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.
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
as Old HagerA Harlem nightclub entertainer arrives on the Caribbean island of "Rinidad" to perform as the...
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Harlem Rides the Range
as WatsonA wandering cowboy and his sidekick try to resolve a murder.
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Of One Blood
as Wesley HillAfter losing their parents in a flood at a young age, two brothers grow up to become a police...
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The Blood of Jesus
as Razz JacksonRazz accidentally shoots his wife Martha when his hunting rifle drops on the floor and...
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Son of Ingagi
as Detective NelsonA newlywed couple is visited by a strange old woman who harbors a secret about the young girl's...
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a...
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Go Down Death
as Big Jim BottomsThe owner of a juke joint arranges to frame an innocent preacher with a scandalous photograph,...
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Two-Gun Man from Harlem
as Butch CarterA cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity...
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The Bronze Buckaroo
as PeteBob Blake and his sidekick and four singing cowboys arrive at the Jackson ranch where Bob learns...
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Juke Joint
as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt WhitneyBad News Johnson, a con artist from Memphis, Tennessee, arrives in Dallas, Texas, accompanied by...
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Bad Boy
as TerryJohnny Fraser leaves his mother in their small home town and sets out for the big city. He...
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The Negro Sailor
as Frank Roberts - columnistUS Navy produced short stars Joel Fluellen as a draftee from his civilian job at a black...
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Harlem on the Prairie
as Doc ClayburnA cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with...
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Hot Biskits
as uncreditedVirtually unseen for more than eighty years, Spencer Williams’s first film is a one-reel comedy...
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The Framing of the Shrew
as Lawyer Evans ChewPrivacy Robson is a downtrodden husband who takes advice from his friend Florian Slappey. He...
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Melancholy Dame
as Webster DillA nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.
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The Girl in Room 20
as Joe PhillipsDaisy Mae Walker is an aspiring singer from a small town in Texas, who comes to New York City to...
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Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
as uncreditedAn uncle discusses the life of Martin de Porres with his niece. de Porres was a late...
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Beale Street Mama
as Bad News JohnsonThe film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large...
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Bourbon Street Beat
as uncredited"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which...
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Amos 'n' Andy
as Andrew H. "Andy" BrownA sitcom set in Manhattan's historic black community of Harlem.
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