Ossie Davis

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Actor Credits

• Proud (2005)
  Lorenzo DuFau
• Baadasssss! (2004)
  Granddad
• Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)
  Himself
• Proud (2004)
• She Hate Me (2004)
  Judge Buchanan
• Bubba Ho-Tep (2003)
  Jack
• Deacons for Defense (2003)
• The Feast of All Saints (2001)
• Dinosaur (2000)
  Voice of of Yar
• Here s To Life (2000)
• A Vow to Cherish (1999)
• Dr. Dolittle (1998)
  Archer Dolittle
• 12 Angry Men (1997)
• 4 Little Girls (1997)
  Himself
• Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
• Get on the Bus (1996)
  Jeremiah
• I m Not Rappaport (1996)
  Midge
• The Android Affair (1995)
• The Client (1994)
  Judge Harry Roosevelt
• The Stand (1994)
• Ghetto Child (1993)
• Grumpy Old Men (1993)
  Chuck
• Haiti: Killing the Dream (1993)
• Gladiator (1992)
  Noah
• Malcolm X (1992)
  Eulogy Performer
• Hands Upon the Heart (1991)
• Jungle Fever (1991)
  The Good Reverend Doctor Purify
• Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
  Marshall
• Do the Right Thing (1989)
  Da Mayor
• Freedom Man (1989)
• School Daze (1988)
  Coach Odom
• Avenging Angel (1985)
  Captain Moradian
• Harry & Son (1984)
  Raymond
• Death of a Prophet (1981)
• Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)
• All God's Children (1980)
• Hot Stuff (1979)
  Captain Geibarger
• The House of God (1979)
  Dr Sanders
• King (1978)
• Countdown at Kusini (1976)
  Ernest Motapo
• Let s Do It Again (1975)
  Elder Johnson
• Malcolm X (1972)
  Eulogy
• Sam Whiskey (1969)
  Jedediah Hooker
• Slaves (1969)
  Luke
• The Scalphunters (1968)
  Joseph Winfield Lee
• A Man Called Adam (1966)
  Nelson Davis
• The Hill (1965)
  Jacko King
• Shock Treatment (1964)
  Capshaw
• Gone Are the Days (1963)
  Purlie Victorious
• The Cardinal (1963)
  Father Gillis
• The Joe Louis Story (1953)
• No Way Out (1950)
• A Trumpet of the Walls of Jericho

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Director Credits

• Countdown at Kusini (1976)
  Director
• Gordon's War (1973)
  Director
• Kongi's Harvest (1973)
  Director
• Black Girl (1972)
  Director
• Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
  Director

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Writing Credits

• For Us, the Living - The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
  Screenwriter
• Countdown at Kusini (1976)
  screenplay
• Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
  screenplay
• Gone Are the Days (1963)
  screenplay
• Gone Are the Days (1963)
  Play as Source Material ( Purlie Victorious )

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Music Credits

• Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
  Song ( Ain t Now But It s Going to Be )

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