Ossie Davis
Born: 1917-12-18
• Cogdell, Georgia, USA
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.
Filmography
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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The Peace!
Deacons for Defense
The History Makers: Success
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Unstoppable
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
She Hate Me
Proud
Baadasssss!
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
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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
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
The Secret Path
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
A Vow to Cherish
Doctor Dolittle
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
12 Angry Men
4 Little Girls
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Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers
Miss Evers' Boys
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
I'm Not Rappaport
Get on the Bus
The Android Affair
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
The Client
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
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Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
Grumpy Old Men
Cop & ½
Goin' Back to T-Town
The Ernest Green Story
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Lincoln
Malcolm X
The Real Malcolm X
Gladiator
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Jungle Fever
Joe Versus the Volcano
The Red Shoes
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Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Do the Right Thing
School Daze
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Avenging Angel
Tyler Texas Black Film Collection
Harry & Son
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Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
The House of God
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Death of a Prophet
All God's Children
Freedom Road
Hot Stuff
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Freedom Man
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
Sam Whiskey
Teacher, Teacher
The Fall
The Scalphunters
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
The Outsider
Black Liberation
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Now is the Time
A Man Called Adam
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The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
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The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
The Hill
Shock Treatment
The Cardinal
Gone Are the Days!
Hands of Inge
John Brown's Raid
Fourteen Hours