Spencer Williams
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1893
- Died
- December 13, 1969 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
Movie · as Self
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bourbon Street Beat
TV · 1 ep
Amos 'n' Andy
TV · as Andy Brown · 52 eps
Rhapsody of Negro Life
Movie · as Spencer Jordan
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Movie · as Old Hager
Juke Joint
Movie · as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Girl in Room 20
Movie · as Joe Phillips
Beale Street Mama
Movie · as Bad News Johnson
The Negro Sailor
Movie · as Frank Roberts - columnist
Go Down, Death!
Movie · as Big Jim Bottoms
Of One Blood
Movie · as Wesley Hill
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
Movie
The Blood of Jesus
Movie · as Razz Jackson
Son of Ingagi
Movie · as Detective Nelson
Harlem Rides the Range
Movie · as Watson
Bad Boy
Movie · as Terry
The Bronze Buckaroo
Movie · as Pete
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Movie · as Butch Carter
Harlem on the Prairie
Movie · as Doc Clayburn
Hot Biskits
Movie
Georgia Rose
Movie · as Ezra
The Framing of the Shrew
Movie · as Lawyer Evans Chew
Melancholy Mama
Movie · as Webster Dill
The Lady Fare
Movie
The Widow's Bite
Movie
Brown Gravy
Movie
Music Hath Harms
Movie · as Roscoe Griggers