
Ossie Davis
Born December 18, 1917 · Cogdell, Georgia, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Dinosaur

The Client

Doctor Dolittle

Do the Right Thing

Grumpy Old Men

Malcolm X

Jungle Fever

Gladiator

12 Angry Men

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Joe Versus the Volcano

The Secret Path

Bubba Ho-tep

Get on the Bus

School Daze

The Hill

Cop & ½

Fourteen Hours

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

She Hate Me

The Scalphunters

Feast of All Saints

Let's Do It Again

The Cardinal

A Man Called Adam

Miss Evers' Boys

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
TV Shows

Third Watch

American Experience

The Fugitive

Tony Awards

The Name of the Game

The Defenders

Run for Your Life

American Masters

The L Word

Kraft Television Theatre

Reading Rainbow

12 O'Clock High

The Kennedy Center Honors

Evening Shade

The Great Adventure

Promised Land

The Stand

Roots: The Next Generations

Baseball

The Client

Alex Haley's Queen

B.L. Stryker

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The West

King

Thomas Jefferson

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
More Movies

Night Gallery

I'm Not Rappaport

No Way Out

Avenging Angel

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

The Ernest Green Story

Sam Whiskey

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

The House of God

John Brown's Raid

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

All God's Children

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

The Real Malcolm X

4 Little Girls

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Gone Are the Days!

Slaves

Death of a Prophet

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

Hot Stuff

A Vow to Cherish

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Baadasssss!

The Unfinished Journey

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

The Android Affair

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

Harry & Son

The Legend of the Candy Cane

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Proud

The Tenth Level

The History Makers: Success

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

Here's to Life!

Teacher, Teacher

Freedom Road

The Soul Collector

Black Liberation

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

The Outsider

Shock Treatment

Goin' Back to T-Town

Wattstax

The Sheriff

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore

Finding Buck McHenry

Haiti: Killing the Dream

Deacons for Defense

Countdown at Kusini

Malcolm X

Kongi's Harvest

The Fall

Hands of Inge

The Red Shoes




