Spencer Williams
Known for: Acting
Born: July 14, 1893
Died: December 13, 1969
Spencer Williams was an African American actor and filmmaker. He was best known for playing Andy in the Amos 'n Andy television show and for directing the 1941 race film The Blood of Jesus. Williams was a pioneer African-American film producer and director.
Known for
Go Down Death
1944
Juke Joint
1947
Rhapsody of Negro Life
1949
The Widow's Bite
1929
Hot Biskits
1931
Of One Blood
1944
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
1942
The Blood of Jesus
1941
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
1947
Girl in Room 20
1946
Brown Gravy
1929
Beale Street Mama
1946
The Negro Sailor
1945
Melancholy Dame
1929
Georgia Rose
1930
Bad Boy
1939
The Framing of the Shrew
1929
The Bronze Buckaroo
1939
Harlem Rides the Range
1939
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
1938
Harlem on the Prairie
1937
Son of Ingagi
1940
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983
The Lady Fare
1929
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Amos 'n' Andy
1951
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975