Ossie Davis, born on December 18 1917, was an actor, writer and director. Davis has most recently worked on By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005), The Peace! DVD (2005) and She Hate Me (2004).
About Ossie Davis
- Name: Ossie Davis
- Birth Date: December 18, 1917
- Age: 87 years old
- Death Date: February 4, 2005
- Height: 189 centimeters (6 feet, 2 inches)
Filmography as Actor
- By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005)
- The Peace! DVD (2005)
- She Hate Me (2004)
- Deacons for Defense (2003)
- Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003)
- Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003)
- Baadasssss! (2003)
- Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
- Feast of All Saints (2001)
- Legend of the Candy Cane (2001)
- Dinosaur (2000)
- Here's to Life! (2000)
- Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
- The Secret Path (1999)
- Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
- The Soul Collector (1999)
- A Vow to Cherish (1999)
- Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (1999)
- The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (1999)
- Dr. Dolittle (1998)
- Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
- Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
- Get on the Bus (1996)
- I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
- The Android Affair (1995)
- Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995)
- The Client (1994)
- Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994)
- Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (1994)
- Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World (1994)
- Grumpy Old Men (1993)
- Cop & ½ (1993)
- The Ernest Green Story (1993)
- Malcolm X (1992)
- Jungle Fever (1991)
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
- Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989)
- School Daze (1988)
- Sesame Street: Bedtime Stories and Songs (1986)
- Avenging Angel (1985)
- Harry & Son (1984)
- Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981)
- Death of a Prophet (1981)
- Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977)
- Cool Red (1976)
- The Tenth Level (1976)
- Kongi's Harvest (1970)
- Night Gallery (The Cemetery/Eyes/The Escape Route) (1969)
- Sam Whiskey (1969)
- Teacher, Teacher (1969)
- The Scalphunters (1968)
- Still a Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
- A Man Called Adam (1966)
- Shock Treatment (1964)
- Gone Are the Days! (1963)
- Fourteen Hours (1951)
Filmography as Writer
- For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983)
- Cool Red (1976)
- Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
- Gone Are the Days! (1963)
Filmography as Director
- Cool Red (1976)
- Gordon's War (1973)
- Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
- Kongi's Harvest (1970)