Ossie Davis
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1917-12-18
- Décès:
- 2005-02-04
- Lieu de naissance:
- Cogdell, Georgia, USA
Biographie
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.
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Filmographie
Love in Exile
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Folk Britannia
The Peace!
Légitime défense
The History Makers: Success
Unstoppable
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
She Hate Me
Proud
Baadasssss!
TV Revolution
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
The L Word
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Bubba Ho-tep
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
Les racines du destin
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
The Legend of the Candy Cane
Here's to Life!
Dinosaure
Finding Buck McHenry
The Unfinished Journey
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
L'Ange de l'Amour
New York 911
The Secret Path
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Un Voeu qu'il Faut Chérir
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
Docteur Dolittle
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Douze hommes en colère
4 Little Girls
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers
La Couleur du sang
Thomas Jefferson
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Les Complices De Central Park
Get on the Bus
Promised Land
The West
JAG
The Client
The Android Affair
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Les Anges du bonheur
Baseball
Le Client
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Le Fléau
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
Les Grincheux
Un Flic et demi
Goin' Back to T-Town
Alex Haley's Queen
The Ernest Green Story
Lincoln
Malcolm X
The Real Malcolm X
Haiti: Killing the Dream
Gladiator
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Jungle Fever
Evening Shade
Joe Contre le Volcan
The Red Shoes
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Do the Right Thing
Un Privé Nommé Stryker
American Experience
School Daze
American Masters
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Angel 2 : La vengeance de l'ange
Tyler Texas Black Film Collection
L'affrontement
Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
The House of God
Reading Rainbow
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Death of a Prophet
All God's Children
Les Routes de la Liberté
Hot Stuff
Racines : Les Nouvelles Générations
Freedom Man
The Kennedy Center Honors
King
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
The Tenth Level
Countdown at Kusini
Le coup à refaire
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Wattstax
Malcolm X
The Sheriff
Kongi's Harvest
Night Gallery
Esclaves
Hawaï police d'État
Sam Whiskey, le dur
Teacher, Teacher
The Fall
The Name of the Game
Les Chasseurs de scalps
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
The Outsider
Black Liberation
Now is the Time
A man called Adam
Sauve qui peut
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
La Colline des hommes perdus
12 O'Clock High
Shock Treatment
Le Cardinal
The Great Adventure
Le Fugitif
Gone Are the Days!
Hands of Inge
The Defenders
John Brown's Raid
Bonanza
Tony Awards
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Quatorze Heures
La porte s'ouvre
Kraft Television Theatre