Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee

RECENT CREDITS
Proud (FILM)  Sep. 23, 2005
The L Word (TV)  May. 8, 2005
She Hate Me (FILM)  Jul. 28, 2004
BAADASSSSS! (FILM)  May. 28, 2004
TV Revolution (TV)  May. 26, 2004
View all Ossie Davis Credits



All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

She Hate Me  2004 -Judge Buchanan
Actor
Film


BAADASSSSS!  2004 -Granddad
Actor
Film


Bubba Ho-Tep  2003 -John "Jack" Fitzgerald Kennedy
Actor
Film


Dinosaur  2000 -Yar
Voice
Film


Dr. Dolittle  1998 -Archer Dolittle
Actor
Film


Malcolm X  1992 -Eulogy Performer
Actor
Film


Gladiator  1992 -Noah
Actor
Film


Jungle Fever  1991 -The Good Reverend Doctor Purify
Actor
Film


Joe Versus the Volcano  1990 -Marshall the Chauffeur
Actor
Film


Do the Right Thing  1989 -Da Mayor
Actor
Film


Her Alibi  1989
Actor
Film


School Daze  1988 -Coach Odom
Actor
Film


A Vow to Cherish   -Alexander Billman
Actor
TV


Cosby  
Actor
TV


Deacons for Defense   -Rev. Gregory
Actor
TV


Evening Shade   -Ponder Blue
Actor
TV


Finding Buck McHenry   -Mack Henry
Actor
TV


JAG   -Terrence Minnerly
Actor
TV
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Miss Evers' Boys   -Mr. Evers
Actor
TV


Mississippi, America  
Narrator
TV


Presidio Med  2002 -Otis Clayton
Actor
TV
Expand


Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder   -Uncle Phil
Actor
TV


Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice   -Uncle Phil
Actor
TV


Return to Harlem  
Host
TV


The Android Affair   -Winston
Actor
TV


The Ernest Green Story   -Grandfather
Actor
TV


The L Word  2004-2005 -Melvin Porter
Actor
TV
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The Secret Path   -Too Tall
Actor
TV


Third Watch   -John Parker
Actor
TV
Expand


Proud  2005 -Lorenzo DuFau
Actor
Film


Here's To Life  2001
Actor
Film


I'm Not Rappaport  1996 -Midge Carter
Actor
Film


Get on the Bus  1996 -Jeremiah
Actor
Film


Grumpy Old Men  1993 -Chuck
Actor
Film


Avenging Angel  1985 -Capt. Moradian
Actor
Film


Shock Treatment  1981 -Capshaw
Actor
Film


Gordon's War  1973
Director
Film


Kongi's Harvest  1973
Director
Film


Black Girl  1972
Director
Film


Cotton Comes to Harlem  1970
Director, Screenwriter, Songwriter
Film


The Scalphunters  1968 -Joseph
Actor
Film


A Man Called Adam  1966 -Nelson Davis
Actor
Film


The Hill  1965 -Jacko King
Actor
Film


The Cardinal  1963 -Father Gillis
Actor
Film


Purlie Victorious  1963 -Purlie Victorious
Actor, Screenwriter, Play Author
Film


The Joe Louis Story  1953
Actor
Film


The Outsider  
Actor
Film


The Red Shoes   -Narrator
Voice
Film


The House of God   -Dr. Sanders
Actor
Film


The Client   -Harry Roosevelt
Actor
Film


The Ernest Green Story   -Grandfather
Actor
Film


The Feast of All Saints   -JeanJacques
Actor
Film


The Gospel According to Mr. Allen   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Slaves   -Luke
Actor
Film


Teacher, Teacher   -Charles Carter
Actor
Film


The Android Affair  
Actor
Film


The Sheriff  
Actor
Film


The Soul Collector   -Mordecai
Actor
Film


The Stand   -Judge Richard Farris
Actor
Film


The Third Choice  
Actor
Film


Thomas Jefferson   -Narrator
Voice
Film


We Shall Not Be Moved   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Queen  
Actor
Film


Roots  
Actor
Film


Roots: The Next Generations   -Dad Jones
Actor
Film


Sam Whiskey   -Jedidiah Hooker
Actor
Film


Miss Evers' Boys  
Actor
Film


Mississippi, America   -Narrator
Voice
Film


No Way Out   -John Brooks
Actor
Film


Let's Do It Again   -Elder Johnson
Actor
Film


Lincoln: I Want to Finish This Job, 1864   -Frederick Douglas
Voice
Film


Lincoln: Now He Belongs to the Ages, 1865   -Frederick Douglas
Voice
Film


Lincoln: The Making of a President, 1860-1862   -Frederick Douglas
Voice
Film


Lincoln: The Pivotal Year, 1863   -Frederick Douglas
Voice
Film


King: The Martin Luther King Story   -Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr.
Actor
Film


Finding Buck McHenry   -Buck McHenry
Actor
Film


Fourteen Hours  
Actor
Film


Freedom Man  
Actor
Film


Freedom Road   -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


Hands upon the Heart  
Actor
Film


Harlem   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Harry and Son   -Raymond
Actor
Film


Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression   -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


Hot Stuff   -Capt. Geibarger
Actor
Film


A Vow to Cherish  
Actor
Film


All God's Children   -Blaine Whitfield
Actor
Film


American Documents, Vol. 2: Black Shadows on the Silver Screen   -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid   -Doctor Fredericks
Actor
Film


Countdown at Kusini   -Ernest Motapo
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Counting On Democracy   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Deacons for Defense   -Rev. Gregory
Actor
Film


Death of a Prophet  
Actor
Film


Chasing Secrets   -Too Tall
Actor
Film


12 Angry Men   -Juror 2
Actor
Film




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