Ossie Davis
#1838

Ossie Davis

1917-12-18

actor / director
Director:
Spike Lee

Casting:
Wesley Snipes,
Annabella Sciorra,
Spike Lee,

USA, 1991

Jungle Fever
Drama , Romance
Director:
Steven Spielberg

Casting:
Maya Angelou,
Bill Clinton,
Ossie Davis,

USA, 1999

The Unfinished Journey
Documentary , Short , History
Director:
Eric Leighton Ralph Zondag

Casting:
D.B. Sweeney,
Alfre Woodard,
Ossie Davis,

USA, 2000

Dinosaur
Animation , Adventure , Family
Director:
Paul Bogart Stuart Rosenberg David Greene

Casting:
E.G. Marshall,
Robert Reed,
Ossie Davis,

USA, 1961

The Defenders
Drama
Director:
Betty Thomas

Casting:
Eddie Murphy,
Ossie Davis,
Oliver Platt,

USA, 1998

Doctor Dolittle
Comedy , Family , Fantasy
Director:
Spike Lee

Casting:
Danny Aiello,
Ossie Davis,
Ruby Dee,

USA, 1989

Do the Right Thing
Drama
Director:
Richard Benedict Michael Ritchie Leslie H. Martinson

Casting:
Ben Gazzara,
Nicholas Colasanto,
Jack Krupnick,

USA, 1965

Run for Your Life
Drama
Director:
Burt Reynolds Harry Thomason James Hampton

Casting:
Burt Reynolds,
Marilu Henner,
Charles Durning,

USA, 1990

Evening Shade
Comedy
Director:
Valerie A. Robins

Casting:
Saul Bass,
Peter Bogdanovich,
Michael Caine,

Austria, USA, 1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Documentary , Biography
Director:
Ed Bell Thomas Lennon

Casting:
Whoopi Goldberg,
Angela Bassett,
Michael Boatman,

USA, 2003

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Documentary
Director:
Louis J. Horvitz

Casting:
Fantasia Barrino,
Angela Bassett,
Warren Beatty,

USA, 2004

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
Family
Director:
Helaine Head James Quinn Steven Robman

Casting:
JoBeth Williams,
John Heard,
Polly Holliday,

USA, 1995

The Client
Thriller
Director:
Tania Cuevas-Martinez

Casting:
Kathleen Cleaver,
Chuck D.,
Ossie Davis,

USA, 2001

Voice of the Voiceless
Documentary
Director:
Walter C. Miller

Casting:
Anthony Hopkins,
Amy Irving,
George Abbott,

USA, 1994

The 48th Annual Tony Awards
Family
Director:


Casting:
Chris Hedges,
Sean Hannity,
Michael Smerconish,

USA, 1998

Book TV
Talk-Show
Director:
Ellen Brown

Casting:
Paula Abdul,
Danny Aiello,
May May Ali,

USA, 1990

22nd NAACP Image Awards
Family
Director:
Victor Lobl Stuart Margolin Burt Brinckerhoff

Casting:
Gerald McRaney,
Wendy Phillips,
Austin O'Brien,

USA, 1996

Promised Land
Drama , Family
Director:
Spike Lee

Casting:
Laurence Fishburne,
Giancarlo Esposito,
Tisha Campbell-Martin,

USA, 1988

School Daze
Comedy , Drama , Musical
Director:
Joel Schumacher

Casting:
Susan Sarandon,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Mary-Louise Parker,

USA, 1994

The Client
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Herbert J. Biberman

Casting:
Dionne Warwick,
Ossie Davis,
Stephen Boyd,

USA, 1969

Slaves
Drama
Director:
Alexandra Isles

Casting:
Morgan Freeman,
Rosetta LeNoire,
Dick Campbell,

USA, 1998

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Documentary
Director:
Leo Penn

Casting:
Sammy Davis Jr.,
Ossie Davis,
Cicely Tyson,

USA, 1966

A Man Called Adam
Drama , Music
Director:
Ron de Moraes

Casting:
Joan Allen,
Gillian Anderson,
Jamie Bell,

USA, 2001

7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
Director:


Casting:
J. Fred MacDonald,
Ossie Davis,
Ruby Dee,

USA, 1976

Tony Brown's Journal
Director:
John Patrick Shanley

Casting:
Tom Hanks,
Meg Ryan,
Lloyd Bridges,

USA, 1990

Joe Versus the Volcano
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Denis Sanders

Casting:
Stuart Whitman,
Carol Lynley,
Roddy McDowall,

USA, 1964

Shock Treatment
Drama
Director:
Arnold Laven

Casting:
Burt Reynolds,
Clint Walker,
Ossie Davis,

USA, 1969

Sam Whiskey
Comedy , Western
Director:


Casting:
Eric Stoltz,
Ruby Dee,
Phylicia Rashad,

USA, 2005

Character Studies
Drama
Director:
Peter Whitehead

Casting:
Peter Whitehead,
Alberta Tiburzi,
Paul Auster,

UK, 1969

The Fall
Documentary , Music
Director:
Donald Wrye

Casting:
Tim Matheson,
Charles Haid,
Michael Sacks,

USA, 1984

The House of God
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Paul Newman

