Ossie Davis
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Ossie Davis was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. He was married to Ruby Dee, with whom he frequently performed, from 1948 until his death.
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Filmography 40
Doctor Dolittle
Dinosaur
Malcolm X
Do the Right Thing
The Client
Grumpy Old Men
12 Angry Men
Bubba Ho-tep
Gladiator
Joe Versus the Volcano
Jungle Fever
The Hill
She Hate Me
Cop & ½
The Scalphunters
School Daze
The Secret Path
No Way Out
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Get on the Bus
Avenging Angel
Harry & Son
Baadasssss!
The Cardinal
Fourteen Hours
4 Little Girls
I'm Not Rappaport
Sam Whiskey
Night Gallery
Miss Evers' Boys
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Let's Do It Again
Hot Stuff
Wattstax
Malcolm X
A Man Called Adam
Death of a Prophet
Feast of All Saints
The Soul Collector
Deacons for Defense160 credits on file
Television 24
The Fugitive
JAG
Run for Your Life
Bonanza
Hawaii Five-O
American Experience
Third Watch
Touched by an Angel
The L Word
Tony Awards
The Stand
American Masters
Reading Rainbow
The Defenders
The Name of the Game
12 O'Clock High
Baseball
Roots: The Next Generations
Kraft Television Theatre
Evening Shade
The Kennedy Center Honors
Promised Land
Alex Haley's Queen
The WestAwards 13
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Connected to Ossie 6
About this person
Ossie Davis was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. He was married to Ruby Dee, with whom he frequently performed, from 1948 until his death. He received numerous accolades including an Emmy, a Grammy and a Writers Guild of America Award as well as nominations for four additional Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and Tony Award. Davis was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994 and received the National Medal of Arts in 1995, then Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.
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