Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. He was married to Ruby Dee, with whom he frequently performed, from 1948 until his death. He received numerous accolades including an Emmy, a Grammy and a Writers Guild of America Award as well as nominations for four additional Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and Tony Award. Davis was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994 and received the National Medal of Arts in 1995, then Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.
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Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
writer
2024
Deacons for Defense
actor
2005
She Hate Me
actor
2004
Proud
actor
2004
Baadasssss!
actor
2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
actor
2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
actor
2003
Bubba Ho-tep
actor
2002
Feast of All Saints
actor
2001
Dinosaur
actor
2000
The Unfinished Journey
actor
1999
The Secret Path
actor
1999
Doctor Dolittle
actor
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
actor
1998
12 Angry Men
actor
1997
Miss Evers' Boys
actor
1997
I'm Not Rappaport
actor
1996
Get on the Bus
actor
1996
The Client
actor
1994
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
actor
1994
Grumpy Old Men
actor
1993
Cop & ½
actor
1993
Lincoln
actor
1992
Haiti: Killing the Dream
actor
1992
Gladiator
actor
1992
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor
1991
Jungle Fever
actor
1991
Joe Versus the Volcano
actor
1990
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
actor
1989
Do the Right Thing
actor
1989
School Daze
actor
1988
Avenging Angel
actor
1985
Harry & Son
actor
1984
The House of God
actor
1984
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
actor
1981
Death of a Prophet
actor
1981
Hot Stuff
actor
1979
The Tenth Level
actor
1976
Let's Do It Again
actor
1975
Gordon's War
director
1973
Wattstax
actor
1973
Malcolm X
actor
1972
The Sheriff
actor
1971
Cotton Comes to Harlem
director
1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem
writer
1970
Night Gallery
actor
1969
Slaves
actor
1969
Sam Whiskey
actor
1969
The Scalphunters
actor
1968
The Outsider
actor
1967
The Hill
actor
1965
The Cardinal
actor
1963
John Brown's Raid
actor
1960
Fourteen Hours
actor
1951
No Way Out
actor
1950
