Acting credits
121
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ossie Davis
Acting
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Movies: 97Series: 31Crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 15531
IMDb ID: nm0001115
Known for: Acting
Born: December 18, 1917
Died: February 4, 2005
Age: 87
Place of birth: Cogdell, Georgia, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1947 - 2024
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.75
Wikidata: Q515632
Also known as
Ozzie Davis • Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis • Raiford Chatman Davis
Other jobs
Director (5)Writer (4)Musical (1)Thanks (1)
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ossie Davis.
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Writer
2024 Movie
6.7
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
6.2
Deacons for Defense
as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
2005 Movie
The History Makers: Success
as Self
2005 Movie
5.0
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as Self
2005 Movie
5.1
She Hate Me
as Judge Buchanan
2004 Movie
4.4
Proud
as Lorenzo DuFau
2004 Movie
6.5
Baadasssss!
as Granddad
2004 Movie
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self
2004 Movie
7.3
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
as Self
2003 Movie
6.1
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Himself
2003 Movie
4.8
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 Movie
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
as Self
2002 Movie
6.5
Bubba Ho-tep
as John F. "Jack" Kennedy
2002 Movie
4.4
Feast of All Saints
as Jean-Jacques
2001 Movie
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
as Narrator
2001 Movie
The Legend of the Candy Cane
as Julius (voice)
2001 Movie
Here's to Life!
as Duncan Cox
2000 Movie
6.5
Dinosaur
as Yar (voice)
2000 Movie
Finding Buck McHenry
as Buck McHenry
2000 Movie
6.0
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
1999 Movie
9.0
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
as Caretaker
1999 Movie
7.2
The Soul Collector
as Mordecai
1999 Movie
7.5
The Secret Path
as Too Tall
1999 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ossie Davis.
7.6
The L Word
as Melvin Porter • 4 eps
2004 Series
6.0
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
as Narrator • 2 eps
2002 Series
7.9
Third Watch
as Mr. Parker • 3 eps
1999 Series
8.0
Thomas Jefferson
as Narrator (voice) • 2 eps
1997 Series
6.1
Promised Land
1 eps
1996 Series
8.4
The West
as Self • 9 eps
1996 Series
7.3
JAG
as Terrence Minnerly • 1 eps
1995 Series
6.8
The Client
as Judge Harry Roosevelt • 21 eps
1995 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Gabriel • 2 eps
1994 Series
7.4
Baseball
as Various (voice)
1994 Series
6.8
The Stand
as Judge Richard Farris • 2 eps
1994 Series
7.0
Alex Haley's Queen
as Parson Dick • 3 eps
1993 Series
5.6
Evening Shade
as Ponder Blue • 100 eps
1990 Series
6.0
B.L. Stryker
as Oz Jackson • 12 eps
1989 Series
6.6
American Experience
as Self - Harlem Resident • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.5
American Masters
as Self • 1 eps
1986 Series
8.4
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1983 Series
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
as 'Dad' Jones • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self • 1 eps
1978 Series
6.4
King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. • 3 eps
1978 Series
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Ramon Borelle • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Kubani • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.2
Run for Your Life
as Frankie Morton • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.2
12 O'Clock High
as Major Glenn Luke • 1 eps
1964 Series