Ossie Davis was born on December 18, 1917 in Cogdell, Georgia, USA as Raiford Chatman Davis. He was an actor and writer, known for Doctor Dolittle (1998), Do the Right Thing (1989) and Bubba Ho-Tep (2002). He was married to Ruby Dee. He died on February 4, 2005 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 11 wins & 14 nominations.
Series | XXI Century | Unknown | 2016-03-06 |
Movie | American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Democracy Now! | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | P.O.V. | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | Unknown | 2010 |
Series | Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Unknown | 2007-10-01 |
Movie | Three Days to Vegas | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Segregating the Greatest Generation | Himself | 2006-02-01 |
Movie | A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | The 77th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Book TV | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | The History Makers | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | The Civil Rights Movement | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | The Struggle | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Tony Brown's Journal | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Making of 'King' | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | The Peace! DVD | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | The Black Movie Awards | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Romare Bearden at the High | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Character Studies | Unknown | 2005-04-06 |
Movie | Baadasssss! | Granddad | 2005-03-17 |
Movie | The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2005-09-18 |
Movie | Emmy's Greatest Moments | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | The L Word | Unknown | 2004-01-18 |
Movie | Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem | Himself | 2004-06-19 |
Movie | She Hate Me | Unknown | 2004-07-30 |
Movie | Proud | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | Tavis Smiley | Unknown | 2004-01-05 |
Movie | Making of 'Bubba Ho-tep' | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Unknown | 2004-01-20 |
Series | A Wealth of Wisdom | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Himself - Honoree | 2004-12-21 |
Movie | The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema | Himself | 2004-09-14 |
Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | 2003 Trumpet Awards | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Deacons for Defense | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | The Tuskegee Airmen | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | School's Out: Self-taught Artists | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Why Can't We Be a Family Again? | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Broadway Legends | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | That's Black Entertainment: Westerns | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Presidio Med | Unknown | 2002-09-24 |
Movie | Bubba Ho-Tep | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Intimate Portrait | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | An Evening with Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Hughes' Dream Harlem | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | The Last Poets | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Legend of the Candy Cane | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghost of Christmas Eve | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Voice of the Voiceless | Himself | 2001 |
Movie | We Shall Not Be Moved | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore | Unknown | 2001 |
Series | Philly | Unknown | 2001-10-09 |
Movie | 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2001-03-11 |
Movie | Feast of All Saints | Unknown | 2001-11-11 |
Movie | Here's to Life! | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Dinosaur | Unknown | 2000-05-19 |
Series | City of Angels | Unknown | 2000-01-16 |
Movie | J.C. Leyendecker: The Great American Illustrator | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Finding Buck McHenry | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | The Gospel According to Mr. Allen | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | The Unfinished Journey | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | A Vow to Cherish | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | Tuskegee Airmen: American Heroes | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | The Ghosts of Christmas Eve | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | Third Watch | Unknown | 1999-09-26 |
Movie | The Secret Path | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | Independent Lens | Unknown | 1999-08-09 |
Movie | 30th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | The Directors | Himself | 1999-03-02 |
Series | The Century: America's Time | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | The Soul Collector | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | Alyson's Closet | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | Doctor Dolittle | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Unknown | 1998 |
Series | Great Books | Unknown | 1998 |
Series | The Protector | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | Thomas Jefferson | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | 12 Angry Men | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | 4 Little Girls | Unknown | 1997-07-09 |
Series | The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | Miss Evers' Boys | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | I'm Not Rappaport | Midge Carter | 1996-12-24 |
Movie | Home of the Brave | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine | Himself | 1996-11-28 |
Series | Promised Land | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
Series | The West | None | 1996-09-15 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 1996-06-10 |
Movie | Ripper | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | Get on the Bus | Jeremiah | 1996-10-16 |
Series | Cosby | Unknown | 1996-09-16 |
Movie | Mississippi, America | Unknown | 1996 |
Series | VH1 Legends | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder | Unknown | 1995 |
Movie | Dramatic Moments in Black Sports History | Unknown | 1995 |
Series | The Client | Unknown | 1995 |
Series | JAG | Unknown | 1995-09-23 |
