Ossie Davis
December 18, 1917 (108 years old) in Cogdell, Georgia, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self
- 2004 · The L Word as Melvin Porter
- 2003 · The Evolution of an American Filmmaker as Self
- 2003 · Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives as
- 2001 · The Legend of the Candy Cane as Julius (voice)
- 2000 · Here's to Life! as Duncan Cox
- 2000 · Dinosaur as Yar (voice)
- 2000 · Finding Buck McHenry as Buck McHenry
- 1999 · The Unfinished Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve as Caretaker
- 1999 · Third Watch as Mr. Parker
- 1999 · The Secret Path as Too Tall
- 1998 · Doctor Dolittle as Archer Dolittle
- 1998 · Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self
- 1998 · Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Self
- 1997 · Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough as Self
- 1996 · Promised Land as
- 1996 · Promised Land as Erasmus Jones
- 1996 · The West as Self
- 1996 · The West as Self / John R. Gills (voice)
- 1995 · JAG as Terrence Minnerly
- 1995 · The Client as Judge Harry Roosevelt
- 1995 · The Android Affair as Dr. Winston
- 1995 · Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Uncle Phil
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Gabriel
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Erasmus Jones
- 1994 · Baseball as Various (voice)
- 1994 · Baseball as (voice)
- 1994 · The Client as Harry Roosevelt
- 1994 · Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Uncle Phil
- 1994 · The Stand as Judge Richard Farris
- 1994 · The Stand as Judge Richard Farris (credit only)
- 1993 · Cop & ½ as Detective in Squad Room
- 1993 · The Ernest Green Story as Grandfather
- 1992 · Malcolm X as Eulogy Performer (voice)
- 1991 · Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self
- 1991 · Jungle Fever as Reverend Purify
- 1990 · Evening Shade as Ponder Blue
- 1990 · Joe Versus the Volcano as Marshall
- 1989 · Do the Right Thing as Da Mayor
- 1988 · American Experience as Self - Harlem Resident
- 1988 · School Daze as Coach Odom
- 1986 · American Masters as Self
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1981 · Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige as Chuffy Russell
- 1980 · All God's Children as Blaine Whitfield
- 1979 · Freedom Road as Narrator
- 1979 · Roots: The Next Generations as 'Dad' Jones
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1975 · Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Narrator
- 1971 · The Sheriff as James Lucas
- 1969 · The Fall as
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Ramon Borelle
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as