Ossie Davis
Biography 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 to Ruby Dee, with wh
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Id 15531
Known For Acting
Known Credits 2
Gender Male
Birthday 1917-12-18
Place of Birth Cogdell, Georgia, USA
Also Known As Ozzie Davis Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis Raiford Chatman Davis Content Score
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Ossie Davis 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 to Ruby Dee, with whom he frequently per . . . . Read More moss
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage) 2005
Deacons for Defense as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory 2005
The History Makers: Success as Self 2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' as Self 2004
She Hate Me as Judge Buchanan 2004
Baadasssss! as Granddad 2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self 2003
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker as Self 2003
The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars as Narrator 2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Himself 2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives as 2002
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' as Self 2002
Bubba Ho-tep as John F. "Jack" Kennedy 2001
Feast of All Saints as Jean-Jacques 2001
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore as Narrator 2001
The Legend of the Candy Cane as Julius (voice) 2000
Here's to Life! as Duncan Cox 2000
Dinosaur as Yar (voice) 2000
Finding Buck McHenry as Buck McHenry 1999
The Unfinished Journey as Narrator (voice) 1999
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve as Caretaker 1999
The Soul Collector as Mordecai 1999
The Secret Path as Too Tall 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self 1999
A Vow to Cherish as Alexander Billman 1998
Doctor Dolittle as Archer Dolittle 1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self 1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Self 1997
12 Angry Men as Juror 2 1997
4 Little Girls as Self - Actor and Playwright 1997
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers as Narrator 1997
Miss Evers' Boys as Mr. Evers 1997
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough as Self 1996
I'm Not Rappaport as Midge Carter 1996
Get on the Bus as Jeremiah 1995
The Android Affair as Dr. Winston 1995
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Uncle Phil 1994
The Client as Harry Roosevelt 1994
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Uncle Phil 1994
Malcolm X: Make It Plain as Self 1994
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World as Narrator 1993
Grumpy Old Men as Chuck 1993
Cop & ½ as Detective in Squad Room 1993
Goin' Back to T-Town as Narrator 1993
The Ernest Green Story as Grandfather 1992
Lincoln as Frederick Douglas (voice) 1992
Malcolm X as Eulogy Performer (voice) 1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self 1991
Jungle Fever as Reverend Purify 1990
Joe Versus the Volcano as Marshall 1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Self 1989
Do the Right Thing as Da Mayor 1988
School Daze as Coach Odom 1986
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice) 1985
Avenging Angel as Capt. Harry Moradian 1985
Tyler Texas Black Film Collection as Himself 1984
Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood as Narrator 1984
The House of God as Dr. Sanders 1981
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige as Chuffy Russell 1980
All God's Children as Blaine Whitfield 1979
Freedom Road as Narrator 1979
Hot Stuff as Captain John Geiberger 1979
Freedom Man as Benjamin Banneker 1977
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid as Dr. Fredericks 1976
The Tenth Level as Reed 1976
Countdown at Kusini as Ernest Motapo 1975
Let's Do It Again as Elder Johnson 1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Narrator 1973
Wattstax as Self (uncredited) 1972
Malcolm X as Eulogy (voice) 1971
The Sheriff as James Lucas 1970
Kongi's Harvest as Narrator 1969
Night Gallery as Osmond Portifoy 1969
Sam Whiskey as Jed Hooker 1969
Teacher, Teacher as Charles Carter 1968
The Scalphunters as Joseph Lee 1968
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class as Narrator 1967
The Outsider as Lt. Wagner 1967
Black Liberation as Narrator 1966
A Man Called Adam as Nelson Davis 1965
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as Jason King (archive footage) 1965
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as Jason King (archival footage) 1964
Shock Treatment as Capshaw 1963
The Cardinal as Father Gillis 1963
Gone Are the Days! as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson 1962
Hands of Inge as Narrator (voice) 1960
John Brown's Raid as Dangerfield Newby 1951
Fourteen Hours as Cab Driver (uncredited) 1950
No Way Out as John Brooks (uncredited)
Haiti: Killing the Dream as
Coming Soon (3 episode) as Mr. Parker
Coming Soon (100 episode) as Ponder Blue
Coming Soon (1 episode) as John Ross
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Gabriel
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Ramon Borelle
Coming Soon (4 episode) as Melvin Porter
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Terrence Minnerly
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Charles Carter
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Judge Richard Farris
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Frankie Morton
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Lt. Johnny Gaines
Coming Soon (3 episode) as Parson Dick
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Nixie
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Officer Bond
Coming Soon (2 episode) as District Attorney
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Assistant District Attorney
Coming Soon (3 episode) as District Attorney Daniel Jackson
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (9 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (21 episode) as Judge Harry Roosevelt
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Narrator (voice)
Coming Soon (12 episode) as Oz Jackson
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self (archival footage)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as The Emperor Jones
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Narrator (voice)
Coming Soon (4 episode) as Himself - Narrator
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Kubani
Coming Soon (3 episode) as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Dave Corbett
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Sgt. Dave Corbett
Coming Soon (4 episode) as Erasmus Jones
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Erasmus Jones
Coming Soon 0 as Various (voice)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self / John R. Gills (voice)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Sam Davis
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Narrator
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Presenter
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Judge Richard Farris (credit only)
Coming Soon (7 episode) as (voice)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Harlem Resident
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Major Glenn Luke
Coming Soon (1 episode) as 'Dad' Jones 
