Spencer Williams

Personal Info

Birthday

July 14, 1893

Day of Death

1969-12-13

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Vidalia, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

Spencer Williams Jr.

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

Amos 'n' Andy

The Blood of Jesus

Juke Joint

Son of Ingagi

Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

Harlem Rides the Range

The Bronze Buckaroo

Go Down Death

Filmography

1983
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
as Self
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1949
Rhapsody of Negro Life
as Spencer Jordan
1947
Juke Joint
as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
1946
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
as Old Hager
Girl in Room 20
as Joe Phillips
Beale Street Mama
as Bad News Johnson
1945
The Negro Sailor
as Frank Roberts - columnist
1944
Go Down Death
as Big Jim Bottoms
Of One Blood
as Wesley Hill
1941
The Blood of Jesus
as Razz Jackson
1940
Son of Ingagi
as Detective Nelson
1939
Bad Boy
as Terry
Harlem Rides the Range
as Watson
The Bronze Buckaroo
as Pete
1938
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
as Butch Carter
1937
Harlem on the Prairie
as Doc Clayburn
1930
Georgia Rose
as Ezra
1929
The Framing of the Shrew
as Lawyer Evans Chew
Melancholy Dame
as Webster Dill