Biography
Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist.
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Filmography
all 146
Movies 110
self 37
TV Shows 36
Narrator 13
Voice 5
Director 4
Writer 3
Self (archive Footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
Movie
Self
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali (2019)
TV
Self
What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (2019)
Movie
Self
King of Stage: The Woodie King Jr. Story (2018)
Movie
Self
And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead (2015)
Movie
Self
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (2013)
Movie
Self (archival footage)
Folk Britannia (2006)
TV
Self
The Peace! (2005)
Movie
Himself
The History Makers: Success (2005)
Movie
Self
Unstoppable (2005)
Movie
Self
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005)
Movie
Judge Buchanan
She Hate Me (2004)
Movie
Lorenzo Dufau
Proud (2004)
Movie
Self
Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem (2004)
Movie
Granddad
Baadasssss! (2004)
Movie
TV Revolution (2004)
TV
Melvin Porter
The L Word (2004)
TV
7.67
Self
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003)
Movie
Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003)
Movie
Narrator
The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars (2003)
Movie
Self
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003)
Movie
3.5
Reader
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
Movie
Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
Deacons for Defense (2003)
Movie
Narrator
Hughes' Dream Harlem (2002)
Movie
Self
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' (2002)
Movie
Jack
Bubba Ho-tep (2002)
Movie
5
Narrator
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (2002)
TV
Jean-Jacques
Feast of All Saints (2001)
Movie
Narrator
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (2001)
Movie
Julius
The Legend of the Candy Cane (2001)
Movie
Duncan Cox
Here's to Life! (2000)
Movie
Yar
Dinosaur (2000)
Movie
6.27
Buck McHenry
Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
Movie
Narration
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
Movie
Caretaker
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (1999)
Movie
Mordecai
The Soul Collector (1999)
Movie
Third Watch (1999)
TV
Self
The Century: America's Time (1999)
TV
Too Tall
The Secret Path (1999)
Movie
Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
Movie
Alexander Billman
A Vow to Cherish (1999)
Movie
Himself - Narrator
Christianity: The First 1000 Years (1998)
TV
Archer Dolittle
Doctor Dolittle (1998)
Movie
6.39
Self
The Great Depression (1998)
TV
Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
Movie
Juror #2
12 Angry Men (1997)
Movie
Self - Actor and Playwright
4 Little Girls (1997)
Movie
Narrator
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers (1997)
Movie
Mr. Evers
Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
Movie
Narrator
Thomas Jefferson (1997)
TV
Self
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997)
Movie
Midge Carter
I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
Movie
Jeremiah
Get on the Bus (1996)
Movie
Erasmus Jones
Promised Land (1996)
TV
Self
The West (1996)
TV
2
Terrence Minnerly
JAG (1995)
TV
4.4
Judge Harry Roosevelt
The Client (1995)
TV
Dr. Winston
The Android Affair (1995)
Movie
Uncle Phil
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995)
Movie
Erasmus Jones / Gabriel
Touched by an Angel (1994)
TV
8
Various (voice)
Baseball (1994)
TV
Harry Roosevelt
The Client (1994)
Movie
6.45
Uncle Phil
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice (1994)
Movie
Judge Richard Farris
The Stand (1994)
TV
5.2
Self - Narrator
The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery (1994)
Movie
Self - Harlem Resident
Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994)
Movie
Narrator
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World (1994)
Movie
Chuck
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
Movie
6
Self
The Great Depression (1993)
TV
Detective in Squad Room
Cop and ½ (1993)
Movie
Narrator
Goin' Back to T-Town (1993)
Movie
Parson Dick
Alex Haley's Queen (1993)
TV
4
Grandfather
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
Movie
Frederick Douglas (voice)
Lincoln (1992)
Movie
Eulogy Performer (voice)
Malcolm X (1992)
Movie
