Ossie Davis

Credits

• 1989-06-14 · Do the Right Thing as Da Mayor
• 1998-06-26 · Doctor Dolittle as Archer Dolittle
• 1991-06-07 · Jungle Fever as Reverend Purify
• 2000-05-19 · Dinosaur as Yar (voice)
• 2001-06-11 · Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore as Narrator
• 1993-03-01 · Goin' Back to T-Town as Narrator
• 1990-03-09 · Joe Versus the Volcano as Marshall
• 1993-12-25 · Grumpy Old Men as Chuck
• 1965-06-17 · The Hill as Jacko King
• 1969-04-01 · Sam Whiskey as Jed Hooker
• 1968-02-29 · The Scalphunters as Joseph Lee
• 1997-08-17 · 12 Angry Men as Juror 2
• 2002-06-09 · Bubba Ho-tep as John F. "Jack" Kennedy
• 2004-05-28 · Baadasssss! as Granddad
• 1975-10-11 · Let's Do It Again as Elder Johnson
• 1996-12-24 · I'm Not Rappaport as Midge Carter
• 1985-01-11 · Avenging Angel as Capt. Harry Moradian
• 1996-10-16 · Get on the Bus as Jeremiah
• 1999-04-02 · The Secret Path as Too Tall
• 1984-03-02 · Harry & Son as Raymond
• 2001-11-11 · Feast of All Saints as Jean-Jacques
• 1984-01-01 · The House of God as Dr. Sanders
• 1979-08-10 · Hot Stuff as Captain John Geiberger
• 2000-04-16 · Finding Buck McHenry as Buck McHenry
• 1992-11-18 · Malcolm X as Eulogy Performer (voice)
• 2000-09-18 · Here's to Life! as Duncan Cox
• 2005-09-20 · The Peace! as Self
• 1997-02-22 · Miss Evers' Boys as Mr. Evers
• 1960-10-25 · John Brown's Raid as Dangerfield Newby
• 2003-05-20 · The Evolution of an American Filmmaker as Self
• 1990-02-07 · The Red Shoes as
• 1977-09-12 · Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid as Dr. Fredericks
• 1966-03-16 · A Man Called Adam as Nelson Davis
• 2003-02-28 · The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars as Narrator
• 1969-02-05 · Teacher, Teacher as Charles Carter
• 1963-08-09 · Gone Are the Days! as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
• 1976-08-26 · The Tenth Level as Reed
• 1968-01-02 · Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class as Narrator
• 1999-10-24 · The Soul Collector as Mordecai
• 1963-12-12 · The Cardinal as Father Gillis
• 1994-01-01 · Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World as Narrator
• 2005-02-08 · By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' as Self
• 2005-02-13 · Unstoppable as Self
• 1988-02-12 · School Daze as Coach Odom
• 1995-04-12 · The Android Affair as Dr. Winston
• 1976-04-16 · Countdown at Kusini as Ernest Motapo
• 2003-01-01 · Deacons for Defense as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
• 2022-10-27 · Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
• 1984-02-07 · Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood as Narrator
• 1969-07-02 · Slaves as Luke
• 1951-04-01 · Fourteen Hours as Cab Driver (uncredited)
• 1950-08-16 · No Way Out as John Brooks (uncredited)
• 1998-01-01 · Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Self
• 1967-11-21 · The Outsider as Lt. Wagner
• 1997-07-09 · 4 Little Girls as Self - Actor and Playwright
• 1972-05-24 · Malcolm X as Eulogy (voice)
• 1969-01-15 · The Fall as
• 1965-07-01 · The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as Jason King (archival footage)
• 1965-07-01 · The Sun... the Sand... the Hill as Jason King (archive footage)
• 1989-11-03 · Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Self
• 1985-01-08 · Tyler Texas Black Film Collection as Himself
• 1980-04-28 · All God's Children as Blaine Whitfield
• 1979-10-29 · Freedom Road as Narrator
• 1979-01-01 · Freedom Man as Benjamin Banneker
• 2004-02-25 · Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self
• 1993-01-17 · The Ernest Green Story as Grandfather
• 1992-03-06 · Gladiator as Noah
• 1967-01-01 · Black Liberation as Narrator
• 2003-02-16 · Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Himself
• 1999-12-14 · Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve as Caretaker
• 2003-02-10 · Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives as
• 1999-01-01 · A Vow to Cherish as Alexander Billman
• 1969-11-08 · Night Gallery as Osmond Portifoy
• 1971-03-30 · The Sheriff as James Lucas
• 1981-01-01 · Death of a Prophet as
• 2002-06-14 · Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' as Self
• 1994-07-20 · The Client as Harry Roosevelt
• 1997-06-23 · Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers as Narrator
• 1991-10-28 · Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self
• 2005-02-15 · The History Makers: Success as Self
• 1981-05-31 · Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige as Chuffy Russell
• 1975-04-19 · Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Narrator
• 2004-07-02 · Proud as Lorenzo DuFau
• 1994-01-26 · Malcolm X: Make It Plain as Self
• 2001-06-01 · The Legend of the Candy Cane as Julius (voice)
• 1997-01-01 · Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough as Self
• 1986-01-01 · Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
• 1962-01-01 · Hands of Inge as Narrator (voice)
• 2004-07-30 · She Hate Me as Judge Buchanan
• 1970-05-01 · Kongi's Harvest as Narrator
• 1964-07-22 · Shock Treatment as Capshaw
• 1999-12-31 · The Unfinished Journey as Narrator (voice)
• 1999-02-24 · Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self
• 1995-03-20 · Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Uncle Phil
• 1994-05-13 · Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Uncle Phil
• 1993-04-02 · Cop and ½ as Detective in Squad Room
• 1992-12-26 · Lincoln as Frederick Douglas (voice)
• 1998-02-10 · Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self
• 1994-05-12 · The Stand as Judge Richard Farris
• · Third Watch as Mr. Parker
• · Evening Shade as Ponder Blue
• · The Great Adventure as John Ross
• · Touched by an Angel as Gabriel
• · Hawaii Five-O as Ramon Borelle
• · The L Word as Melvin Porter
• · JAG as Terrence Minnerly
• · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Charles Carter
• · The Stand as Judge Richard Farris
• · Run for Your Life as Frankie Morton
• · The Fugitive as Lt. Johnny Gaines
• · Promised Land as
• · Roots: The Next Generations as Dad Jones
• · TV Revolution as
• · Alex Haley's Queen as Parson Dick
• · The Defenders as Nixie
• · The Defenders as Officer Bond
• · The Defenders as District Attorney
• · The Defenders as Assistant District Attorney
• · The Defenders as District Attorney Daniel Jackson
• · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
• · The West as Self
• · The Client as Judge Harry Roosevelt
• · Thomas Jefferson as Narrator (voice)
• · B.L. Stryker as Oz Jackson
• · Night Gallery as Osmund Portifoy
• · Folk Britannia as Self (archival footage)
• · Kraft Television Theatre as The Emperor Jones
• · Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)
• · Christianity: The First 1000 Years as Himself - Narrator
• · The Name of the Game as Kubani
• · King as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
• · Run for Your Life as Sgt. Dave Corbett
• · Run for Your Life as Dave Corbett
• · Promised Land as Erasmus Jones
• · Touched by an Angel as Erasmus Jones
• · Baseball as Various (voice)
• · The West as Self / John R. Gills (voice)
• · Bonanza as Sam Davis
• · American Masters as Self
• · Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years as Narrator
• · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter