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Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis is known for acting, with popular credits including Do the Right Thing, Doctor Dolittle, Jungle Fever, Dinosaur.

Born 18 Dec 1917 Cogdell, Georgia, USA

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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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2026 Love in Exile movie 2022 Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage) movie 2006 Folk Britannia as Self (archival footage) tv 2005 The Peace! as Self movie 2005 Deacons for Defense as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory movie 2005 The History Makers: Success as Self movie 2005 Unstoppable as Self movie 2005 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' as Self movie 2004 She Hate Me as Judge Buchanan movie 2004 Proud as Lorenzo DuFau movie 2004 Baadasssss! as Granddad movie 2004 TV Revolution tv 2004 Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self movie 2004 The L Word as Melvin Porter tv 2003 The Evolution of an American Filmmaker as Self movie 2003 The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars as Narrator movie 2003 Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Himself movie 2003 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives movie 2002 Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' as Self movie 2002 Bubba Ho-tep as John F. "Jack" Kennedy movie 2002 Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years as Narrator tv 2001 Feast of All Saints as Jean-Jacques movie 2001 Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore as Narrator movie 2001 The Legend of the Candy Cane as Julius (voice) movie 2000 Here's to Life! as Duncan Cox movie 2000 Dinosaur as Yar (voice) movie 2000 Finding Buck McHenry as Buck McHenry movie 1999 The Unfinished Journey as Narrator (voice) movie 1999 Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve as Caretaker movie 1999 The Soul Collector as Mordecai movie 1999 Third Watch as Mr. Parker tv 1999 The Secret Path as Too Tall movie 1999 Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self movie 1999 A Vow to Cherish as Alexander Billman movie 1998 Christianity: The First 1000 Years as Himself - Narrator tv 1998 Doctor Dolittle as Archer Dolittle movie 1998 Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self movie 1998 Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Self movie 1997 12 Angry Men as Juror 2 movie 1997 4 Little Girls as Self - Actor and Playwright movie 1997 Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers as Narrator movie 1997 Miss Evers' Boys as Mr. Evers movie 1997 Thomas Jefferson as Narrator (voice) tv 1997 Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough as Self movie 1996 I'm Not Rappaport as Midge Carter movie 1996 Get on the Bus as Jeremiah / 'Pop' movie 1996 Promised Land tv 1996 Promised Land as Erasmus Jones tv 1996 The West as Self tv 1996 The West as Self / John R. Gills (voice) tv 1995 JAG as Terrence Minnerly tv 1995 The Client as Judge Harry Roosevelt tv 1995 The Android Affair as Dr. Winston movie 1995 Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Uncle Phil movie 1994 Touched by an Angel as Gabriel tv 1994 Touched by an Angel as Erasmus Jones tv 1994 Baseball as Various (voice) tv 1994 Baseball as (voice) tv 1994 The Client as Harry Roosevelt movie 1994 Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Uncle Phil movie 1994 The Stand as Judge Richard Farris tv 1994 The Stand as Judge Richard Farris (credit only) tv 1994 Malcolm X: Make It Plain as Self movie 1994 Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World as Narrator movie 1993 Grumpy Old Men as Chuck movie 1993 Cop & ½ as Detective in Squad Room movie 1993 Goin' Back to T-Town as Narrator movie 1993 Alex Haley's Queen as Parson Dick tv 1993 The Ernest Green Story as Grandfather movie 1992 Lincoln as Frederick Douglas (voice) movie 1992 Malcolm X as Eulogy Performer (voice) movie 1992 The Real Malcolm X movie 1992 Gladiator as Noah movie 1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self movie 1991 Jungle Fever as Reverend Purify movie 1990 Evening Shade as Ponder Blue tv 1990 Joe Versus the Volcano as Marshall movie 1990 The Red Shoes movie 1989 Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Self movie 1989 Do the Right Thing as Da Mayor movie

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Ossie Davis is known for acting, with popular credits including Do the Right Thing, Doctor Dolittle, Jungle Fever, Dinosaur.

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Ossie Davis is known for credits including Do the Right Thing, Doctor Dolittle, Jungle Fever, Dinosaur, Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore.

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