Ossie Davis Movies

Biography

Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ossie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

Do the Right Thing

1989

As Da Mayor

Jungle Fever

1991

As Reverend Purify

Joe Versus the Volcano

1990

As Marshall

Doctor Dolittle

1998

As Archer Dolittle

Grumpy Old Men

1993

As Chuck

The Hill

1965

As Jacko King

Sam Whiskey

1969

As Jed Hooker

The Scalphunters

1968

As Joseph Lee

12 Angry Men

1997

As Juror 2

Bubba Ho-tep

2002

As John F. "Jack" Kennedy

Baadasssss!

2004

As Granddad

Let's Do It Again

1975

As Elder Johnson

I'm Not Rappaport

1996

As Midge Carter

Avenging Angel

1985

As Capt. Harry Moradian

Get on the Bus

1996

As Jeremiah

The Secret Path

1999

As Too Tall

Harry & Son

1984

As Raymond

Feast of All Saints

2001

As Jean-Jacques

The House of God

1984

As Dr. Sanders

Hot Stuff

1979

As Captain John Geiberger

Finding Buck McHenry

2000

As Buck McHenry

The Peace!

2005

As Self

Miss Evers' Boys

1997

As Mr. Evers

The Red Shoes

1990

As

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

1977

As Dr. Fredericks

A Man Called Adam

1966

As Nelson Davis

Teacher, Teacher

1969

As Charles Carter

Gone Are the Days!

1963

As Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

The Tenth Level

1976

As Reed

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

1968

As Narrator

The Soul Collector

1999

As Mordecai

The Cardinal

1963

As Father Gillis

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

2005

As Self

School Daze

1988

As Coach Odom

The Android Affair

1995

As Dr. Winston

Countdown at Kusini

1976

As Ernest Motapo

Deacons for Defense

2003

As Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

Slaves

1969

As Luke

Fourteen Hours

1951

As Cab Driver (uncredited)

No Way Out

1950

As John Brooks (uncredited)

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998

As Self

The Outsider

1967

As Lt. Wagner

4 Little Girls

1997

As Self - Actor and Playwright

Malcolm X

1972

As Eulogy (voice)

The Fall

1969

As

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

1965

As Jason King (archival footage)

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

1965

As Jason King (archive footage)

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

1989

As Self

Tyler Texas Black Film Collection

1985

As Himself

Freedom Road

1979

As Narrator

All God's Children

1980

As Blaine Whitfield

Freedom Man

1979

As Benjamin Banneker

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

2004

As Self

The Ernest Green Story

1993

As Grandfather

Dinosaur

2000

As Yar (voice)

Gladiator

1992

As Noah

Black Liberation

1967

As Narrator

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

2003

As Himself

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

1999

As Caretaker

A Vow to Cherish

1999

As Alexander Billman

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003

As

Night Gallery

1969

As Osmond Portifoy

Death of a Prophet

1981

As

The Sheriff

1971

As James Lucas

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

2002

As Self

The Client

1994

As Harry Roosevelt

Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers

1997

As Narrator

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

As Self

The History Makers: Success

2005

As Himself

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

1981

As Chuffy Russell

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975

As Narrator

Proud

2004

As Lorenzo DuFau

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

1994

As Self

The Legend of the Candy Cane

2001

As Julius (voice)

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

1997

As Self

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

1986

As Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

Hands of Inge

1962

As Narrator (voice)

She Hate Me

2004

As Judge Buchanan

Kongi's Harvest

1970

As Narrator

Shock Treatment

1964

As Capshaw

The Unfinished Journey

1999

As Narrator (voice)

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

1999

As Self

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

1995

As Uncle Phil

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

1994

As Uncle Phil

Cop and ½

1993

As Detective in Squad Room

Lincoln

1992

As Frederick Douglas (voice)

Goin' Back to T-Town

1993

As Narrator

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore

2001

As Narrator

Malcolm X

1992

As Eulogy Performer (voice)

Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World

1994

As Narrator

Unstoppable

2005

As Self

Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood

1984

As Narrator

Here's to Life!

2000

As Duncan Cox

John Brown's Raid

1960

As

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

2003

As Self

The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars

2003

As Narrator

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022

As Self (archive Footage)

The Stand

1994

As Judge Richard Farris

Production

Gordon's War

1973

As Director

Black Girl

1972

As Director

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970

As Director

Kongi's Harvest

1970

As Director

Gone Are the Days!

1963

As Writer

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970

As Screenplay

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1983

As Writer

Countdown at Kusini

1976

As Director

Countdown at Kusini

1976

As Screenplay

Purlie

1981

As Musical

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

2024

As Writer