Ossie Davis

The talent

Ossie Davis

Acting

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Role Type Sort Decade Genre

The work

Get on the Bus

Get on the Bus Jeremiah / 'Pop'

Harry & Son

Harry & Son Raymond

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem Director, Screenplay

Baadasssss!

Baadasssss! Granddad

The Fugitive

1963

The Fugitive Lt. Johnny Gaines

Avenging Angel

Avenging Angel Capt. Harry Moradian

Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours Cab Driver (uncredited)

The Cardinal

The Cardinal Father Gillis

Baseball

1994

Baseball Various (voice)

Roots: The Next Generations

1979

Roots: The Next Generations 'Dad' Jones

I'm Not Rappaport

I'm Not Rappaport Midge Carter

Sam Whiskey

Sam Whiskey Jed Hooker

The Secret Path

The Secret Path Too Tall

Alex Haley's Queen

1993

Alex Haley's Queen Parson Dick

Let's Do It Again

Let's Do It Again Elder Johnson

Night Gallery

Night Gallery Osmond Portifoy

Miss Evers' Boys

Miss Evers' Boys Mr. Evers

12 O'Clock High

1964

12 O'Clock High Major Glenn Luke

Hot Stuff

Hot Stuff Captain John Geiberger

A Man Called Adam

A Man Called Adam Nelson Davis

Evening Shade

1990

Evening Shade Ponder Blue

Malcolm X

Malcolm X Eulogy (voice)

Death of a Prophet

Death of a Prophet

King

1978

King Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.