Ossie Davis

Birthday: 18 December 1917, Cogdell, Georgia, USA

Birth Name: Raiford Chatman Davis

Height: 188 cm

Ossie Davis was born on December 18, 1917 in Cogdell, Georgia, USA as Raiford Chatman Davis. He was an actor and writer, known for Do the Right Thing (1989), Doctor Dolittle (1998) and Bubba Ho-Tep (2 ...Show More

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness. I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more. Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.

College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back. College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change--it can not only move us, it Show more Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change--it can not only move us, it makes us move. Hide

Ossie Davis's FILMOGRAPHY - Page 8

All as Actor (190) as Director (1)

Sesame Street - Season 54

Sesame Street - Season 47

Reading Rainbow - Season 6

She Hate Me

Sesame Street - Season 3

Sesame Street - Season 2

Ossie Davis'S roles

Harry Roosevelt

Da Mayor

Chuck

Archer Dolittle

Yar

Jacko King