Ossie Davis

2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

2006

Folk Britannia

Self (archival footage)

2005

The Peace!

Self

2005

Deacons for Defense

Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

2005

The History Makers: Success

Self

2005

Unstoppable

Self

2005

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

Self

2004

She Hate Me

Judge Buchanan

2004

Proud

Lorenzo DuFau

2004

Baadasssss!

Granddad

2004

TV Revolution

2004

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Self

2004

The L Word

Melvin Porter

2003

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

Self

2003

The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars

Narrator

2003

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Himself

2003

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2002

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

Self

2002

Bubba Ho-tep

John F. "Jack" Kennedy

2002

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

Narrator

2001

Feast of All Saints

Jean-Jacques

2001

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore

Narrator

2001

The Legend of the Candy Cane

Julius (voice)

2000

Here's to Life!

Duncan Cox

2000

Dinosaur

Yar (voice)

2000

Finding Buck McHenry

Buck McHenry

1999

The Unfinished Journey

Narrator (voice)

1999

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

Caretaker

1999

The Soul Collector

Mordecai

1999

Third Watch

Mr. Parker

1999

The Secret Path

Too Tall

1999

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Self

1999

A Vow to Cherish

Alexander Billman

1998

Christianity: The First 1000 Years

Himself - Narrator

1998

Doctor Dolittle

Archer Dolittle

1998

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Self

1998

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Self

1997

12 Angry Men

Juror 2

1997

4 Little Girls

Self - Actor and Playwright

1997

Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers

Narrator

1997

Miss Evers' Boys

Mr. Evers

1997

Thomas Jefferson

Narrator (voice)

1997

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

Self

1996

I'm Not Rappaport

Midge Carter

1996

Get on the Bus

Jeremiah

1996

Promised Land

1996

Promised Land

Erasmus Jones

1996

The West

Self

1996

The West

Self / John R. Gills (voice)

1995

JAG

Terrence Minnerly

1995

The Client

Judge Harry Roosevelt

1995

The Android Affair

Dr. Winston

1995

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

Uncle Phil

1994

Touched by an Angel

Gabriel

1994

Touched by an Angel

Erasmus Jones

1994

Baseball

Various (voice)

1994

Baseball

(voice)

1994

The Client

Harry Roosevelt

1994

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

Uncle Phil

1994

The Stand

Judge Richard Farris

1994

The Stand

Judge Richard Farris (credit only)

1994

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Self

1994

Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World

Narrator

1993

Grumpy Old Men

Chuck

1993

Cop & ½

Detective in Squad Room

1993

Goin' Back to T-Town

Narrator

1993

Alex Haley's Queen

Parson Dick

1993

The Ernest Green Story

Grandfather

1992

Lincoln

Frederick Douglas (voice)

1992

Malcolm X

Eulogy Performer (voice)

1992

Gladiator

Noah

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Self

1991

Jungle Fever

Reverend Purify

1990

Evening Shade

Ponder Blue

1990

Joe Versus the Volcano

Marshall

1990

The Red Shoes

1989

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

Self

1989

Do the Right Thing

Da Mayor

1989

B.L. Stryker

Oz Jackson

1988

American Experience

Self - Harlem Resident

1988

School Daze

Coach Odom

1986

American Masters

Self

1986

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

1985

Avenging Angel

Capt. Harry Moradian

1985

Tyler Texas Black Film Collection

Himself

1984

Harry & Son

Raymond

1984

Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood

Narrator

1984

The House of God

Dr. Sanders

1983

Reading Rainbow

Self - Narrator (voice)

1981

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Chuffy Russell

1981

Death of a Prophet

1980

All God's Children

Blaine Whitfield

1979

Freedom Road

Narrator

1979

Hot Stuff

Captain John Geiberger

1979

Roots: The Next Generations

Dad Jones

1979

Freedom Man

Benjamin Banneker

1978

The Kennedy Center Honors

Self

1978

King

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

1977

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

Dr. Fredericks

1976

The Tenth Level

Reed

1976

Countdown at Kusini

Ernest Motapo

1975

Let's Do It Again

Elder Johnson

1975

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Narrator

1973

Wattstax

Self (uncredited)

1972

Malcolm X

Eulogy (voice)

1971

The Sheriff

James Lucas

1970

Kongi's Harvest

Narrator

1969

Night Gallery

Osmond Portifoy

1969

Slaves

Luke

1969

Sam Whiskey

Jed Hooker

1969

Teacher, Teacher

Charles Carter

1969

The Fall

1968

Hawaii Five-O

Ramon Borelle

1968

The Name of the Game

Kubani

1968

The Scalphunters

Joseph Lee

1968

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

Narrator

1967

The Outsider

Lt. Wagner

1967

Black Liberation

Narrator

1966

A Man Called Adam

Nelson Davis

1965

Run for Your Life

Frankie Morton

1965

Run for Your Life

Dave Corbett

1965

Run for Your Life

Sgt. Dave Corbett

1965

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

Jason King (archival footage)

1965

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

Jason King (archive footage)

1965

The Hill

Jacko King

1964

12 O'Clock High

Major Glenn Luke

1964

Shock Treatment

Capshaw

1963

The Cardinal

Father Gillis

1963

The Great Adventure

John Ross

1963

The Fugitive

Lt. Johnny Gaines

1963

Gone Are the Days!

Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

1962

Hands of Inge

Narrator (voice)

1961

The Defenders

Nixie

1961

The Defenders

Officer Bond

1961

The Defenders

District Attorney

1961

The Defenders

Assistant District Attorney

1961

The Defenders

District Attorney Daniel Jackson

1960

John Brown's Raid

Dangerfield Newby

1959

Bonanza

Sam Davis

1956

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Charles Carter

1951

Fourteen Hours

Cab Driver (uncredited)

1950

No Way Out

John Brooks (uncredited)

1947

Kraft Television Theatre

The Emperor Jones

Haiti: Killing the Dream