Spencer Williams
Acting
July 14, 1893
Died December 13, 1969 (76 years old)
Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
27
Acting Credits
13
Directed
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
1983
as Self
7
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
6
Amos 'n' Andy
1951
as Andy Brown
7.6
Rhapsody of Negro Life
1949
as Spencer Jordan
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
1947
as Old Hager
4.8
Juke Joint
1947
as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
6.5
Girl in Room 20
1946
as Joe Phillips
7
Beale Street Mama
1946
as Bad News Johnson
9
The Negro Sailor
1945
as Frank Roberts - columnist
7
Go Down Death
1944
as Big Jim Bottoms
3.1
Of One Blood
1944
as Wesley Hill
5.5
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
1942
9
The Blood of Jesus
1941
as Razz Jackson
5
Son of Ingagi
1940
as Detective Nelson
4.2
Harlem Rides the Range
1939
as Watson
3.9
Bad Boy
1939
as Terry
4.2
The Bronze Buckaroo
1939
as Pete
5
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
1938
as Butch Carter
4.8
Harlem on the Prairie
1937
as Doc Clayburn
7.5
Hot Biskits
1931
5
Georgia Rose
1930
as Ezra
7
The Framing of the Shrew
1929
as Lawyer Evans Chew
7
Melancholy Dame
1929
as Webster Dill
6
The Lady Fare
1929
8
The Widow's Bite
1929
Brown Gravy
1929
9