Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis (born Raiford Chatman Davis; 18 December 1917 – 4 February 2005) was an American movie, television and Broadway actor, director, poet, playwright, author, and social activist. He was known for his role as Yar in the 2000 animated movie Dinosaur. He was married to actress Ruby Dee.

Davis died in Miami, Florida from heart disease, aged 87.

Filmography 
 No Way Out (1950) as John Brooks (uncredited)
 Fourteen Hours (1951) as Cab Driver (uncredited)
 The Joe Louis Story (1953) as Bob (uncredited)
 Gone Are the Days! (aka Purlie Victorious) (1963) as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
 The Cardinal (1963) as Father Gillis
 Shock Treatment (1964) as Capshaw
 The Hill (1965) as Jacko King
 A Man Called Adam (1966) as Nelson Davis
 Silent Revolution (1967)
 The Scalphunters (1968) as Joseph Lee
 Sam Whiskey (1969) as Jed Hooker
 Slaves (1969) as Luke
 Wattstax (1973) as Himself (uncredited)
 Let's Do It Again (1975) as Elder Johnson
 Countdown at Kusini (1976) as Ernest Motapo
 Hot Stuff (1979) as Captain John Geiberger
 Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Loved the Stars (1979)
 Harry & Son (1984) as Raymond
 The House of God (1984) as Dr. Sanders
 Avenging Angel (1985) as Captain Harry Moradian
 School Daze (1988) as Coach Odom
 Do the Right Thing (1989) as Da Mayor
 Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) as Marshall
 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991, Documentary) as Himself
 Jungle Fever (1991) as The Good Reverend Doctor Purify
 Gladiator (1992) as Noah
 Malcolm X (1992) as Eulogy Performer (voice)
 Cop and a Half (1993) as Detective in Squad Room (uncredited)
 Grumpy Old Men (1993) as Chuck
 The Client (1994) as Harry Roosevelt
 Get on the Bus (1996) as Jeremiah
 I'm Not Rappaport (1996) as Midge Carter
 4 Little Girls (1997, Documentary) as Himself - Actor and Playwright
 Dr. Dolittle (1998) as Archer Dolittle
 Alyson's Closet (1998, Short) as Postman Extraordinaire
 The Unfinished Journey (1999, Documentary, Short) as Narration (voice)
 The Gospel According to Mr. Allen (2000, Documentary) as Narrator
 Dinosaur (2000) as Yar (voice)
 Here's to Life! (2000) as Duncan Cox
 Voice of the Voiceless (2001, Documentary) as Himself
 Why Can't We Be a Family Again? (2002, Documentary, Short) as Narrator (voice)
 Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) as Jack
 Unchained Memories (2003, Documentary) as Reader #6
 Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003, Documentary) as Himself
 Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003, Documentary) as Himself
 BAADASSSSS! (2003) as Granddad
 She Hate Me (2004) as Judge Buchanan
 Proud (2004) as Lorenzo DuFau
 A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho (2005, Documentary)
   Experimenter (2015) Ossie Davis is played by Dennis Dexter Haysbert.

References

Other websites

 Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee 
 
 
 
 

1917 births
2005 deaths
Actors from Georgia (U.S. state)
African-American movie actors
African-American stage actors
African-American television actors
African-American voice actors
African American writers
American activists
American movie actors
American playwrights
American poets
Cardiovascular disease deaths in Florida
Grammy Award winners
Kennedy Center honorees
Screen Actors Guild Award winners
Writers from Georgia (U.S. state)