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Ossie Davis

Highest Rated:: 100% No Way Out (1950)
Lowest Rated:: 15% Her Alibi (1989)

Birthday:: Dec 18, 1917
Birthplace:: Not Available
Bio:: A performer widely regarded as one of the most distinguished and eloquent actors of his or any generation, Ossie Davis combined an overwhelming amount of dramatic talent and instinct (evident via both stage and film work) with an indomitable fervor for social crusade. A native of Cogdell, GA, and a…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 15% - 100%

Number of Movies: 87

Box Office Since 2001: $136.1M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2010		For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots	Actor	--
2009		King	Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.	$0.2M
2008		Please Stand Back! (zurrueckbleiben bitte)	Actor	--
2005		History Makers: Success	Actor	--
2004	19%	She Hate Me	Judge Buchanan	$81.4k
2004		Proud	Lorenzo DuFau	--
2004		The Peace!	Actor	--
2004		Apollo At 70: A Hot Night in Harlem	Actor	--
2003	91%	Baadasssss!	Granddad	$0.3M
2003		Deacons for Defense	Rev. Gregory	--
2002		Unchained Memories - Readings from the Slave Narratives	Actor	--
2002		Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives	Actor	--
2002		Hughes' Dream Harlem	Actor	--
2002		J.C. Levendecker - The Great American Illustrator	Narrator	--
2002	79%	Bubba Ho-Tep	John "Jack" Fitzgerald Kennedy	--
2002		Why Can't We Be a Family Again?	Actor	--
2001		We Shall Not Be Moved	Narrator	--
2001		The Feast of All Saints	Jean-Jacques	--
2000	65%	Dinosaur	Yar	$135.6M
2000		Finding Buck McHenry	Buck McHenry	--
2000		Scandalize My Name: Stories From the Blacklist	Actor	--
2000		Here's to Life!	Actor	--
1999		The Soul Collector	Mordecai	--
1999		A Vow to Cherish	Actor	--
1999		Snow Jam	Actor	--
1999		Paul Robeson - Here I Stand	Actor	--
1999		Chasing Secrets	Too Tall	--
1998	44%	Dr. Dolittle	Archer Dolittle	--
1998		Tuskegee Airmen: American Heros!	Host	--
1998		Doctor Dolittle	Actor	--
1997	92%	12 Angry Men	Juror 2	--
1997		Miss Evers' Boys	Actor	--
1996	87%	Get on the Bus	Jeremiah	--
1996	33%	I'm Not Rappaport	Midge Carter	--
1996		Thomas Jefferson	Narrator	--
1995		The Android Affair	Actor	--
1995		Mississippi, America	Narrator	--
1994		Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World	Narrator	--
1994	80%	The Client	Harry Roosevelt	--
1994		Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World	Actor	--
1993		Goin' Back to T-Town	Actor	--
1993	67%	Grumpy Old Men	Chuck	--
1993		The Ernest Green Story	Grandfather	--
1993		Michael Landon: Memories With Laughter and Love	Actor	--
1992		Lincoln - The Making of a President: 1860 - 1862	Frederick Douglas	--
1992	91%	Malcolm X	Eulogy Performer	--
1992		Lincoln - The Pivotal Year: 1863	Frederick Douglas	--
1992		Lincoln - "I Want to Finish This Job": 1864	Frederick Douglas	--
1992	25%	Gladiator	Noah	--
1992		Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War - V. 1	Actor	--
1992		Lincoln - "Now He Belongs to the Ages": 1865	Frederick Douglas	--
1992		Alex Haley's Queen	Actor	--
1992		Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War - V. 5	Actor	--
1991	86%	Jungle Fever	The Good Reverend Doctor Purify	--
1991		Hands Upon the Heart	Actor	--
1990	58%	Joe Versus the Volcano	Marshall the Chauffeur	--
1989	96%	Do the Right Thing	Da Mayor	--
1989	15%	Her Alibi	Actor	--
1989		Freedom Man	Actor	--
1988	58%	School Daze	Coach Odom	--
1985		Avenging Angel	Capt. Moradian	--
1984	22%	Harry & Son	Raymond	--
1983		For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers	Screenwriter	--
1981		Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige	Chuffy Russell	--
1981		Death of a Prophet	Actor	--
1980		All God's Children	Blaine Whitfield	--
1979		Freedom Road	Narrator	--
1979		Hot Stuff	Capt. Geibarger	--
1978		King	Actor	--
1975	83%	Let's Do It Again	Elder Johnson	--
1973		Gordon's War	Director	--
1972		Malcolm X	Actor	--
1972		Malcolm X: His Own Story As It Really Happened	Narrator	--
1972		Black Girl	Director	--
1970		Cotton Comes to Harlem	Screenwriter Director	--
1969		Night Gallery	Actor	--
1969		Sam Whiskey	Jedidiah Hooker	--
1969		Slaves	Luke	--
1968	75%	The Scalphunters	Joseph	--
1966		A Man Called Adam	Nelson Davis	--
1965	100%	The Hill	Jacko King	--
1963		Purlie Victorious	Purlie Victorious	--
1963	60%	The Cardinal	Father Gillis	--
1953		The Joe Louis Story	Actor	--
1951	100%	14 Hours	Actor	--
1950	100%	No Way Out	John Brooks	--
		Ghetto Child	Actor	--

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1. Da Mayor: [after last night's riot] Hope the block is still standing.
2. Mother Sister: We're still standing.
From Do the Right Thing. Submitted by David E (4 months ago)

1. Mother Sister: Good morning.
2. Da Mayor: Is it a good morning?
3. Mother Sister: Yes, indeed. You almost got yourself killed last night.
From Do the Right Thing. Submitted by David E (4 months ago)