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 whom he frequently performed, from 1948 until his death.
Movies (90)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Deacons for Defense
2005
The History Makers: Success
2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
She Hate Me
2004
Proud
2004
Baadasssss!
2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002
Bubba Ho-tep
2002
Feast of All Saints
2001
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
2001
The Legend of the Candy Cane
2001
Here's to Life!
2000
Dinosaur
2000
Finding Buck McHenry
2000
The Unfinished Journey
1999
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
1999
The Soul Collector
1999
The Secret Path
1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
A Vow to Cherish
1999
Doctor Dolittle
1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
12 Angry Men
1997
4 Little Girls
1997
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997
I'm Not Rappaport
1996
Get on the Bus
1996
The Android Affair
1995
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
The Client
1994
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
Grumpy Old Men
1993
Cop & ½
1993
Goin' Back to T-Town
1993
The Ernest Green Story
1993
Malcolm X
1992
The Real Malcolm X
1992
Gladiator
1992
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Jungle Fever
1991
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
The Red Shoes
1990
Do the Right Thing
1989
School Daze
1988
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
1986
Avenging Angel
1985
Tyler Texas Black Film Collection
1985
Harry & Son
1984
The House of God
1984
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
Death of a Prophet
1981
All God's Children
1980
Freedom Road
1979
Hot Stuff
1979
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
The Tenth Level
1976
Countdown at Kusini
1976
Let's Do It Again
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Wattstax
1973
Malcolm X
1972
The Sheriff
1971
Kongi's Harvest
1970
Night Gallery
1969
Slaves
1969
Sam Whiskey
1969
Teacher, Teacher
1969
The Fall
1969
The Scalphunters
1968
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968
The Outsider
1967
Black Liberation
1967
A Man Called Adam
1966
The Hill
1965
Shock Treatment
1964
The Cardinal
1963
Gone Are the Days!
1963
Hands of Inge
1962
John Brown's Raid
1960
Fourteen Hours
1951
No Way Out
1950
Haiti: Killing the Dream
TV Shows (42)
The L Word
2004
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002
Third Watch
1999
Thomas Jefferson
1997
Promised Land
1996
Promised Land
1996
The West
1996
The West
1996
JAG
1995
The Client
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
Touched by an Angel
1994
Baseball
1994
Baseball
1994
The Stand
1994
The Stand
1994
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
Evening Shade
1990
B.L. Stryker
1989
American Experience
1988
American Masters
1986
Reading Rainbow
1983
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
King
1978
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The Name of the Game
1968
Run for Your Life
1965
Run for Your Life
1965
Run for Your Life
1965
12 O'Clock High
1964
The Great Adventure
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Defenders
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Defenders
1961
Bonanza
1959
Tony Awards
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Kraft Television Theatre
1947