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DAVIS, Ossie
Amerikaans filmacteur (1917-2005)
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Tevens regisseur en filmscène schrijver * 18.12. 1917, Cogdell, Georgia, USA - † 4.2. 2005, Miami Beach, Fl.
Education: Howard University, Washington DC Veteran black character player who began his acting career on the Broadway stage in the late 1940s. In 1961 Davis wrote and starred in the Broadway hit, Purlie Victorious, an irreverant send-up of racism in the Old South, which he then adapted for the screen as GONE ARE THE DAYS (1963). He made his film directorial debut in 1970 with an adaptation of Chester Hime's classic novel, Cotton Comes to Harlem, and subsequently directed KONGI'S HARVEST (1971), BLACK GIRL (1972), GORDON'S WAR (1973) and COUNTDOWN AT KUSINI (1976). More recently he has become a fixture in the films of Spike Lee, playing the football coach in SCHOOL DAZE (1988), the wise neighborhood drunk in DO THE RIGHT THING (1989) and delivering a eulogy in MALCOLM X (1992). Since 1948 Davis has been married to his frequent co-star Ruby Dee, with whom he hosted a radio and TV series and has been active in civil rights and humanitarian causes. Filmografie 1950 No Way Out (uncredited) .... John Brooks 1951 Fourteen Hours (uncredited) .... Cab driver
1963 The Cardinal .... Father Gillis
1963 PURLIE VICTORIOUS/Gone Are the Days! .... Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson screenwriter, 1964 Shock Treatment .... Capshaw 1965 The Hill .... Jacko King 1966 A Man Called Adam .... Nelson Davis 1967 The Outsider (TV) .... Lt. Wagner 1968 The Scalphunters .... Joseph Lee 1969 Night Gallery (TV) .... Osmond Portifoy 1969 Sam Whiskey .... Jed Hooker 1969 Slaves .... Luke 1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem director, song 1971 Kongi's Harvest director 1971 The Sheriff (TV) .... James Lucas 1972 Black Girl director 1972 Malcolm X (voice) (also archive footage) .... Eulogy 1973 Gordon's War director 1975 Let's Do It Again .... Elder Johnson 1976 Countdown at Kusini director, screenwriter, 1979 Hot Stuff .... Captain John Geiberger 1979 The House of God .... Dr. Sanders 1980 All God's Children (TV) .... Blaine Whitfield 1981 Death of a Prophet (TV) .... Himself 1981 Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (TV) .... Chuffy Russell 1984 Harry & Son .... Raymond 1985 Avenging Angel .... Captain Harry Moradian 1988 School Daze .... Coach Odom
1989 Do the Right Thing .... Da Mayor
1989 Die Laughing (TV) .... Ossie 1990 Joe Versus the Volcano .... Marshall 1991 Jungle Fever .... The Good Reverend Doctor Purify 1992 Gladiator .... Noah 1992 Malcolm X (voice) .... Eulogy Performer 1993 Grumpy Old Men .... Chuck 1993 Cop and ½ (uncredited) .... Detective in Squad Room 1994 The Client .... Judge Harry Roosevelt 1994 Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (TV) .... Uncle Phil 1995 The Android Affair (TV) .... Dr. Winston 1995 Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (TV) .... Uncle Phil 1996 I'm Not Rappaport .... Midge Carter 1996 Get on the Bus .... Jeremiah 1996 Home of the Brave (TV) .... Erasmus Jones 1996 Ripper (VG) .... Ben Dodds 1997 12 Angry Men (TV) .... Juror #2 1997 Miss Evers' Boys (TV) .... Mr. Evers 1998 Doctor Dolittle .... Archer Dolittle 1998 Alyson's Closet .... Postman Extraordinaire 1999 A Vow to Cherish (TV) .... Alexander Billman 1999 The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (TV) .... The Caretaker 1999 The Soul Collector (TV) .... Mordecai 1999 The Secret Path (TV) .... Too Tall 2000 J.C. Leyendecker: The Great American Illustrator (TV) .... Narrator 2000 Here's to Life! .... Duncan Cox 2000 Dinosaur (voice) .... Yar 2000 Finding Buck McHenry (TV) .... Buck McHenry 2001 Feast of All Saints (TV) .... Jean-Jacques 2001 Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore (TV) ... Narrator 2002 Bubba Ho-tep .... Jack 2003 How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass .... Granddad 2004 Proud .... Lorenzo DuFau
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