Acting credits
22
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Spencer Williams
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 22Series: 2Crew credits: 13
TMDB ID: 89264
IMDb ID: nm3472679
Known for: Acting
Born: July 14, 1893
Died: December 13, 1969
Age: 76
Place of birth: Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1929 - 1975
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 5
Wikidata: Q3966496
Also known as
Spencer Williams Jr.
Other jobs
Director (10)Screenplay (1)Story (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Spencer Williams.
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1975 Movie
5.3
Juke Joint
as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
1947 Movie
5.3
Jivin' in Bebop
Director
1946 Movie
4.5
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
as Old Hager
1946 Movie
Girl in Room 20
as Joe Phillips
1946 Movie
Beale Street Mama
as Bad News Johnson
1946 Movie
The Negro Sailor
as Frank Roberts - columnist
1945 Movie
2.9
Go Down Death
as Big Jim Bottoms
1944 Movie
3.0
Of One Blood
as Wesley Hill
1944 Movie
5.0
Marching On!
Writer
1943 Movie
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
1942 Movie
5.0
The Blood of Jesus
as Razz Jackson
1941 Movie
3.8
Son of Ingagi
as Detective Nelson
1940 Movie
3.0
Bad Boy
as Terry
1939 Movie
3.3
Harlem Rides the Range
as Watson
1939 Movie
4.6
The Bronze Buckaroo
as Pete
1939 Movie
4.0
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
as Butch Carter
1938 Movie
5.0
Harlem on the Prairie
as Doc Clayburn
1937 Movie
5.0
Hot Biskits
1931 Movie
Georgia Rose
as Ezra
1930 Movie
5.5
The Framing of the Shrew
as Lawyer Evans Chew
1929 Movie
2.0
Melancholy Dame
as Webster Dill
1929 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Spencer Williams.
