Ossie Davis

Birthday: 18 December 1917, Cogdell, Georgia, USA

Birth Name: Raiford Chatman Davis

Height: 188 cm

Ossie Davis was born on December 18, 1917 in Cogdell, Georgia, USA as Raiford Chatman Davis. He was an actor and writer, known for Do the Right Thing (1989), Doctor Dolittle (1998) and Bubba Ho-Tep (2 ...Show More

College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back. College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness. I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more. Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change--it can not only move us, it Show more Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change--it can not only move us, it makes us move. Hide

Ossie Davis's FILMOGRAPHY - Page 8

All as Actor (190) as Director (1)

Sam Whiskey

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

The Fugitive - Season 2 (1963)

Hawaii Five-0 - Season 9 (1968)

Reading Rainbow - Season 7

The Stand - Season 1 (1994)

The Scalphunters

Ossie Davis'S roles

The Good Reverend Doctor Purify

Yar

Judge Richard Farris

Da Mayor

Melvin Porter

Harry Roosevelt

Chuck

Archer Dolittle

Jacko King