Ossie Davis
Actor - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s) (1950s)
Life's Back Pocket (2004) (pre-production) .... Floyd Metters
She Hate Me (2004)
Deacons for Defense (2003) (TV) .... Rev. Gregory
How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003) .... Grandad
... aka Baadasssss! (2004) (USA: new title)
... aka Gettin' the Man's Foot Outta Your Baadasssss! (2003) (USA: new title)
Proud (2003) .... Lorenzo DuFau
... aka Proudly We Served (2003) (USA)
Bubba Ho-tep (2002) .... John F. "Jack" Kennedy
"Feast of All Saints" (2001) (mini) TV Series .... Jean-Jacques
... aka "Anne Rice's The Feast of All Saints" (2001) (mini) (USA: complete title)
Legend of the Candy Cane (2001) (TV) .... Jules
Here's to Life! (2000) .... Duncan Cox
Dinosaur (2000) (voice) .... Yar
Finding Buck McHenry (2000) (TV) .... Buck McHenry
Ghosts of Christmas Eve, The (1999) (TV) .... The Caretaker
Vow to Cherish, A (1999) (TV) .... Alexander Billman
Soul Collector, The (1999/I) (TV) .... Mordecai
Secret Path, The (1999) (TV) .... Too Tall
... aka Silent Path, The (1999) (TV)
Alyson's Closet (1998) .... Postman Extraordinaire
Doctor Dolittle (1998) .... Archer Dolittle
"Protector, The" (1997/II) TV Series
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV) .... Juror #2
Miss Evers' Boys (1997) (TV) .... Mr. Evers
"Promised Land" (1996) TV Series .... Erasmus Jones (1996-1998)
... aka "Home of the Brave" (1996)
Home of the Brave (1996) (TV) .... Erasmus Jones
Ripper (1996) (VG) .... Ben Dodds
"VH1 Legends" (1996) TV Series .... Narrator
I'm Not Rappaport (1996) .... Midge Carter
Get on the Bus (1996) .... Jeremiah
"Client, The" (1995) TV Series .... Judge Harry Roosevelt
... aka "John Grisham's The Client" (1995)
Android Affair, The (1995) (TV) .... Dr. Winston
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995) (TV) .... Uncle Phil
Client, The (1994) .... Judge Harry Roosevelt
Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (1994) (TV) .... Uncle Phil
"Stand, The" (1994) (mini) TV Series .... Judge Richard Farris
... aka "Stephen King's The Stand" (1994) (mini)
Grumpy Old Men (1993) .... Chuck
"Queen" (1993) (mini) TV Series .... Parson Dick
... aka "Alex Haley's Queen" (1993) (mini)
Ernest Green Story, The (1993) (TV) .... Grandfather
Malcolm X (1992) .... Eulogy Performer
... aka X (1992) (USA: poster title)
Gladiator (1992) .... Noah
Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love (1991) (V)
Jungle Fever (1991) .... The Good Reverend Doctor Purify
Die Laughing (1990) (TV) .... Ossie
King of Jazz (1990) (TV) .... Ossie
Red Shoes, The (1990) (V) (voice)
"Evening Shade" (1990) TV Series .... Ponder Blue
We'll Take Manhattan (1990) (TV) .... Man in Subway
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) .... Marshall
B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch (1989) (TV)
Do the Right Thing (1989) .... Da Mayor
"B.L. Stryker" (1989) TV Series .... Oz Jackson
School Daze (1988) .... Coach Odom
Avenging Angel (1985) .... Captain Harry Moradian
House of God, The (1984) .... Dr. Sanders
Harry and Son (1984) .... Raymond
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981) (TV) .... Chuffy Russell
"Ossie and Ruby!" (1980) TV Series .... Co-host (1980-81)
All God's Children (1980) (TV) .... Blaine Whitfield
Freedom Road (1979) (TV) .... Narrator
Hot Stuff (1979) .... Captain John Geiberger
"Roots: The Next Generations" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Dad Jones
"King" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Martin Luther King Sr.
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977) (TV) .... Dr. Fredericks
... aka Ghetto Child (1977) (TV)
Countdown at Kusini (1976) .... Ernest Motapo
... aka Cool Red (1976) (USA)
Let's Do It Again (1975) .... Elder Johnson
Tenth Level, The (1975) (TV)
Malcolm X (1972) (voice) (also archive footage) .... Eulogy
Sheriff, The (1971) (TV) .... James Lucas
Night Gallery (1969) (TV) .... Osmond Portifoy
Slaves (1969) .... Luke
Sam Whiskey (1969) .... Jedidiah Hooker
Teacher, Teacher (1969) (TV) .... Charles Carter
Scalphunters, The (1968) .... Joseph Winfield Lee
Outsider, The (1967) (TV) .... Lt. Wagner
Man Called Adam, A (1966) .... Nelson Davis
Hill, The (1965) .... Jacko King
Shock Treatment (1964) .... Capshaw
Cardinal, The (1963) .... Father Gillis
Gone Are the Days! (1963) .... Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
... aka Man from C.O.T.T.O.N., The (1966) (USA: reissue title)
... aka Purlie Victorious (1963)
Seven Times Monday (1962) (TV) .... Will
Emperor Jones, The (1955) (TV) .... Brutus Jones
Joe Louis Story, The (1953)
Fourteen Hours (1951) .... Cab driver
No Way Out (1950) (uncredited) .... John Brooks