4.5
Noah
Gladiator (1992)
Movie
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Movie
The Good Reverend Doctor Purify
Jungle Fever (1991)
Movie
4
Self
Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love (1991)
Movie
Ponder Blue
Evening Shade (1990)
TV
Marshall
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
Movie
7
Narrator
The Red Shoes (1990)
Movie
Self
Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989)
Movie
Da Mayor
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Movie
7.4
Oz Jackson
B.L. Stryker (1989)
TV
Coach Odom
School Daze (1988)
Movie
Self
American Masters (1986)
TV
Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (1986)
Movie
Captain Harry Moradian
Avenging Angel (1985)
Movie
6
Self
Tyler Texas Black Film Collection (1985)
Movie
Raymond
Harry and Son (1984)
Movie
Narrator
Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood (1984)
Movie
Dr. Sanders
The House of God (1984)
Movie
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
TV
6
Writer
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
Movie
Writer
Purlie (1981)
Movie
Chuffy Russell
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)
Movie
Death of a Prophet (1981)
Movie
Blaine Whitfield
All God's Children (1980)
Movie
Narrator
Freedom Road (1979)
Movie
Captain John Geiberger
Hot Stuff (1979)
Movie
Dad Jones
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
TV
6
Benjamin Banneker
Freedom Man (1979)
Movie
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
TV
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
King (1978)
TV
Dr. Fredericks
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977)
Movie
Ben Reed
The Tenth Level (1976)
Movie
Ernest Motapo
Countdown at Kusini (1976)
Movie
Elder Johnson
Let's Do It Again (1975)
Movie
Narrator
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
Movie
Director
Gordon's War (1973)
Movie
Director
Black Girl (1972)
Movie
Eulogy
Malcolm X (1972)
Movie
James Lucas
The Sheriff (1971)
Movie
Director
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Movie
Director
Kongi's Harvest (1970)
Movie
Osmund Portifoy (segment "The Cemetery")
Night Gallery (1969)
Movie
Luke
Slaves (1969)
Movie
Jed Hooker
Sam Whiskey (1969)
Movie
Charles Carter
Teacher, Teacher (1969)
Movie
The Fall (1969)
Movie
Ramon Borelle
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Kubani
The Name of the Game (1968)
TV
Joseph Lee
The Scalphunters (1968)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
Movie
Lt. Wagner
The Outsider (1967)
Movie
Narrator
Black Liberation (1967)
Movie
Nelson Davis
A Man Called Adam (1966)
Movie
Dave Corbett / Sgt. Dave Corbett / Frankie Morton
Run for Your Life (1965)
TV
Jacko King
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill (1965)
Movie
Jacko King
The Hill (1965)
Movie
1
Capshaw
Shock Treatment (1964)
Movie
Father Gillis
The Cardinal (1963)
Movie
John Ross
The Great Adventure (1963)
TV
Writer
East Side/West Side (1963)
TV
Lt. Johnny Gaines
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
Gone Are the Days! (1963)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Hands of Inge (1962)
Movie
District Attorney Daniel Jackson
The Defenders (1961)
TV
Dangerfield Newby
John Brown's Raid (1960)
Movie
Charles Carter
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Fourteen Hours (1951)
Movie
John Brooks (uncredited)
No Way Out (1950)
Movie
The Emperor Jones
Kraft Television Theatre (1947)
TV
Self
Zinzun: A Revolutionary Activist
Movie
Self
A Walk Through the 20th Century With Bill Moyers
TV
Ratings
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1917-12-17
Deathday2005-02-04 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceGeorgia, United States of America
RelationshipsRuby Dee (1948-12-09 - 2005-02-04)
ChildrenGuy Davis
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesNew York City · Waycross, United States of America
Also Known AsOzzie Davis, Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis, Raiford Chatman Davis
AwardsGrammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording, Coretta Scott King Award, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Daytime Emmy Award, James Parks Morton Interfaith Award, Paul Robeson Award, NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Marian Anderson Award
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