Ossie Davis Highlights

  • 2006: With wife Ruby Dee, created the spoken word album, "With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together" (released after his death in 2005)
  • 2004: Cast in Mario Van Peebles' "Baadasssss!"
  • 2004: Emmy nomincated guest starring role as Kit (Pam Grier) and Bette's (Jennifer Beals) father on the Showtime drama series "The L word"
  • 2004: Fifth collaboration with Spike Lee for the comedy "She Hate Me"
  • 1998: Starred opposite Eddie Murphy in the comedy "Doctor Dolittle"
  • 1997: Starred with Alfre Woodard and Laurence Fishburne in "Miss Evers' Boys," the true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments
  • 1996: Cast in "Get on the Bus," Spike Lee's film about the Million Man March
  • 1996: Played recurring role in the CBS drama series "Promised Land"
  • 1995: Returned to series TV as regular in "John Grisham's 'The Client'", recreating his film role as a judge
  • 1993: Starred in Alex Haley's "Queen" a CBS miniseries
  • 1992: Eulogy Performer in Spike Lee's "Malcolm X"
  • 1991: Cast as The Good Reverend Doctor Purify in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever"
  • 1990: Had a small role in "Joe Versus the Volcano" as Joe's driver, played by Tom Hanks
  • 1990: Worked with Reynolds again as part of the stellar ensemble for the CBS sitcom, "Evening Shade" playing the role of Ponder Blue; also narrated
  • 1989: Cast as a regular on "B.L. Stryker", part of "The ABC Mystery Movie", starring Burt Reynolds
  • 1989: Played Da Mayor in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing"
  • 1987: Directed first TV special, "A Letter to Booker T." (also produced, hosted and acted), an episode of "Ossie and Ruby"
  • 1987: Served as producer on "Ossie and Ruby", a PBS dramatic anthology series
  • 1987: Wrote first TV special, "Fussell's Landing" (also acted), an episode of "Ossie and Ruby"
  • 1986: Starred in the Tony award-winning Broadway production of "I'm Not Rappaport" for 13 months
  • 1984: Executive produced and hosted first TV special, "Martin Luther King: The Dream and the Drum" (also acted)
  • 1978: Portrayed Martin Luther King, Sr. in the acclaimed NBC biopic miniseries "King"; nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Emmy
  • 1970: Feature directing debut, "Cotton Comes to Harlem" (also scripted)
  • 1965: Delivered the eulogy at the funeral of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X
  • 1963: Screenwriting debut with "Gone Are the Days," adapted from the play "Purlie Victorious"; also reprised his role in the feature film version
  • 1961: Replaced Sidney Poitier in Broadway production of "A Raisin in the Sun"
  • 1961: Wrote and starred in Broadway play, "Purlie Victorious"; later adapted into the musical "Purlie" (1970) which was nominated for a Tony award
  • 1955: Served as stage manager for the City Center production of "The World of Sholom Aleichem"
  • 1951: TV acting debut, "Green Pastures", on the Showtime Network
  • 1950: Film acting debut in "No Way Out"
  • 1946: Toured with Dee in a production of "Anna Lucasta"
  • 1946: Broadway acting debut as title character in "Jeb"; first collaboration with actress Ruby Dee, whom he married two years later
  • 1942: Served in the US military
  • 1941: Professional acting debut, in "Joy Exceeding Glory" with the Rose McClendon Players
  • Set out on foot from Waycross, GA for Washington, DC to attend Howard University
  • Headed Third World Cinema, a film production company, in the 1970s
  • Directed and appeared in the musical "Take It From the Top", written by Dee
  • Joined the Rose McClendon Players in Harlem NYC; remained for three years
  • Co-hosted "The Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Story Hour" on radio for 3 years
  • With Dee, formed Emmalyn Enterprises, a film and TV production company

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