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.
Movies
Deacons for Defense
Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
She Hate Me
Judge Buchanan
Proud
Lorenzo DuFau
Baadasssss!
Granddad
The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars
Narrator
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Bubba Ho-tep
John F. "Jack" Kennedy
Feast of All Saints
Jean-Jacques
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
Narrator
The Legend of the Candy Cane
Julius (voice)
Here's to Life!
Duncan Cox
Dinosaur
Yar (voice)
Finding Buck McHenry
Buck McHenry
The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
Caretaker
The Soul Collector
Mordecai
The Secret Path
Too Tall
A Vow to Cherish
Alexander Billman
Doctor Dolittle
Archer Dolittle
12 Angry Men
Juror 2
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers
Narrator
Miss Evers' Boys
Mr. Evers
I'm Not Rappaport
Midge Carter
Get on the Bus
Jeremiah
The Android Affair
Dr. Winston
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Uncle Phil
The Client
Harry Roosevelt
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Uncle Phil
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
Narrator
Grumpy Old Men
Chuck
Cop & ½
Detective in Squad Room
Goin' Back to T-Town
Narrator
The Ernest Green Story
Grandfather
Lincoln
Frederick Douglas (voice)
Malcolm X
Eulogy Performer (voice)
The Real Malcolm X
Gladiator
Noah
Jungle Fever
Reverend Purify
Joe Versus the Volcano
Marshall
The Red Shoes
Do the Right Thing
Da Mayor
School Daze
Coach Odom
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
Avenging Angel
Capt. Harry Moradian
Harry & Son
Raymond
Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
Narrator
The House of God
Dr. Sanders
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Chuffy Russell
Death of a Prophet
All God's Children
Blaine Whitfield
Freedom Road
Narrator
Hot Stuff
Captain John Geiberger
Freedom Man
Benjamin Banneker
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Dr. Fredericks
The Tenth Level
Reed
Countdown at Kusini
Ernest Motapo
Let's Do It Again
Elder Johnson
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Narrator
Malcolm X
Eulogy (voice)
The Sheriff
James Lucas
Kongi's Harvest
Narrator
Night Gallery
Osmond Portifoy
Slaves
Luke
Sam Whiskey
Jed Hooker
Teacher, Teacher
Charles Carter
The Fall
The Scalphunters
Joseph Lee
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Narrator
The Outsider
Lt. Wagner
Black Liberation
Narrator
A Man Called Adam
Nelson Davis
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
Jason King (archive footage)
The Hill
Jacko King
Shock Treatment
Capshaw
The Cardinal
Father Gillis
Gone Are the Days!
Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
Hands of Inge
Narrator (voice)
John Brown's Raid
Dangerfield Newby
Fourteen Hours
Cab Driver (uncredited)
No Way Out
John Brooks (uncredited)
Haiti: Killing the Dream
TV Series
TV Revolution
2 Episodes
The L Word
Melvin Porter
4 Episodes
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
Narrator
2 Episodes
Third Watch
Mr. Parker
3 Episodes
Thomas Jefferson
Narrator (voice)
2 Episodes
Promised Land
1 Episode
JAG
Terrence Minnerly
1 Episode
The Client
Judge Harry Roosevelt
21 Episodes
Touched by an Angel
Gabriel
2 Episodes
Baseball
Various (voice)
The Stand
Judge Richard Farris
2 Episodes
Alex Haley's Queen
Parson Dick
3 Episodes
Evening Shade
Ponder Blue
100 Episodes
B.L. Stryker
Oz Jackson
12 Episodes
Roots: The Next Generations
'Dad' Jones
1 Episode
King
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
3 Episodes
Hawaii Five-O
Ramon Borelle
1 Episode
The Name of the Game
Kubani
1 Episode
Run for Your Life
Frankie Morton
1 Episode
12 O'Clock High
Major Glenn Luke
1 Episode
The Great Adventure
John Ross
1 Episode
The Fugitive
Lt. Johnny Gaines
1 Episode
The Defenders
Nixie
1 Episode
Bonanza
Sam Davis
1 Episode
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Charles Carter
1 Episode
Kraft Television Theatre
The Emperor Jones
1 Episode