Movie | The Android Affair | Unknown | 1995 |
Series | American Masters | Unknown | 1994 |
Series | Baseball | Various / ... | 1994-09-18 |
Movie | The 48th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1994-06-12 |
Series | The Stand | Unknown | 1994-05-08 |
Movie | Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery | Himself - Narrator | 1994-04-01 |
Movie | 26th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | The Client | Harry Roosevelt | 1994-07-20 |
Movie | Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice | Unknown | 1994 |
Series | The Great Battles of the Civil War | Unknown | 1994 |
Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
Movie | Cop & ½ | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | The Ernest Green Story | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | Grumpy Old Men | Unknown | 1993 |
Series | Queen | Unknown | 1993 |
Series | The Great Depression | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | Malcolm X | Unknown | 1992-11-18 |
Movie | Gladiator | Unknown | 1992 |
Movie | The Real Malcolm X | Unknown | 1992 |
Movie | Lincoln | Unknown | 1992 |
Movie | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Unknown | 1991 |
Movie | Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love | Unknown | 1991 |
Series | The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1991-08-25 |
Series | Charlie Rose | Unknown | 1991-09-30 |
Movie | Jungle Fever | Unknown | 1991 |
Movie | Hands Upon the Heart | Unknown | 1991 |
Movie | 22nd NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 1990 |
Series | Evening Shade | Unknown | 1990-09-21 |
Movie | We'll Take Manhattan | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | Joe Versus the Volcano | Unknown | 1990 |
Series | B.L. Stryker | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | The Red Shoes | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | Do the Right Thing | Da Mayor | 1989-07-21 |
Series | The Arsenio Hall Show | Unknown | 1989-01-03 |
Movie | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Himself | 1989-11-03 |
Movie | School Daze | Unknown | 1988-02-12 |
Series | American Experience | Unknown | 1988-10-04 |
Movie | Crown Dick | Unknown | 1987 |
Series | Biography | Unknown | 1987-04-06 |
Series | Ebony/Jet Showcase | Unknown | 1986 |
Movie | Sesame Street: Bedtime Stories and Songs | Narrator | 1986 |
Series | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Unknown | 1986-09-08 |
Movie | Avenging Angel | Unknown | 1985 |
Movie | The House of God | Dr. Sanders | 1984 |
Series | A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers | Unknown | 1984 |
Movie | A Celebration of Life: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. | Unknown | 1984 |
Movie | Harry & Son | Unknown | 1984 |
Series | Reading Rainbow | Unknown | 1983-06-06 |
Series | Ossie and Ruby! | Unknown | 1982 |
Series | American Playhouse | Unknown | 1982-01-12 |
Movie | Death of a Prophet | Unknown | 1981 |
Movie | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige | Unknown | 1981 |
Movie | Purlie | Unknown | 1981 |
Movie | All God's Children | Unknown | 1980 |
Series | Roots: The Next Generations | Unknown | 1979 |
Movie | Freedom Road | Narrator | 1979-10-29 |
Movie | Hot Stuff | Unknown | 1979 |
Series | King | Unknown | 1978 |
Movie | Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid | Unknown | 1977 |
Movie | The Tenth Level | Unknown | 1976 |
Movie | Cool Red | Unknown | 1976 |
Series | NBC Special Treat | Unknown | 1976 |
Series | The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People | Unknown | 1976 |
Movie | Black Shadows on the Silver Screen | Unknown | 1975 |
Movie | Let's Do It Again | Unknown | 1975 |
Movie | Gordon's War | Unknown | 1973 |
Series | Night Gallery | Unknown | 1973 |
Movie | Wattstax | Unknown | 1973-09-16 |
Movie | Malcolm X | Unknown | 1972 |
Movie | Black Girl | Unknown | 1972 |
Movie | The Sheriff | Unknown | 1971 |
Series | Zur Nacht | Unknown | 1970 |
Movie | Cotton Comes to Harlem | Unknown | 1970 |
Series | Actor's Choice | Unknown | 1970 |
Movie | Kongi's Harvest | Unknown | 1970 |
Series | He Said, She Said | Unknown | 1969-09-15 |
Movie | The Fall | Unknown | 1969 |
Series | The David Frost Show | Unknown | 1969-07-07 |
Movie | Teacher, Teacher | Unknown | 1969 |
Series | Love, American Style | Unknown | 1969-09-29 |
Series | Black Journal | Unknown | 1969 |
Movie | Sam Whiskey | Unknown | 1969 |
Movie | Slaves | Unknown | 1969 |
Movie | The Scalphunters | Unknown | 1968 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-26 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Series | What's My Line? | Unknown | 1968-09-09 |
Series | The Merv Griffin Show | Unknown | 1968 |
Series | N.Y.P.D. | Unknown | 1967-09-05 |
Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1967 |
Movie | The Outsider | Unknown | 1967 |
Movie | A Man Called Adam | Unknown | 1966 |
Movie | The Hill | Unknown | 1965 |
Movie | The Sun... the Sand... the Hill. | Unknown | 1965 |
Series | Slattery's People | Unknown | 1964 |
Movie | Shock Treatment | Unknown | 1964 |
Movie | Freedom Spectacular | Unknown | 1964-05-14 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1964 |
Series | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown | 1964-09-18 |
Series | The Doctors and the Nurses | Unknown | 1964 |
Series | East Side/West Side | Unknown | 1963-09-23 |
Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963 |
Movie | Gone Are the Days! | Unknown | 1963 |
Movie | The Cardinal | Unknown | 1963 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Series | Accent on an American Summer | Unknown | 1962 |
Movie | The 16th Annual Tony Awards | Himself - Presenter | 1962-04-29 |
Series | Look Up and Live | Unknown | 1962 |
Series | The Defenders | Unknown | 1962 |
Movie | Seven Times Monday | Unknown | 1962 |
Series | Bonanza | Unknown | 1961 |
Series | Car 54, Where Are You? | Unknown | 1961 |
Series | CBS Repertoire Workshop | Unknown | 1960 |
Movie | John Brown's Raid | Unknown | 1960 |
Series | The Shari Lewis Show | Unknown | 1960-10-01 |
Series | To Tell the Truth | Unknown | 1960 |
Series | Play of the Week | Unknown | 1959 |
Series | The Price Is Right | Unknown | 1956 |
Series | Playhouse 90 | Unknown | 1956-10-04 |
Movie | The Emperor Jones | Unknown | 1955 |
Movie | The Joe Louis Story | Unknown | 1953 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |
Movie | Fourteen Hours | Unknown | 1951 |
Movie | No Way Out | Unknown | 1950 |
Series | Kraft Theatre | Unknown | 1948 |