OSSIE DAVIS
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Ossie Davis
BIOGRAPHY: Davis was born Raiford Chatman Davis in Cogdell, Clinch County, Georgia, a son of Kince Charles Davis, a railway construction engineer, and his wife Laura (nee Cooper; July 9, 1898 – June 6, 2004). The name Ossie came from a county clerk who misheard his mother’s pronunciation of his initials “R.C.” when he was born. So he inadvertently became “Ossie” when his mother told the courthouse clerk in Clinch County, Ga., who was filing his birth certificate that his name was R.C. Davis. Davis experienced racism from an early age when the KKK threatened to shoot his father, whose job they felt was too advanced for a black man to have. Following the wishes of his parents, he attended Howard University but dropped out in 1939 to fulfill his desire for an acting career in New York; he later attended Columbia University School of General Studies. His acting career, which spanned eight decades, began in 1939 with the Rose McClendon Players in Harlem. During World War II, Davis served in the United States Army in the Medical Corps. He made his film debut in 1950 in the Sidney Poitier film No Way Out. He voiced Anansi the spider on the PBS children’s television series Sesame Street in its animation segments. |
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MORE MOVIE WITH: Ossie Davis
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 She Hate Me (2004) Play: Judge Buchanan |
 Baadasssss! (2003) Play: Granddad |
 Deacons for Defense (2003) Play: Reverant Gregory |
 Dr Dolittle (1998) Play: Archer Dolittle |
 Miss Evers Boys (1997) Play: Mr. Evers |
 Get on the Bus (1996) Play: Jeremiah |
 Gladiator (1992) Play: Noah |
 Jungle Fever (1991) Play: Doctor Purify |
 Do the right Thing (1989) Play: Mr Maire |
 School Daze (1988) Play: Coach Odom |
 Cool Red (1976) Play: Ernest Motapo |
 Let’s Do It Again (1975) Play: Elder Johnson |
 Cotton comes to Harlem (1970) Play: Realisateur / Director |
 Slaves (1969) Play: Luke |
 Gone Are the Days! (1963) Play: Purlie Victorious |
SERIES TV WITH: Ossie Davis
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