Ossie Davis
Raiford Chatman "Ossie" Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American actor, director, writer, and activist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ossie Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
The Secret Path
as Too Tall14-year-old Jo Ann Foley lives in squalor in a rural Southern community during World War II....
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Dinosaur
as Yar (voice)An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite...
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Gladiator
as NoahTommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to...
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The Client
as Harry RooseveltA street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer,...
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Malcolm X
as Eulogy Performer (voice)A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation....
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12 Angry Men
as Juror 2During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the...
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Doctor Dolittle
as Archer DolittleA successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the...
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For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults...
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Do the Right Thing
as Da MayorSalvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local,...
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Joe Versus the Volcano
as MarshallHypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the...
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She Hate Me
as Judge BuchananFired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
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Jungle Fever
as Reverend PurifyA successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work....
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Cop and ½
as Detective in Squad RoomWhen a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make...
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Bubba Ho-tep
as John F. "Jack" KennedyBubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as...
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The Scalphunters
as Joseph LeeForced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to...
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The Hill
as Jacko KingNorth Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to...
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No Way Out
as John Brooks (uncredited)Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies...
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Let's Do It Again
as Elder JohnsonClyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised...
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Avenging Angel
as Capt. Harry MoradianMolly Stewart, now a law student at UCLA, is determined to leave her prostitute past behind....
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School Daze
as Coach OdomFraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during...
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The Cardinal
as Father GillisA young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as...
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Baadasssss!
as GranddadDirector Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic...
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
as CaretakerEnchanting holiday tale of a young runaway who has broken into an old movie palace, looking for...
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Sam Whiskey
as Jed HookerA widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and...
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Get on the Bus
as JeremiahSeveral Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington,...
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Miss Evers' Boys
as Mr. EversThe true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of...
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Harry & Son
as RaymondWidower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of...
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Feast of All Saints
as Jean-JacquesSet in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free...
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I'm Not Rappaport
as Midge CarterOld Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His...
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The Soul Collector
as MordecaiZachariah, makes a few mistakes and it is decided that he is to live as a human being for thirty...
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The Ernest Green Story
as GrandfatherFollows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to...
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A Man Called Adam
as Nelson DavisA famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.
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Fourteen Hours
as Cab Driver (uncredited)A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not...
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4 Little Girls
as Self - Actor and PlaywrightOn September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four...
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of...
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The Stand
as Judge Richard FarrisAfter a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into...
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All God's Children
as Blaine WhitfieldBig city judge Parke Denison is involved in a forced busing dispute at the climax of his long...
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Night Gallery
as Osmond PortifoyThis anthology telefilm aired on NBC on November 8, 1969, and tells three strange tales: "The...
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The House of God
as Dr. SandersComedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.
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The Android Affair
as Dr. WinstonKaren Garrett, a promising young doctor, is assigned to perform a difficult operation on Teach,...
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
as SelfSpike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour...
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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as HimselfIn 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of...
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Deacons for Defense
as Reverend 'Rev' GregoryInspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights...
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Hot Stuff
as Captain John GeibergerWhen a police department's burglary task force is facing the possibility of being shut down...
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as SelfA documentary look at the confluence of the Red scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the...
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Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
as Uncle PhilRay investigates the murder of a judge.
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Finding Buck McHenry
as Buck McHenryWhen an 11 year old boy gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his...
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
as uncreditedWhen the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years...
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Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as SelfBeah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated...
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Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
as Dr. FredericksA young ghetto kid despairs of ever getting out of that environment and making something of...
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Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
as NarratorFrom the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning PBS series NEIGHBORHOODS: THE HIDDEN CITIES OF SAN...
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Death of a Prophet
as uncreditedAfter breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it...
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as SelfThis documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie...
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A Vow to Cherish
as Alexander BillmanJohn and Ellen have a picture-perfect life: while John runs a successful business, Ellen works...
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By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as SelfA short documentary about the making of Spike Lee's biopic, "Malcolm X."
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The Legend of the Candy Cane
as Julius (voice)The night a mysterious stranger rode into the lonely prairie town of West Sage, no one realized...
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Slaves
as LukeA Kentucky slave fights for his freedom from cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins...
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Gone Are the Days!
as Reverend Purlie Victorious JudsonA young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him,...
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Freedom Road
as NarratorEx-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the...
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The Sheriff
as James LucasA rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy...
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The Tenth Level
as ReedInspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology...
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The Red Shoes
as uncreditedIn this animated contemporary interpretation of a Hans Christian Andersen morality tale, a pair...
