The House of God

1984

Comedy • Drama

as Dr. Sanders

2.7(3)

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

1981

Drama • TV Movie

as Chuffy Russell

6(4)

0.4

Death of a Prophet

1981

Drama

4.1(12)

1.4

All God's Children

1980

Drama • TV Movie

as Blaine Whitfield

4(1)

1.8

Freedom Road

1979

Drama

as Narrator

4.8(6)

Hot Stuff

1979

Comedy

as Captain John Geiberger

7(16)

0.9

Freedom Man

1979

Drama • Family

as Benjamin Banneker

0.3

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

1977

Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Fredericks

1.2

The Tenth Level

1976

Drama • TV Movie

as Reed

5.1(6)

1.2

Countdown at Kusini

1976

Drama

as Ernest Motapo

0.7

Let's Do It Again

1975

Comedy • Crime

as Elder Johnson

6.9(22)

1.7

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975

Documentary

as Narrator

0.9

Wattstax

1973

Documentary • Music

as Self (uncredited)

7(17)

0.7

Malcolm X

1972

Documentary

as Eulogy (voice)

6.5(13)

The Sheriff

1971

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as James Lucas

6(5)

0.3

Kongi's Harvest

1970

Drama

as Narrator

6(1)

0.7

Night Gallery

1969

Horror • TV Movie • Thriller

as Osmond Portifoy

7.1(18)

Slaves

1969

Drama

as Luke

5.7(6)

0.9

Sam Whiskey

1969

Comedy • Western

as Jed Hooker

5.6(27)

1.6

Teacher, Teacher

1969

Drama • TV Movie

as Charles Carter

0.6

The Fall

1969

Documentary

7(4)

0.4

The Scalphunters

1968

Comedy • Western

as Joseph Lee

6.4(110)

1.8

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

1968

Documentary

as Narrator

0.3

The Outsider

1967

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Lt. Wagner

6(1)

0.7

Black Liberation

1967

Documentary

as Narrator

0.6

A Man Called Adam

1966

Drama • Music

as Nelson Davis

6(13)

1.9

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

1965

Documentary

as Jason King (archival footage)

1(1)

0.3

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

1965

Documentary

as Jason King (archive footage)

1(1)

0.3

The Hill

1965

Drama • War

as Jacko King

7.5(234)

1.4

Shock Treatment

1964

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Capshaw

6.7(7)

0.4

The Cardinal

1963

Drama • History • War

as Father Gillis

6.5(42)

1.4

Gone Are the Days!

1963

Drama

as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

6.7(3)

0.5

Hands of Inge

1962

Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

0.1

John Brown's Raid

1960

Drama • TV Movie

as Dangerfield Newby

0.6

Fourteen Hours

1951

Drama • Thriller

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

7.2(45)

0.9

No Way Out

1950

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as John Brooks (uncredited)

6.9(98)

1.4

Haiti: Killing the Dream

Documentary

0.1