Person Details

Birthday: 1917-12-18 06:55:18

Death: 2005-02-04 06:55:18

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 83

TV Involvements: 35


Most Famous Work

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ossie Davis  (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an African-American film actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ossie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Most Famous Work

JAG
Average
7

JAG

(1995) Terrence Minnerly
The Fugitive
Average
7

The Fugitive

(1963) Lt. Johnny Gaines
Hawaii Five-O
Average
7

Hawaii Five-O

(1968) Ramon Borelle
The L Word
Average
8

The L Word

(2004) Melvin Porter
Touched by an Angel
Average
7

Touched by an Angel

(1994) Erasmus Jones
Dinosaur
Average
7

Dinosaur

(2000) Yar (voice)
The Defenders
Average
6

The Defenders

(1961) District Attorney Daniel Jackson
The Stand
Average
7

The Stand

(1994) Judge Richard Farris

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2006 Self (archival footage)
2005 Self
Himself
Self
Self
2004 Judge Buchanan
Lorenzo DuFau
Granddad
N/A
Melvin Porter
2003 Self
Self
Narrator
Himself
N/A
Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
2002 Self
John F. "Jack" Kennedy
Narrator
2001 Jean-Jacques
Narrator
Julius (voice)
2000 Duncan Cox
Yar (voice)
Buck McHenry
1999 N/A
Caretaker
Mordecai
N/A
Too Tall
Self
Alexander Billman
1998 Himself - Narrator
Archer Dolittle
Self
1997 Juror 2
Self - Actor and Playwright
Narrator
Mr. Evers
Narrator (voice)
Self
1996 Midge Carter
Jeremiah
Erasmus Jones
N/A
Self
1995 Terrence Minnerly
Judge Harry Roosevelt
Dr. Winston
Uncle Phil
1994 Gabriel
Erasmus Jones
Various (voice)
Harry Roosevelt
Uncle Phil
Judge Richard Farris
Self
Narrator
1993 Chuck
Detective in Squad Room
Narrator
Parson Dick
Grandfather
1992 Frederick Douglas (voice)
Eulogy Performer (voice)
Noah
1991 Self
Reverend Purify
1990 Ponder Blue
Marshall
N/A
1989 Self
Da Mayor
N/A
1988 Coach Odom
1986 Self
Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
1985 Capt. Harry Moradian
Himself
1984 Raymond
Narrator
Dr. Sanders
1983 Himself - Narrator (voice)
1981 Chuffy Russell
N/A
1980 Blaine Whitfield
1979 Narrator
Captain John Geiberger
Dad Jones
Benjamin Banneker
1978 Self
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1977 Dr. Fredericks
1976 Reed
Ernest Motapo
1975 Elder Johnson
Narrator
1972 Eulogy (voice)
1971 James Lucas
1970 Osmund Portifoy
Narrator
1969 Osmond Portifoy
Luke
Jed Hooker
Charles Carter
N/A
1968 Ramon Borelle
Kubani
Joseph Lee
Narrator
1967 Lt. Wagner
Narrator
1966 Nelson Davis
1965 Dave Corbett
Frankie Morton
Sgt. Dave Corbett
Jason King (archival footage)
Jason King (archive footage)
Jacko King
1964 Capshaw
1963 Father Gillis
John Ross
Lt. Johnny Gaines
Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
1962 Narrator (voice)
1961 District Attorney Daniel Jackson
Nixie
Officer Bond
Assistant District Attorney
District Attorney
1960 N/A
1951 Charles Carter
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1950 John Brooks (uncredited)
1947 The Emperor Jones
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Directing


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