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    Ossie Davis

    1917-12-17 (106 years old) in Cogdell, Georgia, USA

    Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ossie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

    Movies

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    Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
    69 %|Oct 27, 2022
    Documentary
    actor
    The Peace!
    50 %|Sep 20, 2005
    Documentary
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    The History Makers: Success
    0 %|Feb 15, 2005
    Documentary
    actor
    Unstoppable
    0 %|Feb 13, 2005
    Documentary
    poster
    She Hate Me
    51 %|Jul 30, 2004
    Comedy, Drama
    actor
    Proud
    44 %|Jul 2, 2004
    Drama
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    Baadasssss!
    66 %|May 28, 2004
    Drama
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    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
    0 %|Aug 22, 2003
    Documentary
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    The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
    80 %|May 20, 2003
    Documentary
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    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
    61 %|Feb 16, 2003
    Documentary
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    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
    59 %|Feb 10, 2003
    History, Documentary
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    Deacons for Defense
    61 %|Jan 1, 2003
    Drama
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    Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
    0 %|Jun 14, 2002
    Documentary
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    Bubba Ho-tep
    65.52 %|Jun 9, 2002
    Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy
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    Feast of All Saints
    52 %|Nov 11, 2001
    Romance, Drama
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    The Legend of the Candy Cane
    0 %|Jun 1, 2001
    Animation, TV Movie, Comedy
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    Here's to Life!
    0 %|Sep 18, 2000
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    Dinosaur
    65.25999999999999 %|May 19, 2000
    Animation, Family, Adventure
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    Finding Buck McHenry
    0 %|Apr 16, 2000
    Drama, Family
    actor
    The Unfinished Journey
    60 %|Dec 31, 1999
    Documentary, History
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    Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
    90 %|Dec 14, 1999
    Fantasy, Music, TV Movie
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    The Soul Collector
    74 %|Oct 24, 1999
    Romance, Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie
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    The Secret Path
    67 %|Apr 2, 1999
    Drama
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    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
    0 %|Feb 24, 1999
    Documentary
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    A Vow to Cherish
    62 %|Jan 1, 1999
    TV Movie
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    Doctor Dolittle
    56.900000000000006 %|Jun 26, 1998
    Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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    12 Angry Men
    76.58 %|Aug 17, 1997
    Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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    4 Little Girls
    73 %|Jul 9, 1997
    Documentary
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    Miss Evers' Boys
    63 %|Feb 22, 1997
    Drama, History, TV Movie
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    Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
    65 %|Jan 1, 1997
    Documentary
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    I'm Not Rappaport
    56 %|Dec 24, 1996
    Comedy
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    Get on the Bus
    66 %|Oct 16, 1996
    Drama
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    The Android Affair
    50 %|Apr 12, 1995
    Science Fiction
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    Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
    0 %|Mar 20, 1995
    Mystery, TV Movie
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    The Client
    66.89 %|Jul 20, 1994
    Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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    Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
    0 %|May 13, 1994
    Mystery
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    The Stand
    0 %|May 8, 1994
    Horror, Science Fiction, Drama
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    Malcolm X: Make It Plain
    100 %|Jan 26, 1994
    Documentary, History
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    Grumpy Old Men
    66.36999999999999 %|Dec 25, 1993
    Comedy
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    Cop and ½
    45 %|Apr 2, 1993
    Action, Comedy, Family
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    Goin' Back to T-Town
    0 %|Mar 1, 1993
    Documentary, History
    poster
    The Ernest Green Story
    69 %|Jan 17, 1993
    Drama, TV Movie
    actor
    Lincoln
    72 %|Dec 26, 1992
    Documentary
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    Malcolm X
    75.35 %|Nov 18, 1992
    Drama, History
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    Gladiator
    75.81 %|Mar 6, 1992
    Action, Drama
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    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
    77 %|Oct 28, 1991
    Documentary
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    Jungle Fever
    63.91 %|Jun 7, 1991
    Drama, Romance
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    Joe Versus the Volcano
    57.15 %|Mar 9, 1990
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Red Shoes
    0 %|Feb 7, 1990
    Animation
    actor
    Making 'Do the Right Thing'
    67 %|Nov 3, 1989
    Documentary
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    Do the Right Thing
    77.61 %|Jun 14, 1989
    Drama
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    School Daze
    59 %|Feb 12, 1988
    Comedy, Drama, Music
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    Avenging Angel
    51.589999999999996 %|Jan 11, 1985
    Action, Thriller, Crime
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    Harry and Son
    59.74 %|Mar 2, 1984
    Drama
    actor
    Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
    0 %|Feb 7, 1984
    Documentary
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    The House of God
    15 %|Jan 1, 1984
    Comedy, Drama
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    Death of a Prophet
    42 %|Jan 1, 1981
    Drama
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    All God's Children
    0 %|Apr 28, 1980
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Freedom Road
    48 %|Oct 29, 1979
    Drama
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    Hot Stuff
    70 %|Aug 10, 1979
    Comedy
    actor
    Freedom Man
    0 %|Jan 1, 1979
    Drama, Family
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    Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
    0 %|Sep 12, 1977
    TV Movie, Drama
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    The Tenth Level
    51 %|Aug 26, 1976
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Countdown at Kusini
    0 %|Apr 16, 1976
    Drama
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    Let's Do It Again
    67 %|Oct 11, 1975
    Comedy, Crime
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    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
    0 %|Apr 19, 1975
    Documentary
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    Malcolm X
    64 %|May 24, 1972
    Documentary
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    The Sheriff
    60 %|Mar 30, 1971
    TV Movie, Drama, Crime
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    Kongi's Harvest
    60 %|May 1, 1970
    Drama
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    Night Gallery
    70.59 %|Nov 8, 1969
    TV Movie, Thriller, Horror
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    Slaves
    57 %|Jul 2, 1969
    Drama
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    Sam Whiskey
    55.19 %|Apr 1, 1969
    Action, Comedy, Western
    actor
    Teacher, Teacher
    0 %|Feb 5, 1969
    TV Movie, Drama
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    The Fall
    70 %|Jan 15, 1969
    Documentary
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    The Scalphunters
    64 %|Feb 29, 1968
    Comedy, Western
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    The Outsider
    60 %|Nov 21, 1967
    Drama, Crime, TV Movie
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    Black Liberation
    0 %|Jan 1, 1967
    Documentary
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    A Man Called Adam
    63 %|Mar 16, 1966
    Music, Drama
    actor
    The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
    10 %|Jul 1, 1965
    Documentary
    actor
    The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
    10 %|Jul 1, 1965
    Documentary
    poster
    The Hill
    75 %|Jun 17, 1965
    Drama, War
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    Shock Treatment
    67 %|Jul 22, 1964
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    The Cardinal
    65 %|Dec 12, 1963
    Drama, History, War
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    Gone Are the Days!
    65 %|Aug 9, 1963
    Drama
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    Hands of Inge
    0 %|Jan 1, 1962
    Documentary
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    John Brown's Raid
    0 %|Oct 25, 1960
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Fourteen Hours
    71.38 %|Apr 1, 1951
    Drama, Thriller
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    No Way Out
    68.64 %|Aug 16, 1950
    Drama, Crime, Thriller

