Ossie Davis was a american Film & Television actor, director, playwright, author, poet and civil rights activist. He was married to Ruby Dee from 1945 until his death in 2005. He stared in films like Steven King's 'The Stand', the 1998 remake of 'Dr. Doolittle' and the cult classic 'Bubba Ho-tep'. Ossie was 6' 3" tall. his widow, Ruby Dee passed away June 11th 2014.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Promised Land (1996)
Guest starring as Erasmus Jones
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x01: Saving Grace (Oct 1, 1998)
- Episode 1x09: The Homecoming (Nov 26, 1996)
The Client (1995)
Guest starring as Judge Harry Roosevelt
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: Child's Play (Nov 14, 1995)
- Episode 1x05: Drive, He Said (Oct 17, 1995)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
Guest starring as Erasmus Jones
(4 episodes)
- Episode 5x02: Vengance Is Mine (aka Saving Grace: Part 1) (Sep 27, 1998)
- Episode 4x01: Joe's Return (aka The Road Home: Part 1) (Sep 21, 1997)
- Episode 3x11: Homecoming (Part 1) (Nov 24, 1996)
- Episode 3x01: Promised Land (Sep 15, 1996)
The Stand (1994)
Starring as Judge Richard Farris
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: The Stand (May 12, 1994)
- Episode 1x03: The Betrayal (May 11, 1994)
Evening Shade (1990)
Starring as Ponder Blue
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Wood's Thirtieth Reunion (Jan 21, 1991)
- Episode 1x12: Wood and Ava and Gil and Madeline (Jan 7, 1991)
- Episode 1x02: There Once Was a Boy Named Wood (Sep 28, 1990)
- Episode 1x01: A Day in the Life of Wood Newton (Sep 21, 1990)
B.L. Stryker (1989)
Starring as Oz Jackson
(12 episodes)
- Episode 1990-05-05: Night Train (May 5, 1990)
- Episode 1990-04-14: Plates (Apr 14, 1990)
- Episode 1990-03-10: High Rise (Mar 10, 1990)
- Episode 1990-02-24: Grand Theft Hotel (Feb 24, 1990)
- Episode 1990-01-13: Winner Takes All (Jan 13, 1990)
- Episode 1989-12-16: Die Laughing (Dec 16, 1989)
- Episode 1989-11-18: The King of Jazz (Nov 18, 1989)
- Episode 1989-05-15: Blues for Buder (May 15, 1989)
- Episode 1989-04-17: Auntie Sue (Apr 17, 1989)
- Episode 1989-03-27: Blind Chess (Mar 27, 1989)
- Episode 1989-03-06: Carolann (Mar 6, 1989)
- Episode 1989-02-13: The Dancer's Touch (Feb 13, 1989)
American Experience (1988)
Guest starring as Narrator
- Episode 5x12: Goin' Back to T-Town (Mar 1, 1993)
N.Y.P.D. (1967)
Guest starring as Dempsey
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x26: Nothing is Real But the Dead (2) (Mar 19, 1968)
- Episode 1x25: Nothing is Real But the Dead (1) (Mar 12, 1968)
Run for Your Life (1965)
Guest starring as Dave Corbett
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x17: A Rage for Justice (2) (Jan 16, 1967)
- Episode 2x16: Flight from Tirana (1) (Jan 9, 1967)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as Ossie Davis
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1970-06-25: Jun 25, 1970 (Jun 25, 1970)
- Episode 1963-10-08: Oct. 8, 1963 (Oct 8, 1963)
Tony Awards (1957)
Guest starring as Presenter
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1994-06-12: The 48th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 12, 1994)
- Episode 1962-04-29: The 16th Annual Tony Awards (Apr 29, 1962)
Guest starring as Nominee
- Episode 1958-04-13: The 12th Annual Tony Awards (Apr 13, 1958)
Crew Credits
The Eleventh Hour (1962)
Episode crew as Writer
- Episode 2x24: Who is to Say How the Battle is to Be Fought? (Mar 11, 1964)