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Ossie Davis (1917–2005)

Actor | Director | Writer

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Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch). See more trivia »

Born:

Raiford Chatman Davis
in Cogdell, Georgia, USA

Died:

(age 87) in Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Ossie Davis stars as Buck McHenry Still of Ossie Davis in Bubba Ho-Tep Ossie Davis and Mario Van Peebles in Baadasssss! Still of Ossie Davis and James Marshall in Gladiator Still of Walter Matthau and Ossie Davis in I'm Not Rappaport Still of Ossie Davis in Joe Versus the Volcano
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2004-2005 The L Word (TV series)
Melvin Porter
– L'Chaim (2005) … Melvin Porter
– Loud & Proud (2005) … Melvin Porter
– Land Ahoy (2005) … Melvin Porter
– Lawfully (2004) … Melvin Porter
 
2004 Proud
Lorenzo DuFau
 
2004 She Hate Me
Judge Buchanan
 
2003 JAG (TV series)
Terrence Minnerly
– Close Quarters (2003) … Terrence Minnerly
 
2003 Baadasssss!
Granddad
 
2003 Deacons for Defense (TV movie)
Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
 
1996-2002 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Erasmus Jones / Gabriel
– Remembering Me: Part 2 (2002) … Gabriel
– The Christmas Gift (1999) … Gabriel
– Vengeance Is Mine: Part 1 (1998) … Erasmus Jones
– The Homecoming: Part 1 (1996) … Erasmus Jones
– Promised Land (1996) … Erasmus Jones
 
2002 Presidio Med (TV series)
Otis Clayton
– This Baby's Gonna Fly (2002) … Otis Clayton
 
2002 Bubba Ho-Tep
Jack
 
2002 Philly (TV series)
Gilbert Willoughby
– The Curse of the Klopman Diamonds (2002) … Gilbert Willoughby
 
2001 Feast of All Saints (TV movie)
Jean-Jacques
 
2001 Legend of the Candy Cane (TV movie)
Julius (voice)
 
2000 Here's to Life!
Duncan Cox
 
2000 Dinosaur
Yar (voice)
 
2000 Finding Buck McHenry (TV movie)
Buck McHenry
 
1999-2000 Third Watch (TV series)
Mr. Parker
– Men (2000) … Mr. Parker
– Journey to the Himalayas (2000) … Mr. Parker
– Modern Designs for Better Living (1999) … Mr. Parker
 
2000 City of Angels (TV series)
Henry, King of England / Henry Charles
– To Halve or Halve Not (2000) … Henry, King of England/Henry Charles
– When Worlds Colitis (2000) … Henry, King of England
 
2000 J.C. Leyendecker: The Great American Illustrator (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1999 The Soul Collector (TV movie)
Mordecai
 
1999 The Secret Path (TV movie)
Too Tall
 
1999 Cosby (TV series)
Fred
– Ol' Betsy (1999) … Fred
 
1999 The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (TV movie)
The Caretaker
 
1999 A Vow to Cherish (TV movie)
Alexander Billman
 
1996-1998 Promised Land (TV series)
Erasmus Jones
– Baptism of Fire (1998) … Erasmus Jones
– A Hand Up Is Not a Hand Out: Part 2 (1998) … Erasmus Jones
– A Hand Up Is Not a Hand Out: Part 1 (1998) … Erasmus Jones
– Designated Driver (1998) … Erasmus Jones
– Stealing Home: Part 2 (1997) … Erasmus Jones
See all 6 episodes »
 
1998 Doctor Dolittle
Archer Dolittle
 
1998 Alyson's Closet (short)
Postman Extraordinaire
 
1997 12 Angry Men (TV movie)
Juror #2
 
1997 Miss Evers' Boys (TV movie)
Mr. Evers
 
1997 The Protector (TV series)
 
1997 Thomas Jefferson (TV mini-series)
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 I'm Not Rappaport
Midge Carter
 
1996 Get on the Bus
Jeremiah
 
1995-1996 The Client (TV series)
Judge Harry Roosevelt
– The High Ground (1996) … Judge Harry Roosevelt
– The Morning After (1996) … Judge Harry Roosevelt
– Motherless Child (1996) (credit only)
– The Way Things Never Were (1995) (credit only)
– Happily Ever After (1995) … Judge Harry Roosevelt
See all 14 episodes »
 
