Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ossie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Movies
- Do the Right Thing
1989
- Doctor Dolittle
1998
- Jungle Fever
1991
- Dinosaur
2000
- Neighborhoods: The Hidd...
2001
- Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
- Goin' Back to T-Town
1993
- Grumpy Old Men
1993
- The Hill
1965
- Sam Whiskey
1969
- The Scalphunters
1968
- 12 Angry Men
1997
- Bubba Ho-tep
2002
- Baadasssss!
2004
- Let's Do It Again
1975
- I'm Not Rappaport
1996
- Avenging Angel
1985
- Get on the Bus
1996
- The Secret Path
1999
- Harry & Son
1984
- Feast of All Saints
2001
- The House of God
1984
- Hot Stuff
1979
- Finding Buck McHenry
2000
- Malcolm X
1992
- Here's to Life!
2000
- The Peace!
2005
- Miss Evers' Boys
1997
- John Brown's Raid
1960
- The Evolution of an Ame...
2003
- The Red Shoes
1990
- Billy: Portrait of a St...
1977
- A Man Called Adam
1966
- The Tuskegee Airmen: Th...
2003
- Teacher, Teacher
1969
- Gone Are the Days!
1963
- The Tenth Level
1976
- Still A Brother: Inside...
1968
- The Soul Collector
1999
- The Cardinal
1963
- Arthur Ashe: Citizen of...
1994
- By Any Means Necessary:...
2005
- Unstoppable
2005
- School Daze
1988
- The Android Affair
1995
- Countdown at Kusini
1976
- Deacons for Defense
2005
- Louis Armstrong's Black...
2022
- Marcus Garvey: Toward B...
1984
- Slaves
1969
- Fourteen Hours
1951
- No Way Out
1950
- Scandalize My Name: Sto...
1998
- The Outsider
1967
- 4 Little Girls
1997
- Malcolm X
1972
- The Fall
1969
- The Sun... the Sand... ...
1965
- The Sun... the Sand... ...
1965
- Making 'Do the Right Th...
1989
- Tyler Texas Black Film ...
1985
- All God's Children
1980
- Freedom Road
1979
- Freedom Man
1979
- Beah: A Black Woman Spe...
2004
- The Ernest Green Story
1993
- Gladiator
1992
- Black Liberation
1967
- Nat Turner: A Troubleso...
2003
- Trans-Siberian Orchestr...
1999
- Unchained Memories: Rea...
2003
- A Vow to Cherish
1999
- Night Gallery
1969
- The Sheriff
1971
- Death of a Prophet
1981
- Theater Talk: 'A Raisin...
2002
- The Client
1994
- Jackie Robinson: Breaki...
1997
- Preminger: Anatomy of a...
1991
- The History Makers: Suc...
2005
- Don't Look Back: The St...
1981
- Black Shadows on a Silv...
1975
- Proud
2004
- Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
- The Legend of the Candy...
2001
- Walter Matthau: Diamond...
1997
- Sesame Street: Sleepyti...
1986
- Hands of Inge
1962
- She Hate Me
2004
- Kongi's Harvest
1970
- Shock Treatment
1964
- The Unfinished Journey
1999
- Paul Robeson: Here I St...
1999
- Ray Alexander: A Menu f...
1995
- Ray Alexander: A Taste ...
1994
- Cop & ½
1993
- Lincoln
1992
- Small Steps, Big Stride...
1998
- Wattstax
1973
- The Stand
1994
- Haití: Killing the Dream
TV Shows
- 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
- Roots: The Next Generat...
1979
- TV Revolution
2004
- Alex Haley's Queen
1993
- The Defenders
1961
- The Defenders
1961
- The Defenders
1961
- The Defenders
1961
- The Defenders
1961
- The Kennedy Center Hono...
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...
1998
- The Name of the Game
1968
- King
1978
- Run for Your Life
1965
- Run for Your Life
1965
- Touched by an Angel
1994
- Promised Land
1996
- Baseball
1994
- The West
1996
- Bonanza
1959
- American Masters
1986
- Christianity: The First...
2002
- Tony Awards
1956
- The Stand
1994
- Baseball
1994
- American Experience
1988
- 12 O'Clock High
1964