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Ossie Davis

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68 %
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Movies Counted: 19
Fresh: 13  Rotten:6
Average Rating: 6.8/10
How does the celebrity Tomatometer work?
RT's celebrity Tomatometer measures the percentage of all the rated movies in a celebrity's filmography that are "fresh." [-]
Range of Movie T-meters: 18% - 100%
Number of Movies: 70
Box Office Since 2001: $136M
Bio: Ossie Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an African American film actor, director and social activist. Davis was born Raiford Chatman Davis in Cogdell, Georgia. Following his parents' wishes, he attended Howard University, [More...]
 
 

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12 Angry Men

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1997

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Michael Landon: Memories With Laughter and Love

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1997

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Miss Evers' Boys

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1997

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Get on the Bus

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1996

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I'm Not Rappaport

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1996

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Thomas Jefferson: A Film by Ken Burns

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1996

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The Android Affair

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1995

79% 79%

The Client

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1994

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The Stand

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1994

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Alex Haley's Queen

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Goin' Back to T-Town

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1993

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Grumpy Old Men

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1993

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Gladiator

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1992

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Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War - V. 1

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1992

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Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War - V. 5

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1992

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Hands Upon the Heart

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1991

83% 83%

Jungle Fever

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1991

59% 59%

Joe Versus the Volcano

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1990

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B.L. Stryker - The Complete Second Season

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Array

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1989

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Do the Right Thing

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1989

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Freedom Man

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1989

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The Spike Lee Joint Collection

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Array

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1989

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School Daze

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1987

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Avenging Angel

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1985

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For Us, the Living - The Story of Medgar Evers

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1983

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Ossie Davis: 1917-2005
posted by RT Staff February 04, 2005
The great Ossie Davis, an outstanding actor and noted civil rights leader, has died at 87. Davis...


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