1996 Home of the Brave (TV movie)
Erasmus Jones
 
1996 Ripper (Video Game)
Ben Dodds
 
1995 The Android Affair (TV movie)
Dr. Winston
 
1995 Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (TV movie)
Uncle Phil
 
1994 The Great Battles of the Civil War (TV mini-series documentary)
W. H. Carney
 
1994 The Client
Harry Roosevelt
 
1990-1994 Evening Shade (TV series)
Ponder Blue
– I Left My Ring in Evening Shade (1994) … Ponder Blue
– The Odder Couple (1994) … Ponder Blue
– Mama Knows Best (1994) … Ponder Blue
– Wood Climbs to New Heights (1994) … Ponder Blue
– Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood? (1994) … Ponder Blue
See all 97 episodes »
 
1994 Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (TV movie)
Uncle Phil
 
1994 The Stand (TV mini-series)
Judge Richard Farris
– The Stand (1994) … Judge Richard Farris
– The Betrayal (1994) … Judge Richard Farris
– The Dreams (1994) … Judge Richard Farris
 
1993 Grumpy Old Men
Chuck
 
1993 Cop and ½
Detective in Squad Room (uncredited)
 
1993 Queen (TV mini-series)
Parson Dick
 
1993 The Ernest Green Story (TV movie)
Grandfather
 
1992 Lincoln (TV movie)
Frederick Douglas (voice)
 
1992 Malcolm X
Eulogy Performer (voice)
 
1992 Gladiator
Noah
 
1991 Jungle Fever
The Good Reverend Doctor Purify
 
1990 We'll Take Manhattan (TV movie)
Man in Subway
 
1989-1990 B.L. Stryker (TV series)
Oz / Oz Jackson
– Night Train (1990) … Oz Jackson
– Plates (1990) … Oz Jackson
– High Rise (1990) … Oz Jackson
– Grand Theft Hotel (1990) … Oz Jackson
– Winner Takes All (1990) … Oz Jackson
See all 12 episodes »
 
1990 Joe Versus the Volcano
Marshall
 
1990 The Red Shoes (TV short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1989 Do the Right Thing
Da Mayor
 
1988 School Daze
Coach Odom
 
1985 Avenging Angel
Captain Harry Moradian
 
1984 Harry & Son
Raymond
 
1984 The House of God
Dr. Sanders
 
1981 Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (TV movie)
Chuffy Russell
 
1980 Ossie and Ruby! (TV series)
Co-host (1980-81)
 
1980 All God's Children (TV movie)
Blaine Whitfield
 
1979 Freedom Road (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1979 Hot Stuff
Captain John Geiberger
 
1979 Roots: The Next Generations (TV mini-series)
Dad Jones
– Episode #1.3 (1979) … Dad Jones
 
1978 King (TV mini-series)
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
– Episode #1.3 (1978) … Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
– Episode #1.2 (1978) … Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
– Episode #1.1 (1978) … Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
 
1977 NBC Special Treat (TV series)
Mr. Eolin
– A Piece of Cake (1977) … Mr. Eolin
 
1977 Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (TV movie)
Dr. Fredericks
 
1976 The Tenth Level (TV movie)
Reed
 
1976 Cool Red
Ernest Motapo
 
1975 Let's Do It Again
Elder Johnson
 
1974 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Ramon Borelle
– Hara-Kiri: Murder (1974) … Ramon Borelle
 
1973 The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (TV series)
– Today Is Ours
 
1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
(segment "Love and High Spirits")
– Love and the Games People Play/Love and High Spirits/Love and the Memento/Love and the Single Husband/Love and the Stutter (1973) … (segment "Love and High Spirits")
 
1971 The Sheriff (TV movie)
James Lucas
 
1969 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Osmund Portifoy
– Night Gallery (1969) … Osmund Portifoy
 
1969 Slaves
Luke
 
1969 Sam Whiskey
Jed Hooker
 
1969 Bonanza (TV series)
Sam Davis
– The Wish (1969) … Sam Davis
 
1969 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Kubani
– The Third Choice (1969) … Kubani
 
