Ossie Davis
ActingTotal Credits
142
Acting
135
First Credit
1947
Latest Credit
2024
The West
Self · Self / John R. Gills (voice)
1996
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Third Watch
Mr. Parker
1999
Do the Right Thing
Da Mayor
1989
12 Angry Men
Juror 2
1997
The L Word
Melvin Porter
2004
Gladiator
Noah
1992
Malcolm X
Eulogy Performer (voice)
1992
Bonanza
Sam Davis
1959
Baseball
Various (voice) · (voice)
1994
The Hill
Jacko King
1965
The Secret Path
Too Tall
1999
Thomas Jefferson
Narrator (voice)
1997
Roots: The Next Generations
'Dad' Jones
1979
The Fugitive
Lt. Johnny Gaines
1963
The Soul Collector
Mordecai
1999
JAG
Terrence Minnerly
1995
Fourteen Hours
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1951
12 O'Clock High
Major Glenn Luke
1964
Touched by an Angel
Gabriel · Erasmus Jones
1994
4 Little Girls
Self - Actor and Playwright
1997
Hawaii Five-O
Ramon Borelle
1968
Alex Haley's Queen
Parson Dick
1993
Hot Stuff
Captain John Geiberger
1979
The Name of the Game
Kubani
1968
American Masters
Self
1986
Let's Do It Again
Elder Johnson
1975
Wattstax
Self (uncredited)
1973
No Way Out
John Brooks (uncredited)
1950
The Stand
Judge Richard Farris · Judge Richard Farris (credit only)
1994
Black Girl
Director
1972
The Client
Harry Roosevelt
1994
Grumpy Old Men
Chuck
1993
Malcolm X
Eulogy (voice)
1972
King
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
1978
Dinosaur
Yar (voice)
2000
The Cardinal
Father Gillis
1963
Night Gallery
Osmond Portifoy
1969
A Man Called Adam
Nelson Davis
1966
Miss Evers' Boys
Mr. Evers
1997
Bubba Ho-tep
John F. "Jack" Kennedy
2002
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
2022
American Experience
Self - Harlem Resident
1988
Baadasssss!
Granddad
2004
Jungle Fever
Reverend Purify
1991
Deacons for Defense
Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
2005
The Scalphunters
Joseph Lee
1968
Get on the Bus
Jeremiah / 'Pop'
1996
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Himself
2003
The Defenders
Nixie · Officer Bond · Assistant District Attorney · District Attorney · District Attorney Daniel Jackson
1961
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Director · Screenplay
1970
Harry & Son
Raymond
1984
Joe Versus the Volcano
Marshall
1990
Evening Shade
Ponder Blue
1990
Doctor Dolittle
Archer Dolittle
1998
I'm Not Rappaport
Midge Carter
1996
School Daze
Coach Odom
1988
Sam Whiskey
Jed Hooker
1969
Avenging Angel
Capt. Harry Moradian
1985
She Hate Me
Judge Buchanan
2004