Name
Spencer Williams
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1893-07-14
Deathday
1969-12-13 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
Biography
Spencer Williams was an African American actor and filmmaker. He was best known for playing Andy in the Amos 'n Andy television show and for directing the 1941 race film The Blood of Jesus. Williams was a pioneer African-American film producer and director.
Known For
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A newlywed couple is visited by a strange old woman who harbors a secret about the young g...
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The owner of a juke joint arranges to frame an innocent preacher with a scandalous photogr...
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Bob Blake and his sidekick and four singing cowboys arrive at the Jackson ranch where Bob ...
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Razz accidentally shoots his wife Martha when his hunting rifle drops on the floor and dis...
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A Harlem nightclub entertainer arrives on the Caribbean island of "Rinidad" to perform as ...
- 1941 The Blood of Jesus as Razz Jackson
- 1947 Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. as Old Hager
- 1944 Go Down Death as Big Jim Bottoms
- 1939 Harlem Rides the Range as Watson
- 1947 Juke Joint as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
- 1946 Girl in Room 20 as Joe Phillips
- 1938 Two-Gun Man from Harlem as Butch Carter
- 1939 Bad Boy as Terry
- 1949 Rhapsody of Negro Life as Spencer Jordan
- 1929 The Framing of the Shrew as Lawyer Evans Chew
- 1937 Harlem on the Prairie as Doc Clayburn
- 1929 Melancholy Dame as Webster Dill
- 1939 The Bronze Buckaroo as Pete
- 1983 Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy as Self
- 1929 The Lady Fare
- 1929 The Widow's Bite
- 1929 Brown Gravy
- 1940 Son of Ingagi as Detective Nelson
- 1931 Hot Biskits
- 1944 Of One Blood as Wesley Hill
- 1946 Beale Street Mama as Bad News Johnson
- 1975 Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1945 The Negro Sailor as Frank Roberts - columnist
- 1942 Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
- 1930 Georgia Rose as Ezra
- 1959 Bourbon Street Beat ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Amos 'n' Andy ( 52 episodes ) as Andy Brown
