Spencer Williams
Actor
- Born
- July 14, 1893 · Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
- Died
- December 13, 1969 (age 76)
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
The Blood of Jesus
April 26, 1941
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
April 20, 1947
Son of Ingagi
December 1, 1940
Go Down, Death!
January 1, 1944
The Bronze Buckaroo
January 1, 1939
Harlem Rides the Range
February 1, 1939
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
May 1, 1938
Bad Boy
July 10, 1939
Juke Joint
January 1, 1947
Hot Biskits
December 31, 1931
The Framing of the Shrew
April 27, 1929
Harlem on the Prairie
December 9, 1937
Acting25
- 1983Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy as Self
- 1975Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1949Rhapsody of Negro Life as Spencer Jordan
- 1947Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. as Old Hager
- 1947Juke Joint as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
- 1946Girl in Room 20 as Joe Phillips
- 1946Beale Street Mama as Bad News Johnson
- 1945The Negro Sailor as Frank Roberts - columnist
- 1944Go Down, Death! as Big Jim Bottoms
- 1944