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