Person

Ossie Davis

30 credits in the catalogue: acting, directing, writing.

On the wikisDo the Right Thing Wiki

Acting

No Way Out1950John Brooks (uncredited)
Car 54, Where Are You?1961Officer Omar Anderson
The Cardinal1963Father Gillis
The Hill1965Jacko King
A Man Called Adam1966Nelson Davis
The Outsider1967Lt. Wagner
Sam Whiskey1969Jed Hooker
Wattstax1973Self (uncredited)
Let's Do It Again1975Elder Johnson
The Tenth Level1976Reed
The House of God1984Dr. Sanders
Avenging Angel1985Capt. Harry Moradian
School Daze1988Coach Odom
Do the Right Thing1989Da Mayor
Evening Shade1990Ponder Blue
Joe Versus the Volcano1990Marshall
Jungle Fever1991Reverend Purify
Malcolm X1992Eulogy Performer (voice)
Grumpy Old Men1993Chuck
Cop & ½1993Detective in Squad Room
Malcolm X: Make It Plain1994Self
4 Little Girls1997Self - Actor and Playwright
Miss Evers' Boys1997Mr. Evers
Thomas Jefferson1997Narrator
Doctor Dolittle1998Archer Dolittle
Dinosaur2000Yar (voice)
Bubba Ho-tep2002John F. "Jack" Kennedy
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues2022Self (archive footage)

Directing

Cotton Comes to Harlem1970Director

Writing

Cotton Comes to Harlem1970Screenplay