    Series

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    Folk Britannia
    0 %|Feb 3, 2006
    actor
    TV Revolution
    0 %|May 23, 2004
    Documentary,
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    The L Word
    76.52 %|Jan 18, 2004
    Drama
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    Third Watch
    79 %|Sep 23, 1999
    Drama, Crime
    actor
    Christianity: The First 1000 Years
    0 %|Nov 29, 1998
    Documentary
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    Thomas Jefferson
    88 %|Feb 18, 1997
    Documentary
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    Promised Land
    66 %|Sep 17, 1996
    Drama
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    Promised Land
    66 %|Sep 17, 1996
    Drama
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    The West
    84 %|Sep 15, 1996
    Documentary
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    The West
    84 %|Sep 15, 1996
    Documentary
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    JAG
    72.51 %|Sep 23, 1995
    Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
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    The Client
    58 %|Sep 17, 1995
    Drama
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    Touched by an Angel
    73 %|Sep 21, 1994
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Family
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    Touched by an Angel
    73 %|Sep 21, 1994
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Family
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    Baseball
    74 %|Sep 18, 1994
    Documentary
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    The Stand
    68.36 %|May 8, 1994
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    Alex Haley's Queen
    72 %|Feb 14, 1993
    Drama
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    Evening Shade
    51 %|Sep 21, 1990
    Comedy
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    B.L. Stryker
    60 %|Feb 13, 1989
    Mystery
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    American Masters
    69 %|Jun 23, 1986
    Documentary
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    Reading Rainbow
    84 %|Jun 6, 1983
    Kids
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    Roots: The Next Generations
    74 %|Feb 18, 1979
    Drama
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    The Kennedy Center Honors
    72 %|Dec 28, 1978
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    King
    63.75 %|Feb 12, 1978
    Drama
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    Night Gallery
    78.39 %|Dec 16, 1970
    Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Hawaii Five-O
    69.6 %|Sep 20, 1968
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    The Name of the Game
    68 %|Sep 20, 1968
    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Run for Your Life
    71.67 %|Sep 13, 1965
    Drama
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    Run for Your Life
    71.67 %|Sep 13, 1965
    Drama
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    Run for Your Life
    71.67 %|Sep 13, 1965
    Drama
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    The Great Adventure
    0 %|Sep 27, 1963
    Drama
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    The Fugitive
    71.42999999999999 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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    The Defenders
    61.879999999999995 %|Sep 16, 1961
    Drama
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    The Defenders
    61.879999999999995 %|Sep 16, 1961
    Drama
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    The Defenders
    61.879999999999995 %|Sep 16, 1961
    Drama
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    The Defenders
    61.879999999999995 %|Sep 16, 1961
    Drama
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    The Defenders
    61.879999999999995 %|Sep 16, 1961
    Drama
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    88 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama
    actor
    Kraft Television Theatre
    60 %|May 7, 1947
    Drama