Acting
Spencer Williams
Also Known As: Spencer Williams Jr.
Birth Date
July 14, 1893
Death Date
December 13, 1969
(passed away at 76)
Place of Birth
Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
Popularity
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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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Bourbon Street Beat
1959 • 1 episode
Amos 'n' Andy
Andy Brown
1951 • 52 episodes
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1975
Georgia Rose
Ezra
1930
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
Self
1983
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Butch Carter
1938
Harlem on the Prairie
Doc Clayburn
1937
Girl in Room 20
Joe Phillips
1946
Harlem Rides the Range
Watson
1939
The Framing of the Shrew
Lawyer Evans Chew
1929
Juke Joint
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
1947
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Old Hager
1947
The Blood of Jesus
Razz Jackson
1941
Hot Biskits
1931
Son of Ingagi
Detective Nelson
1940
Go Down Death
Big Jim Bottoms
1944
Bad Boy
Terry
1939
The Negro Sailor
Frank Roberts - columnist
1945
Of One Blood
Wesley Hill
1944
Melancholy Dame
Webster Dill
1929