Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 21, 1951
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
21 titles
DeWayne Jessie
Biography
DeWayne Jessie (a.k.a. "Otis Day"; born September 21, 1951) is an American character actor best known for his portrayal of Otis Day in National Lampoon's Animal House. In the movie, the songs "Shama Lama Ding Dong" and "Shout" were sung by Lloyd G. Williams and lip-synched by Jessie. In the 1980s, Jessie purchased the rights to the band name Otis Day and The Knights from Universal Studios and formed a real-life version of the band with some members of his family and toured the country for years afterward, with Jessie assuming the identity of Otis Day. The group released a concert video, Otis My Man, in 1987 and recorded an album, produced by George Clinton, that came out in 1989 titled Shout which flopped. It included updated versions of "Shout" and "Shama Lama Ding Dong" sung by Jessie. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Filmography
Drawn Together
Fat Albert (voice)
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
Otis Day
D.C. Cab
Bongo
The Star Chamber
Stanley Flowers
Rage!
Resident #3 (as Otis Day)
Gorp
Sweet Moe
Where the Buffalo Roam
Man #1
Beyond Westworld
Lingo
Animal House
Otis Day
Thank God It's Friday
Malcolm Floyd
Which Way Is Up?
Sugar
Fun with Dick and Jane
Robber
Scott Joplin
John The Baptist
Car Wash
Lloyd
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Rainbow
Sparkle
Ham
Darktown Strutters
V.D.
Medical Story
Leon
Firehouse
Oldest Boy
The New Centurions
Mugging Suspect (uncredited)
Halls of Anger
Lerone Johnson