Spencer Williams
Birthday
1893/07/14
Day of death
1969/12/13 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
Also know as
Spencer Williams Jr.
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.
Acting
(1941) The Blood of Jesus
as Razz Jackson
(1946) 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
as ---
(1929) The Widow's Bite
as ---
(1929) Brown Gravy
as ---
(1940) Son of Ingagi
as Detective Nelson
(1931) Hot Biskits
as ---
(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
as ---
(1930) Georgia Rose
as Ezra
(1959) Bourbon Street Beat
as ---
(1951) Amos 'n' Andy
as Andrew H. "Andy" Brown