Ossie Davis

Q: Did Ossie Davis receive any awards?

Ossie Davis received numerous accolades throughout his career, including an NAACP Image Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.

Q: What was Ossie Davis's first film?

Ossie Davis made his film debut in 'No Way Out' (1950), where he starred alongside Sidney Poitier, marking the beginning of a distinguished film career.

Q: How did Ossie Davis contribute to civil rights?

Ossie Davis was an active civil rights advocate, participating in marches and supporting various movements. He often used his platform to promote equality and justice.

Q: What was Ossie Davis's acting style?

Ossie Davis was known for his commanding presence and ability to convey deep emotion. His performances often combined strength with vulnerability, making his characters relatable and impactful.

Q: What is Ossie Davis's estimated net worth?

Ossie Davis's estimated net worth is around 2 million USD, reflecting his successful career in acting, directing, and activism.

Q: What was Ossie Davis's role in theater?

Ossie Davis was also a prominent figure in theater, known for his work on Broadway. He wrote and starred in several plays that highlighted social issues and African American culture.

Q: Did Ossie Davis collaborate with any other notable actors?

Ossie Davis frequently collaborated with his wife, Ruby Dee, as well as other notable actors like Sidney Poitier and Spike Lee, contributing to impactful films and performances.

Known for

Doctor Dolittle (1998)

IMDb 5.4 / 10

1998 / Comedy, Family / 85 min

A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed...

Dinosaur (2000)

IMDb 6.4 / 10

2000 / Action, Adventure / 82mins

An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

Name

Ossie Davis

Height

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Born

4 December 1917, Cogdell, Georgia, USA

Spouses

Ruth Davis (1945–2005)

