Ossie Davis
Known for: Acting
Born: December 18, 1917
Died: February 4, 2005
Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. He may be best known for his roles in Spike Lee-directed films such as School Daze (1988) and Do the Right Thing (1989). Other films Davis acted in include 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), and Bubba Ho-Tep (2002). He was married…
Known for
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
2001
Goin' Back to T-Town
1993
Finding Buck McHenry
2000
The Red Shoes
1990
The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars
2003
Gone Are the Days!
1963
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
1994
Unstoppable
2005
Tyler Texas Black Film Collection
1985
Freedom Man
1979
Black Liberation
1967
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
1999
The Sheriff
1971
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers
1997
The History Makers: Success
2005
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Proud
2004
Love in Exile
2026
Do the Right Thing
1989
Doctor Dolittle
1998
12 Angry Men
1997
Bubba Ho-tep
2002
I'm Not Rappaport
1996
The Secret Path
1999
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
A Man Called Adam
1966
Teacher, Teacher
1969
Countdown at Kusini
1976
Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
1984
Slaves
1969
Malcolm X
1972
The Ernest Green Story
1993
Night Gallery
1969
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997
Hands of Inge
1962
The Unfinished Journey
1999
Now is the Time
1967
Dinosaur
2000
The Tenth Level
1976
The Android Affair
1995
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
All God's Children
1980
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
A Vow to Cherish
1999
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
Haiti: Killing the Dream
Jungle Fever
1991
Sam Whiskey
1969
The Scalphunters
1968
Hot Stuff
1979
Here's to Life!
2000
John Brown's Raid
1960
The Soul Collector
1999
School Daze
1988
Deacons for Defense
2005
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
1965
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
The Hill
1965
Avenging Angel
1985
Feast of All Saints
2001
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
Death of a Prophet
1981
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994
Baadasssss!
2004
Let's Do It Again
1975
Harry & Son
1984
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
The Fall
1969
Freedom Road
1979
Gladiator
1992
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
The Legend of the Candy Cane
2001
She Hate Me
2004
Shock Treatment
1964
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
Grumpy Old Men
1993
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
The House of God
1984
The Peace!
2005
The Outsider
1967
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
1986
Kongi's Harvest
1970
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
The Client
1994
Cop & ½
1993
Wattstax
1973
Get on the Bus
1996
The Cardinal
1963
Fourteen Hours
1951
Lincoln
1992
The Real Malcolm X
1992
No Way Out
1950
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
4 Little Girls
1997
Third Watch
1999
Evening Shade
1990
The Great Adventure
1963
Touched by an Angel
1994
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The L Word
2004
JAG
1995
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Stand
1994
Run for Your Life
1965
The Fugitive
1963
Promised Land
1996
TV Revolution
2004
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
The Defenders
1961
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
The West
1996
The Client
1995
Thomas Jefferson
1997
B.L. Stryker
1989
Folk Britannia
2006
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Reading Rainbow
1983
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
1998
The Name of the Game
1968
King
1978
Baseball
1994
Bonanza
1959
American Masters
1986
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002
American Experience
1988
12 O'Clock High
1964
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Tony Awards
1956
Malcolm X
1992