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Ossie DavisAlso known as: (Ozzie Davis, Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis, Raiford Chatman Davis)

Lifetime: Dec 17, 1917 - Feb 4, 2005

Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ossie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Movies

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022

Self

The Peace!

2005

Self

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

2005

Self

Unstoppable

2005

Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

Deacons for Defense

2005

Self

The History Makers: Success

2005

Granddad

Baadasssss!

2004

Self

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

2004

Lorenzo DuFau

Proud

2004

Judge Buchanan

She Hate Me

2004

Self

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

2003

Narrator

The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars

2003

Himself

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

2003

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003

John F. "Jack" Kennedy

Bubba Ho-tep

2002

Self

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

2002

Narrator

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore

2001

Featured Shows

Self (archival footage)

Folk Britannia

2006

Melvin Porter

The L Word

2004

TV Revolution

2004

Narrator

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

2002

Mr. Parker

Third Watch

1999

Himself - Narrator

Christianity: The First 1000 Years

1998

Narrator (voice)

Thomas Jefferson

1997

Promised Land

1996

Self

The West

1996

Erasmus Jones

Promised Land

1996

Self / John R. Gills (voice)

The West

1996

Terrence Minnerly

JAG

1995

Judge Harry Roosevelt

The Client

1995

Gabriel

Touched by an Angel

1994

Judge Richard Farris

The Stand

1994

Erasmus Jones

Touched by an Angel

1994

Various (voice)

Baseball

1994

Writing

Writer

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

2024

Writer

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1983

Musical

Purlie

1981

Screenplay

Countdown at Kusini

1976

Screenplay

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970

Writer

Gone Are the Days!

1963

Writer

East Side/West Side

1963

Crew

Thanks

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998

Directing

Director

Countdown at Kusini

1976

Director

Gordon's War

1973

Director

Black Girl

1972

Director

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970

Director

Kongi's Harvest

1970