Children

3 children, including Guy Davis and Hasna Davis

Parents

Mary (mother), and a father whose name is not widely reported

Estimated Net Worth

2 million USD

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie Love in Exile Set to a jazz accompaniment, the dramatic performance centered on Black love and survival weaves together Bible verses, free-verse and...	Unknown character	Not rated
2022	Movie Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues Never-before-heard personal recordings and archival footage tell the story of Louis Armstrong's life from his perspective. From musical phenom to...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2006	TV Folk Britannia Three 1-hour films exploring British folk music from the rebirth of English romance to the latter day revival.	Self (archival footage)	Not rated
2005	Movie The Peace! Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals,...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2005	Movie Deacons for Defense Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act....	Reverend 'Rev' Gregory	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2005	Movie The History Makers: Success Ossie Davis, Terry McMillan, Horace Julian Bond, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick and many others share their inspiring stories of success...	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie Unstoppable An interview/overview on the influential careers of Gordon Parks, Ossie Davis, and Melvin Van Peebles.	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' A short documentary about the making of Spike Lee's biopic, "Malcolm X."	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	Movie She Hate Me Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.	Judge Buchanan	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2004	Movie Proud The true story of the only African-American crew to take a Navy warship into combat in World War II.	Lorenzo DuFau	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2004	Movie Baadasssss! Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing...	Granddad	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2004	TV TV Revolution By blending history with the portrayal of sex, violence, minorities, women and homosexuality on television, "TV Revolution" touches on some...	Unknown character	Not rated
2004	Movie Beah: A Black Woman Speaks Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed...	Self	Not rated
2004	TV The L Word A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.	Melvin Porter	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2003	Movie The Evolution of an American Filmmaker Spike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour (2002). Interviews with cast members...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2003	Movie The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars A documentary filmed at Moton Field in Tuskegee Alabama, home to the airmen of the 99th Fighter Squadron. They were...	Narrator	Not rated
2003	Movie Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave...	Himself	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2003	Movie Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2002	Movie Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' Panel discussion about the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansbury's "A Raisin in the Sun."	Self	Not rated
2002	Movie Bubba Ho-tep The "true" story of what really became of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East...	John F. "Jack" Kennedy	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2002	TV Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years A two-series set produced by the A&E network which explores the history of Christianity and its impact on the world...	Narrator	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2001	Movie Feast of All Saints Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a...	Jean-Jacques	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2001	Movie Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore From the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning PBS series NEIGHBORHOODS: THE HIDDEN CITIES OF SAN FRANCISCO comes the remarkable story of...	Narrator	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2001	Movie The Legend of the Candy Cane The night a mysterious stranger rode into the lonely prairie town of West Sage, no one realized their lives would...	Julius (voice)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2000	Movie Here's to Life! Owen is the head administrator of an old age home in Washington. One day, a resident discovers he is cheating...	Duncan Cox	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2000	Movie Dinosaur An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family...	Yar (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2000	Movie Finding Buck McHenry Jason Ross is an 11-year-old boy whose love for baseball exceeds his talent for the game. When cut from his...	Buck McHenry	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	Movie The Unfinished Journey A multimedia short created for the U.S. millennium celebrations, The Unfinished Journey reflects on America’s history and spirit through six...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	Movie Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve Enchanting holiday tale of a young runaway who has broken into an old movie palace, looking for shelter on a...	Caretaker	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1999	Movie The Soul Collector Zachariah, makes a few mistakes and it is decided that he is to live as a human being for thirty...	Mordecai	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1999	TV Third Watch The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen,...	Mr. Parker	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1999	Movie The Secret Path 14-year-old Jo Ann Foley lives in squalor in a rural Southern community during World War II. Abused by her bootlegging...	Too Tall	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	Movie Paul Robeson: Here I Stand Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	Movie A Vow to Cherish John and Ellen have a picture-perfect life: while John runs a successful business, Ellen works as a schoolteacher, and they've...	Alexander Billman	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1998	TV Christianity: The First 1000 Years The incredible story of the people who, despite persecution, grew Christianity from an obscure movement to one of the world's...	Himself - Narrator	Not rated
1998	Movie Doctor Dolittle A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long...	Archer Dolittle	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1998	Movie Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their contributions...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1998	Movie Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking...	Self	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1997	Movie 12 Angry Men During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty...	Juror 2	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1997	Movie 4 Little Girls On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there...	Self - Actor and Playwright	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1997	Movie Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers celebrates the ground-breaking career of the first-ever African-American to join the major leagues, talented athlete Jackie...	Narrator	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1997	Movie Miss Evers' Boys The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were...	Mr. Evers	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1997	TV Thomas Jefferson The complex life of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote that "all men are created equal" yet owned slaves, is recounted by...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1997	Movie Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough A profile of the life of actor Walter Matthau.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1996	Movie I'm Not Rappaport Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter,...	Midge Carter	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1996	Movie Get on the Bus Fifteen Black men gather in South Central LA to take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March...	Jeremiah / 'Pop'	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	TV Promised Land Promised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off from...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1996	TV Promised Land Promised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off from...	Erasmus Jones	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1996	TV The West The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It...	Self	TMDB 8.4 / 10
1996	TV The West The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It...	Self / John R. Gills (voice)	TMDB 8.4 / 10
