Ossie Davis
Acting
- Born:
- 1917-12-18
- Died:
- 2005-02-04
- Place of birth:
- Cogdell, Georgia, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Love in Exile
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Folk Britannia
The Peace!
Deacons for Defense
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
Feast of All Saints
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
The Legend of the Candy Cane
Here's to Life!
Dinosaur
Finding Buck McHenry
The Unfinished Journey
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
The Soul Collector
Third Watch
The Secret Path
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
A Vow to Cherish
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
Doctor Dolittle
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
12 Angry Men
4 Little Girls
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers
Miss Evers' Boys
Thomas Jefferson
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
I'm Not Rappaport
Get on the Bus
Promised Land
The West
JAG
The Client
The Android Affair
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Touched by an Angel
Baseball
The Client
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
The Stand
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
Grumpy Old Men
Cop & ½
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 Versus the Volcano
The Red Shoes
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Do the Right Thing
B.L. Stryker
American Experience
School Daze
American Masters
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Avenging Angel
Tyler Texas Black Film Collection
Harry & Son
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
Freedom Road
Hot Stuff
Roots: The Next Generations
Freedom Man
The Kennedy Center Honors
King
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
The Tenth Level
Countdown at Kusini
Let's Do It Again
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Wattstax
Malcolm X
The Sheriff
Kongi's Harvest
Night Gallery
Slaves
Hawaii Five-O
Sam Whiskey
Teacher, Teacher
The Fall
The Name of the Game
The Scalphunters
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
The Outsider
Black Liberation
Now is the Time
A Man Called Adam
Run for Your Life
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
The Hill
12 O'Clock High
Shock Treatment
The Cardinal
The Great Adventure
The Fugitive
Gone Are the Days!
Hands of Inge
The Defenders
John Brown's Raid
Bonanza
Tony Awards
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Fourteen Hours
No Way Out
Kraft Television Theatre