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Malcolm X
as Eulogy (voice)James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the...
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Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
as Uncle PhilRay investigates the murder of a psychiatrist.
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Shock Treatment
as CapshawA private investigator endures the rigors of an insane asylum in order to locate $1 million in...
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Here's to Life!
as Duncan CoxOwen is the head administrator of an old age home in Washington. One day, a resident discovers...
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The Outsider
as Lt. WagnerDarren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A...
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Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
as SelfA profile of the life of actor Walter Matthau.
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Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)Bedtime Stories & Songs is a 1986 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation, released on VHS as...
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Countdown at Kusini
as Ernest MotapoAn American musician working in Nigeria becomes involved with a patriot hunted by a mercenary in...
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The Fall
as uncredited"The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by...
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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
as Chuffy RussellThe story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the...
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as SelfPaul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete,...
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John Brown's Raid
as Dangerfield NewbyWhite abolitionist John Brown and twenty of his men attempt to start an armed slave revolt in...
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as NarratorOssie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a...
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Teacher, Teacher
as Charles CarterHamilton Cade is an alcoholic teacher striving to put his life back together. He accepts a job...
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Goin' Back to T-Town
as NarratorGoin’ Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa,...
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Malcolm X: Make It Plain
as SelfNarrated by actress Alfre Woodard, this trenchant, eye-opening doc traces the radical civil...
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Hands of Inge
as Narrator (voice)The work of sculptor Inge Hardison is the subject of this beautiful short portrait of an artist....
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Kongi's Harvest
as NarratorAn African dictator (Wole Soyinka) needs to convince the former king (Rashidi Onikoyi) to...
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The History Makers: Success
as SelfOssie Davis, Terry McMillan, Horace Julian Bond, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick and many others...
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Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
as NarratorThe Black middle class, torn between white goals and Black needs, are examined by producers...
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Black Liberation
as NarratorProduced in collaboration with Malcolm X and narrated by Ossie Davis, this call to arms layers...
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Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
as SelfPanel discussion about the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansbury's "A Raisin in the...
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Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as SelfLouis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking...
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JAG
as Terrence MinnerlyHarmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge...
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Bonanza
as Sam DavisThe High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...
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The Fugitive
as Lt. Johnny GainesRichard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...
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Third Watch
as Mr. ParkerThe exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers,...
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Tony Awards
as Self - PresenterThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Hawaii Five-O
as Ramon BorelleHawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...
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The L Word
as Melvin PorterA group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.
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Touched by an Angel
as GabrielMonica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...
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Touched by an Angel
as Erasmus JonesMonica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...
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The Defenders
as NixieThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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The Defenders
as Officer BondThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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The Defenders
as Assistant District AttorneyThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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The Defenders
as District AttorneyThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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The Defenders
as District Attorney Daniel JacksonThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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The Name of the Game
as KubaniThe Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...
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American Masters
as SelfAmerican Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers,...
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Night Gallery
as Osmund PortifoyRod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a...
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Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode...
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Run for Your Life
as Frankie MortonRun for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...
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Run for Your Life
as Dave CorbettRun for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...
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Run for Your Life
as Sgt. Dave CorbettRun for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...
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The Stand
as Judge Richard FarrisAfter a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into...
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Kraft Television Theatre
as The Emperor JonesKraft Television Theatre is an American drama/anthology television series
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Promised Land
as uncreditedPromised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off...
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Promised Land
as Erasmus JonesPromised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off...
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The Great Adventure
as John RossThe Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964...
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The Kennedy Center Honors
as SelfThe Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their...
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Roots: The Next Generations
as Dad JonesRoots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from...
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Baseball
as Various (voice)The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and...
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Evening Shade
as Ponder BlueEvening Shade is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from 1990 to 1994. The...
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The Client
as Judge Harry RooseveltThe Client is an American television series that aired on CBS from September 18, 1995 to August...
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B.L. Stryker
as Oz JacksonB.L. Stryker is an American detective drama that aired on ABC from February 13, 1989 to May 5,...
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Alex Haley's Queen
as Parson DickQueen is the story about Easter, the illegitimate daughter of James Jackson, III and her...
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The West
as SelfThe West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the...
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The West
as Self / John R. Gills (voice)The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the...
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King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister...
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Thomas Jefferson
as Narrator (voice)The complex life of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote that "all men are created equal" yet owned...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Charles CarterHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
as NarratorA two-series set produced by the A&E network which explores the history of Christianity and its...
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