1995	TV JAG Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the...	Terrence Minnerly	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1995	TV The Client The Client is an American television series that aired on CBS from September 18, 1995 to August 16, 1996. The...	Judge Harry Roosevelt	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1995	Movie The Android Affair Karen Garrett, a promising young doctor, is assigned to perform a difficult operation on Teach, an advanced android who has...	Dr. Winston	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1995	Movie Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder Ray investigates the murder of a judge.	Uncle Phil	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1994	TV Touched by an Angel Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads...	Erasmus Jones	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1994	TV Touched by an Angel Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads...	Gabriel	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1994	TV Baseball The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those...	Various (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1994	TV Baseball The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those...	(voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1994	Movie The Client A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry...	Harry Roosevelt	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1994	Movie Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice Ray investigates the murder of a psychiatrist.	Uncle Phil	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1994	TV The Stand After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led...	Judge Richard Farris	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1994	TV The Stand After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led...	Judge Richard Farris (credit only)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1994	Movie Malcolm X: Make It Plain Narrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil rights leader’s life from his tumultuous childhood,...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1994	Movie Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World Join tennis greats John McEnroe and Billie Jean King and world leader Nelson Mandela as they pay homage to the...	Narrator	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1993	Movie Grumpy Old Men For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive...	Chuck	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1993	Movie Cop & ½ When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop,...	Detective in Squad Room	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1993	Movie Goin' Back to T-Town Goin’ Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the...	Narrator	Not rated
1993	TV Alex Haley's Queen Queen is the story about Easter, the illegitimate daughter of James Jackson, III and her lifelong affair with plantation owner...	Parson Dick	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1993	Movie The Ernest Green Story Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into...	Grandfather	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1992	Movie Lincoln Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.	Frederick Douglas (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1992	Movie Malcolm X A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his...	Eulogy Performer (voice)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1992	Movie The Real Malcolm X CBS News looks at Malcolm X, focusing on his public life from 1959 to his assassination in 1965, suggesting that...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1992	Movie Gladiator Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school....	Noah	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1991	Movie Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1991	Movie Jungle Fever A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried...	Reverend Purify	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1990	TV Evening Shade Evening Shade is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from 1990 to 1994. The series stars Burt...	Ponder Blue	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1990	Movie Joe Versus the Volcano Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to...	Marshall	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1990	Movie The Red Shoes In this animated contemporary interpretation of a Hans Christian Andersen morality tale, a pair of magic slippers help two young...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1989	Movie Making 'Do the Right Thing' The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1989	Movie Do the Right Thing Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees...	Da Mayor	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1989	TV B.L. Stryker B.L. Stryker is an American detective drama that aired on ABC from February 13, 1989 to May 5, 1990 as...	Oz Jackson	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1988	TV American Experience TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world...	Self - Harlem Resident	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1988	Movie School Daze Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.	Coach Odom	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1986	TV American Masters American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers,...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	Movie Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories Bedtime Stories & Songs is a 1986 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation, released on VHS as part of the My Sesame...	Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)	Not rated
1985	Movie Avenging Angel Molly Stewart, now a law student at UCLA, is determined to leave her prostitute past behind. After learning that the...	Capt. Harry Moradian	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1985	Movie Tyler Texas Black Film Collection "Tyler Texas Black Film Collection" (1985) is a promotional film hosted by Ossie Davis.	Himself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1984	Movie Harry & Son Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He...	Raymond	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1984	Movie Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood A documentary, combining archival material and live interviews with Marcus Garvey, Jr., and others, which introduces the life and work...	Narrator	Not rated
1984	Movie The House of God Comedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.	Dr. Sanders	TMDB 3.2 / 10
1983	TV Reading Rainbow Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1981	Movie Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into...	Chuffy Russell	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1981	Movie Death of a Prophet After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a...	Unknown character	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1980	Movie All God's Children Big city judge Parke Denison is involved in a forced busing dispute at the climax of his long career. The...	Blaine Whitfield	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1979	Movie Freedom Road Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the...	Narrator	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1979	Movie Hot Stuff When a police department's burglary task force is facing the possibility of being shut down because of their low conviction...	Captain John Geiberger	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1979	TV Roots: The Next Generations Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story...	'Dad' Jones	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1979	Movie Freedom Man The story of Benjamin Banneker, the early American patriot whose achievements rival those of Benjamin Franklin!! Risking his life, working...	Benjamin Banneker	Not rated
1978	TV The Kennedy Center Honors The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1978	TV King The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister in the South...	Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1977	Movie Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid A young ghetto kid despairs of ever getting out of that environment and making something of himself, until one day...	Dr. Fredericks	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1976	Movie The Tenth Level Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such...	Reed	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1976	Movie Countdown at Kusini An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.	Ernest Motapo	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1975	Movie Let's Do It Again Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for...	Elder Johnson	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1975	Movie Black Shadows on a Silver Screen Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.	Narrator	Not rated