1969 Teacher, Teacher (TV movie)
Charles Carter
 
1968 The Scalphunters
Joseph Lee
 
1968 N.Y.P.D. (TV series)
Dempsey
– Nothing Is Real But the Dead: Part 2 (1968) … Dempsey
 
1967 The Outsider (TV movie)
Lt. Wagner
 
1966-1967 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Dave Corbett / Frankie Morton / Sgt. Dave Corbett
– A Rage for Justice: Part 2 (1967) … Sgt. Dave Corbett
– Flight from Tirana: Part 1 (1967) … Dave Corbett
– A Game of Violence (1966) … Frankie Morton
 
1966 12 O'Clock High (TV series)
Major Glenn Luke
– Graveyard (1966) … Major Glenn Luke
 
1966 The Fugitive (TV series)
Johnny Gaines
– Death Is the Door Prize (1966) … Johnny Gaines
 
1966 A Man Called Adam
Nelson Davis
 
1965 Slattery's People (TV series)
Jack Phillips
– What Can You Do with a Wounded Tiger? (1965) … Jack Phillips
 
1965 The Hill
Jacko King
 
1961-1965 The Defenders (TV series)
District Attorney Daniel Jackson / District Attorney / Assistant District Attorney / …
– The Sworn Twelve (1965) … District Attorney Daniel Jackson
– Nobody Asks What Side You're On (1965) … District Attorney Daniel Jackson
– Fires of the Mind (1965) … District Attorney Daniel Jackson
– Turning Point (1964) … Assistant District Attorney
– Mind Over Murder (1964) … District Attorney
See all 8 episodes »
 
1964 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
Dr. Farmer
– The Family Resemblance (1964) … Dr. Farmer
 
1964 Shock Treatment
Capshaw
 
1963 The Cardinal
Father Gillis
 
1963 The Great Adventure (TV series)
John Ross
– Go Down, Moses (1963) … John Ross
 
1963 Gone Are the Days!
Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
 
1962-1963 Car 54, Where Are You? (TV series)
Officer Omar Anderson / Officer Omar
– Here Comes Charlie (1963) … Officer Omar Anderson
– The Star Boarder (1963) … Officer Omar Anderson
– The Presidential Itch (1963) … Officer Omar Anderson
– Benny the Bookie's Last Chance (1963) … Officer Omar Anderson
– Stop Thief (1962) … Officer Omar Anderson
See all 7 episodes »
 
1962 Seven Times Monday (TV movie)
Will
 
1960-1961 Play of the Week (TV series)
Will
– Black Monday (1961)
– Seven Times Monday (1960) … Will
 
1960 John Brown's Raid (TV movie)
Dangerfield Newby
 
1960 CBS Repertoire Workshop (TV series)
– Brown Girl, Brownstones (1960)
 
1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– John Brown's Raid (1960)
 
1955 The Emperor Jones (TV movie)
Brutus Jones
 
1955 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
The Emperor Jones
– The Emperor Jones (1955) … The Emperor Jones
 
1953 The Joe Louis Story
Bob (uncredited)
 
1951 Fourteen Hours
Cab Driver (uncredited)
 
1950 No Way Out
John Brooks (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (6 titles)
1987 Crown Dick (TV movie)
 
1976 Cool Red
 
1973 Gordon's War
 
1972 Black Girl
 
1970 Kongi's Harvest
 
1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
1983 American Playhouse (TV series)
– For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983)
 
1981 Purlie (TV movie) (play "Purlie Victorious")
 
1976 Cool Red
 
1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem
 
1963 East Side/West Side (TV series)
– I Before E Except After C (1963) (story / written by)
 
1963 Gone Are the Days! (play "Purlie Victorious" / screenplay)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2001 We Shall Not Be Moved (TV documentary) (narrator)
 
1992 Malcolm X (writer: eulogy)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1991 Hands Upon the Heart (producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem (lyrics: "Ain't Now, But it's Gona Be")
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2013 Independent Lens (TV series documentary) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights (2013) (in memory of)
 
2007 Three Days to Vegas (in memory of: 1917-2005)
 
2004 Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (documentary) (special thanks)
 
1998 Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (90 titles)
2010 For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (TV documentary) (voice)
 
2005 The Peace! DVD (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Character Studies (TV series)
Himself
– Ruth (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The History Makers (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Struggle (video)
Himself
 
2005 Making of 'King' (video documentary short)
 
2005 The Civil Rights Movement (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho (documentary)
 
2004 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
2004 Emmy's Greatest Moments (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Making of 'Bubba Ho-tep' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 A Wealth of Wisdom (TV series)
Himself - Panelist
 
