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