Acting
Community Rating
4.3
TMDB estimate
Born
July 14, 1893
Died
December 13, 1969 (age 76)
Born in
Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
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.
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
as Self
1983
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1975
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Bourbon Street Beat
1959
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Amos 'n' Andy
as Andrew H. "Andy" Brown
1951
—Rhapsody of Negro Life
as Spencer Jordan, Director
1949
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Juke Joint
as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney, Director
1947
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Jivin' in Bebop
as Director
1946
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Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
as Old Hager, Director
1946
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Girl in Room 20
as Joe Phillips, Director
1946
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Beale Street Mama
as Bad News Johnson, Director
1946
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The Negro Sailor
as Frank Roberts - columnist
1945
—Harlem Hotshots
as Director
1945
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Go Down Death
as Big Jim Bottoms, Director
1944
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Of One Blood
as Wesley Hill, Director, Writer
1944
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Marching On!
as Director, Writer
1943
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Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
as Director, Writer
1942
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The Blood of Jesus
as Razz Jackson, Director, Producer, Writer
1941
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Son of Ingagi
as Detective Nelson, Story, Writer
1940
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Bad Boy
as Terry
1939
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Harlem Rides the Range
as Watson, Story, Screenplay
1939
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