Casting:
Paul Newman,
Robby Benson,
Ellen Barkin,

USA, 1984

Harry & Son
Drama
Director:
Spike Lee

Casting:
Anthony Mackie,
Kerry Washington,
Ellen Barkin,

USA, 2004

She Hate Me
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Herb Gardner

Casting:
Walter Matthau,
Ossie Davis,
Amy Irving,

USA, 1996

I'm Not Rappaport
Comedy
Director:
Mario Van Peebles

Casting:
Mario Van Peebles,
Joy Bryant,
T.K. Carter,

USA, 2003

Baadasssss!
Biography , Drama
Director:
Sydney Pollack

Casting:
Burt Lancaster,
Shelley Winters,
Telly Savalas,

USA, 1968

The Scalphunters
Comedy , Western
Director:
Spike Lee

Casting:
Richard Belzer,
De'aundre Bonds,
Andre Braugher,

USA, 1996

Get on the Bus
Drama , History
Director:


Casting:
Donald Bogle,
Kevin Hooks,
Robert Hooks,

USA, 1980

Ossie and Ruby!
Director:
Ossie Davis

Casting:
Ruby Dee,
Ossie Davis,
Greg Morris,

USA, Nigeria, 1976

Cool Red
Drama
Director:
Ronald Saland

Casting:
Sean Connery,
Sidney Lumet,
Kenneth Hyman,

USA, 1965

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill.
Documentary , Short
Director:
Dale Minor Adrian Malone Linda Duvoisin

Casting:
Donald Sutherland,
David Bryan Jackson,
Bill Toscano,

USA, 1993

Great Books
Documentary , History
Director:
Charles Burnett

Casting:
Herbert Aptheker,
Charles Burnett,
Resharma Coleman,

USA, 2003

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Documentary
Director:
Michael Kirk

Casting:
Ossie Davis,
Jeffrey Grover,
Eric Lewis,

USA, 2005

A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho
Documentary
Director:


Casting:
Philip Abbott,
Ethel Ayler,
Olga Bellin,

USA, 1960

CBS Repertoire Workshop
Director:
Rick Page

Casting:
Tobijah Tyler,
Suzzanne Douglas,
Melinda Renee,

USA, 1998

Alyson's Closet
Comedy , Drama , Short
Director:
Jeff Margolis

Casting:
Debbie Allen,
Renaldo Benson,
Halle Berry,

USA, 1996

Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine
Director:
Mary Pat Kelly

Casting:
Reggie Austin,
Vernel Bagneris,
Marcus Chait,

USA, 2004

Proud
Drama
Director:
David Grubin

Casting:
Ossie Davis,
Ruby Dee,
Bill Moyers,

USA, 1983

A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers
Documentary
Director:
Sidney Lumet

Casting:
Sean Connery,
Harry Andrews,
Ian Bannen,

UK, 1965

The Hill
Drama , War
Director:
David Irving

Casting:
Ossie Davis,
Geoffrey Holder,
Priscilla Pointer,

USA, 2002

School's Out: Self-taught Artists
Documentary , Short
Director:
Don Coscarelli

Casting:
Bruce Campbell,
Ossie Davis,
Ella Joyce,

USA, 2002

Bubba Ho-Tep
Comedy , Drama , Fantasy
Director:
Dom DeLuise

Casting:
Dom DeLuise,
Suzanne Pleshette,
Jerry Reed,

USA, 1979

Hot Stuff
Comedy
Director:
Burt Reynolds Tony Wharmby William A. Fraker

Casting:
Burt Reynolds,
Ossie Davis,
Michael O. Smith,

USA, 1989

B.L. Stryker
Mystery
Director:


Casting:
Malaika Adero,
Ossie Davis,
Ruby Dee,

USA, 2004

A Wealth of Wisdom
News
Director:


Casting:
Lise Almond,
Riley Bourdeaux,
Ossie Davis,

USA, 1997

The Protector
Drama , Crime , Thriller
Director:
Nicholas Webster

Casting:
Ossie Davis,
Ruby Dee,
Godfrey Cambridge,

USA, 1963

Gone Are the Days!
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Woodie King Jr.

Casting:
Ossie Davis,
William Greaves,
Gertrude Jeannette,

USA, 2006

Segregating the Greatest Generation
Documentary
Director:
Edward Rosenstein

Casting:
James Allen,
Ossie Davis,

USA, 2000

The Gospel According to Mr. Allen
Documentary
Director:
Murray Nossel Roger Weisberg

Casting:
Ossie Davis,

USA, 2002

Why Can't We Be a Family Again?
Short , Documentary
Director:
Robert Vincent O'Neill

Casting:
Betsy Russell,
Rory Calhoun,
Susan Tyrrell,

USA, 1985

Avenging Angel
Action , Crime , Thriller
Director:
Donald Petrie

Casting:
Jack Lemmon,
Walter Matthau,
Ann-Margret,

USA, 1993

Grumpy Old Men
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Arne Olsen

Casting:
Eric McCormack,
James Whitmore,
Kim Hunter,

Canada, 2000

Here's to Life!
Drama
Director:
Arnold Perl

Casting:
James Earl Jones,
Ossie Davis,
John Ali,

USA, 1972

Malcolm X
Documentary , Biography
Director:
Stan Lathan

Casting:
Debbie Allen,
Johnny Brown,
LeVar Burton,

USA, 1984

A Celebration of Life: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Documentary , Family
Director:
Sidney Poitier

Casting:
Sidney Poitier,
Bill Cosby,
Calvin Lockhart,

USA, 1975

Let's Do It Again
Action , Comedy , Crime
Director:
LisaGay Hamilton

Casting:
Beah Richards,
Bill Cobbs,
Ossie Davis,

USA, 2003

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Documentary
Director:
Jon Else Lyn Goldfarb Stephen Stept

Casting:
Joe Morton,
Herbert Hoover,
Franklin D. Roosevelt,

USA, 1993

The Great Depression
Documentary , History