1973	Movie Wattstax A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel...	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1972	Movie Malcolm X James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.	Eulogy (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1971	Movie The Sheriff A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that...	James Lucas	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1970	Movie Kongi's Harvest An African dictator (Wole Soyinka) needs to convince the former king (Rashidi Onikoyi) to legitimize his reign by offering him...	Narrator	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1969	Movie Night Gallery This anthology telefilm aired on NBC on November 8, 1969, and tells three strange tales: "The Cemetery," directed by Boris...	Osmond Portifoy	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1969	Movie Slaves A Kentucky slave (Davis) fights for his freedom from a cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins him and the other...	Luke	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1969	Movie Sam Whiskey A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them...	Jed Hooker	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1969	Movie Teacher, Teacher Hamilton Cade is an alcoholic teacher striving to put his life back together. He accepts a job tutoring an "exceptional...	Charles Carter	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1969	Movie The Fall "The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by the independent filmmaker,...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1968	TV Hawaii Five-O Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the...	Ramon Borelle	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1968	TV The Name of the Game The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran...	Kubani	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1968	Movie The Scalphunters Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from...	Joseph Lee	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1968	Movie Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class The Black middle class, torn between white goals and Black needs, are examined by producers William Greaves and William Branch...	Narrator	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1967	Movie The Outsider Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A simple case of embezzling...	Lt. Wagner	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1967	Movie Black Liberation Produced in collaboration with Malcolm X and narrated by Ossie Davis, this call to arms layers revolutionary text from multiple...	Narrator	Not rated
1967	Movie Now is the Time “Now is the Time” is a mosaic of marches, Black spiritual, emotional, and inner life set to the readings of...	Self	Not rated
1966	Movie A Man Called Adam A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.	Nelson Davis	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1965	TV Run for Your Life Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short...	Dave Corbett	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1965	TV Run for Your Life Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short...	Sgt. Dave Corbett	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1965	TV Run for Your Life Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short...	Frankie Morton	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1965	Movie The Sun... the Sand... the Hill Promotional film depicting the production and Cannes premiere of the Sidney Lumet film "The Hill."	Jason King (archive footage)	TMDB 2.7 / 10
1965	Movie The Sun... the Sand... the Hill Promotional film depicting the production and Cannes premiere of the Sidney Lumet film "The Hill."	Jason King (archival footage)	TMDB 2.7 / 10
1965	Movie The Hill North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal...	Jacko King	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1964	TV 12 O'Clock High This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the...	Major Glenn Luke	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1964	Movie Shock Treatment A private investigator endures the rigors of an insane asylum in order to locate $1 million in stolen loot.	Capshaw	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1963	Movie The Cardinal A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office...	Father Gillis	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1963	TV The Great Adventure The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, narrated...	John Ross	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1963	TV The Fugitive Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's...	Lt. Johnny Gaines	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1963	Movie Gone Are the Days! A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his...	Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1962	Movie Hands of Inge The work of sculptor Inge Hardison is the subject of this beautiful short portrait of an artist. Hardison is perhaps...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
1961	TV The Defenders The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense...	District Attorney	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1961	TV The Defenders The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense...	District Attorney Daniel Jackson	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1961	TV The Defenders The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense...	Assistant District Attorney	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1961	TV The Defenders The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense...	Officer Bond	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1961	TV The Defenders The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense...	Nixie	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1960	Movie John Brown's Raid White abolitionist John Brown and twenty of his men attempt to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing...	Dangerfield Newby	Not rated
1959	TV Bonanza The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding...	Sam Davis	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Presenter	Not rated
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Charles Carter	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1951	Movie Fourteen Hours A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to...	Cab Driver (uncredited)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1950	Movie No Way Out Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor...	John Brooks (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1947	TV Kraft Television Theatre Kraft Television Theater is an American, well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.	The Emperor Jones	TMDB 7.8 / 10
TBA	Movie Haiti: Killing the Dream A documentary focusing on the the events in Haiti following the coup of September 30, 1991. The program includes interviews...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie Love in Exile Set to a jazz accompaniment, the dramatic performance centered on Black love and survival weaves together Bible verses, free-verse and...	Writer Writing	Not rated
2024	Movie Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch The comedic play tells the story of a Black preacher’s scheme to reclaim his inheritance and win back his church...	Writer Writing	Not rated
1998	Movie Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1983	Movie For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1982	TV American Playhouse American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1981	Movie Purlie Purlie is a musical based on Ossie Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious. In the early days of the civil rights...	Musical Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1976	Movie Countdown at Kusini An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1976	Movie Countdown at Kusini An American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in Africa.	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1973	Movie Gordon's War A black soldier comes home to Harlem after a tour in Vietnam and discovers that his wife had become a...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1972	Movie Black Girl An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1970	Movie Cotton Comes to Harlem Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1970	Movie Cotton Comes to Harlem Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1970	Movie Kongi's Harvest An African dictator (Wole Soyinka) needs to convince the former king (Rashidi Onikoyi) to legitimize his reign by offering him...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1963	TV East Side/West Side East Side/West Side is an American drama series starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, and later on, Linden...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1963	Movie Gone Are the Days! A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10

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2026

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022 / TMDB 6.5

The Peace!

2005 / TMDB 5.0

Deacons for Defense

2005 / TMDB 6.4

The History Makers: Success

2005

Unstoppable

2005

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Doctor Dolittle (1998)

Dinosaur (2000)

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