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

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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.

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.

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.

Ossie Davis's FILMOGRAPHY - Page 2

All as Actor (157) as Director (1)

Bonanza - Season 1

The Fugitive - Season 4 (1963)

Hawaii Five-0 - Season 11 (1968)

Night Gallery - Season 3

Bonanza - Season 10

Hawaii Five-0 (1968) - Season 8

She Hate Me

12 OClock High - Season 1

Touched by an Angel - Season 2

American Experience - Season 34

Promised Land - Season 3

Gladiator

Roots: The Next Generations - Season 1

Reading Rainbow - Season 10

Bonanza - Season 13

Bonanza - Season 9

Reading Rainbow - Season 3

Reading Rainbow - Season 14

Hot Stuff

Night Gallery - Season 1

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

Sesame Street - Season 50

Sesame Street - Season 52

The Fugitive - Season 2 (1963)

Sesame Street - Season 5

What's My Name: Muhammad Ali - Season 1

Ossie Davis'S roles

Da Mayor

Jacko King

Melvin Porter

Chuck

Archer Dolittle

Judge Richard Farris

Harry Roosevelt

The Good Reverend Doctor Purify

Yar