- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1893
- Place of Birth
- Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
- Died
- December 13, 1969
Spencer Williams
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.
Filmography
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
movieAmos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983 · Self
movieBlack Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975 · Self (archive footage)
tvBourbon Street Beat
1959
tvAmos 'n' Andy
1951 · Andy Brown
Rhapsody of Negro Life
movieRhapsody of Negro Life
1949 · Spencer Jordan, Director
movieDirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
1947 · Old Hager, Director
movieJuke Joint
1947 · Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney, Director
movieJivin' in Bebop
1946 · Director
movieGirl in Room 20
1946 · Joe Phillips, Director
movieBeale Street Mama
1946 · Bad News Johnson, Director
movieThe Negro Sailor
1945 · Frank Roberts - columnist
Harlem Hotshots
movieHarlem Hotshots
1945 · Director
movieGo Down Death
1944 · Big Jim Bottoms, Director
movieOf One Blood
1944 · Wesley Hill, Director, Writer
movieMarching On!
1943 · Director, Writer
movieBrother Martin: Servant of Jesus
1942 · , Director, Writer
movieThe Blood of Jesus
1941 · Razz Jackson, Director, Producer, Writer
movieSon of Ingagi
1940 · Detective Nelson, Story, Writer
movieBad Boy
1939 · Terry
movieHarlem Rides the Range
1939 · Watson, Story, Screenplay
movieThe Bronze Buckaroo
1939 · Pete
movieTwo-Gun Man from Harlem
1938 · Butch Carter
movieHarlem on the Prairie
1937 · Doc Clayburn
movieHot Biskits
1931 · , Director, Writer
movieGeorgia Rose
1930 · Ezra
Brown Gravy
movieBrown Gravy
1929
The Lady Fare
movieThe Lady Fare
1929 · , Writer
The Widow's Bite
movieThe Widow's Bite
1929
movieThe Framing of the Shrew
1929 · Lawyer Evans Chew
movieMelancholy Dame
1929 · Webster Dill