Ossie Davis
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.
135 acting credits · 5 directing credits
Acting · 135
JAG
1995
Bonanza
1959
The Fugitive
1963
Third Watch
1999
Hawaii Five-O
1968
American Experience
1988
Touched by an Angel
1994
Tony Awards
1956
The L Word
2004
Run for Your Life
1965
American Masters
1986
The Name of the Game
1968
The Defenders
1961
Reading Rainbow
1983
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Baseball
1994
12 O'Clock High
1964
Evening Shade
1990
The Stand
1994
Promised Land
1996
The Great Adventure
1963
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Dinosaur
2000
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Client
1995
The West
1996
Doctor Dolittle
1998
Malcolm X
1992
The Client
1994
B.L. Stryker
1989
12 Angry Men
1997
Gladiator
1992
Do the Right Thing
1989
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
The Secret Path
1999
TV Revolution
2004
King
1978
Grumpy Old Men
1993
Bubba Ho-tep
2002
Jungle Fever
1991
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
Thomas Jefferson
1997
She Hate Me
2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Cop & ½
1993
The Unfinished Journey
1999
Avenging Angel
1985
Wattstax
1973
The Cardinal
1963
The Hill
1965
Night Gallery
1969
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
The Scalphunters
1968
School Daze
1988
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
Get on the Bus
1996
Baadasssss!
2004
No Way Out
1950
Feast of All Saints
2001
Sam Whiskey
1969
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
Fourteen Hours
1951
The House of God
1984
I'm Not Rappaport
1996
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Hot Stuff
1979
Lincoln
1992
The Sheriff
1971
Deacons for Defense
2005
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
Let's Do It Again
1975
Harry & Son
1984
Folk Britannia
2006
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
Freedom Road
1979
Death of a Prophet
1981
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
A Man Called Adam
1966
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
1998
The Tenth Level
1976
The Outsider
1967
Slaves
1969
John Brown's Raid
1960
The Peace!
2005
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
1999
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
All God's Children
1980
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
The Soul Collector
1999
The Ernest Green Story
1993
4 Little Girls
1997
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
Malcolm X
1972
Freedom Man
1979
Shock Treatment
1964
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
1986
The Fall
1969
Finding Buck McHenry
2000
The Android Affair
1995
Here's to Life!
2000
Proud
2004
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
A Vow to Cherish
1999
Countdown at Kusini
1976
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
1965
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994
The Real Malcolm X
1992
The Legend of the Candy Cane
2001
Gone Are the Days!
1963
Teacher, Teacher
1969
The History Makers: Success
2005
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
2001
The Red Shoes
1990
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
1994
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968
Black Liberation
1967
Kongi's Harvest
1970
Haiti: Killing the Dream
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Unstoppable
2005
Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
1984
Now is the Time
1967
Goin' Back to T-Town
1993
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002
Tyler Texas Black Film Collection
1985
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers
1997
Hands of Inge
1962
The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars
2003