2004 Book TV (TV series)
Himself - Panelist
– A Wealth of Wisdom (2004) … Himself - Panelist
 
2004 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
Himself / Narrator
– Why Can't We Be a Family Again?/Downpour Resurfacing (2004) … Himself/Narrator
 
2003 Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 2003 Trumpet Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 XXI Century (TV series documentary)
Himself - Actor
– War, Peace, and Patriotism (2003) … Himself - Actor
 
2003 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (documentary)
Reader
 
2002 That's Black Entertainment: Westerns (TV documentary)
Interviewee
 
2002 An Evening with Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee (TV movie)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2002 Hughes' Dream Harlem (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2002 Why Can't We Be a Family Again? (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 School's Out: Self-taught Artists (documentary short)
Bill Traylor
 
2002 The Tuskegee Airmen (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2002 Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Last Poets (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
 
2001 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2001 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Rosa Parks (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2001 Voice of the Voiceless (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Gospel According to Mr. Allen (documentary)
Narrator
 
2000 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of Spike Lee (2000) … Himself
 
1999 The Unfinished Journey (documentary short)
Narration (voice)
 
1999 Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1999 30th NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1996-1999 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself / Narrator
– Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) … Himself/Narrator (voice)
– Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice (1996) … Himself
 
1998-1999 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 23 February 1999 (1999) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 24 November 1998 (1998) … Himself - Guest
 
1999 The Century: America's Time (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– 1920-1929: Boom to Bust (1999) … Himself
– 1929-1936: Stormy Weather (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Great Books (TV series)
Himself
– The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1999) … Himself
 
1998 NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 4 Little Girls (documentary)
Himself - Actor and Playwright
 
1997 Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers (video documentary)
Narrator
 
1997 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 January 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1997 The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 The West (TV series documentary)
– Fight No More Forever (1996) (voice)
– The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1996) (voice)
 
1995 Dramatic Moments in Black Sports History (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 VH1 Legends (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
1994 Reading Rainbow (TV series)
Himself
– Summer (1994) … Himself (voice)
 
1994 Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1994 Baseball (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– The Capital of Baseball (1994) … Himself
– The National Pastime (1994) … Himself (voice)
– Shadow Ball (1994) … Himself (voice)
– A National Heirloom (1994) … Himself (voice)
– The Faith of Fifty Million People (1994) … Himself (voice)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1994 The 48th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1994 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Himself - Harlem Resident
– Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994) … Himself - Harlem Resident (also archive footage)
 
1994 26th NAACP Image Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993 The Great Depression (TV series documentary)
Himself
– To Be Somebody (1993) … Himself
 
1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1991 Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love (video documentary)
 
1990 22nd NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1989 Making 'Do the Right Thing' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 July 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1988 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 October 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1984 A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 April 1984 (1984) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 April 1984 (1984) … Himself
 
1984 A Celebration of Life: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. (TV special documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1981 Death of a Prophet (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978 Tony Brown's Journal (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 May 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1977 Black Journal (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 February 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1975 Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1973 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 9 August 1973 (1973) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1973 Wattstax (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1972 Malcolm X (documentary)
Eulogy (voice) (also archive footage)
 
1969-1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 June 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 November 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1970 He Said, She Said (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 June 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 May 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.45 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The Fall (documentary)
Himself
 
1968 Look Up and Live (TV series)
Himself
– Continuity of Despair (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 January 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1964 Freedom Spectacular (TV movie)
Himself
 
1963 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 16 December 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 4 November 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1962 The 16th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2010 Democracy Now! (TV series)
 
2006 Segregating the Greatest Generation (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Black Movie Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2005 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2005 The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself (In Memoriam)
 
2005 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Memorial Tribute
 
2005 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (video documentary)
 
1992 The Real Malcolm X (TV documentary)
Himself - Delivers Eulogy (uncredited)
 
1986 Sesame Street: Bedtime Stories and Songs (video short)
Narrator (segment "Anansi Tale") (voice) (as Ozzie Davis)
 
1965 The Sun... the Sand... the Hill. (documentary short)
Jacko King
 

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Also a notable writer, having written such works as "Purlie Victorious" and "Just Like Martin", as well as several books with his wife, Ruby Dee. See more »

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2 Biographical Movies  | 1 Print Biography  | 17 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Ozzie Davis

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Trivia:

Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch). See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius