Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis (born 1917), the actor
person, actor, human being, organisation or other legal person, activist, film director, director, sagittarian person, Performer
Born
▶ 1917 ; December 1917 ; December 18th 1917; the United States ; North America ; …
Died
▶ 2005 ; February 2005; February 4th 2005; the United States ; Florida ; …
Starred in
▶ Do the Right Thing , Malcolm X , Disney's Dinosaur , Jungle Fever , The Stand , … Dr. Dolittle ,
She Hate Me ,
Grumpy Old Men ,
Joe Versus the Volcano ,
Bubba Ho-tep ,
Gladiator ,
12 Angry Men ,
BAADASSSSS! ,
Get on the Bus ,
Evening Shade ,
The Hill ,
The Ernest Green Story ,
Miss Evers' Boys ,
No Way Out ,
The Soul Collector ,
The Tenth Level ,
King ,
Avenging Angel ,
The Scalphunters ,
Sam Whiskey , Proud, I'm Not Rappaport,
The Client , Chasing Secrets, Finding Buck McHenry, Apollo at 70, Paul Robeson, A Man Called Adam, Here's to Life, Gone Are the Days! ,
School Daze , Deacons for Defense,
I'm Not Rappaport
Directed
Cotton Comes to Harlem , Gordon's War , Black Girl
Wrote for Screen
Cotton Comes to Harlem , Cotton Comes to Harlem, For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story
Full name
"Raiford Chatman Davis"
Height
1.91 metres (6.27 feet)
Occupation
film director
Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossie_Davis
Gender
male
Nationality
american
Residence
New York City ; Waycross, Georgia
Educated
Columbia University , Howard University
Last Name
"Davis"
First Name, Rare Terms
"Ossie"
Main Occupation
actor
Age at Death
87 years, 1 month and 17 days old
Class
▶ person ; actor ; film director ; sagittarian person ; human being, organisation or other legal person ; …
Did
die (2005)
Featured in
▶ That's Black Entertainment, The History Makers, Paul Robeson, Scandalize My Name, That's Black Entertainment, … The Peace!, Directors
Born During
1910s
Died During
2000s
Related Websites
▶ http://www.ossieandruby.com , http://staging.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/ossie-davis , http://www.folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx?sPhrase=Ossie%20Davis&sType= , http://www.revcom.us/a/1271/ossie-memory-life.htm , http://www.visionaryproject.com/davisossie , …
Freebase ID
"/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000033bb16"
IMDB Page
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001115/
OpenCyc ID
"Mx4rvdGu1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"
DBPedia URI
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Ossie_Davis
Birthday
the 18th of December
Quotes
"Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more."; "I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness."; "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."
Freebase Primary MID
"/m/01vh18t"
Wife
Ruby Dee
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