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Feb. 4, 2005, 2:55PM
Ossie Davis found dead in Miami Beach hotel room
By HlLLEL ITALIE
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Ossie Davis, whose rich baritone and elegant, unshakable bearing made him a giant of the stage, screen and the civil rights movement — often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee — has died. He was 87.
Some theater, film, TV credits of Ossie Davis:
Theater:
• On Strivers Row, 1940
• Joy Exceeding Glory, 1941
• Jeb, 1946
• Anna Lucasta, 1946-47
• The Leading Lady, 1948
• The Smile of the World, 1949
• The Wisteria Trees, 1950
• The Green Pastures, 1951
• Remains to Be Seen, 1951
• Touchstone, 1953
• No Time for Sergeants, 1955
• Jamaica, 1957
• A Raisin in the Sun, 1959
• Purlie Victorious, 1961 (also playwright)
• Ballad for Bimshire, 1963
• The Zulu and the Zayda, 1965
• Purlie, 1970 (musical version of Purlie Victorious)
• I'm Not Rappaport, 1986
• A Celebration of Paul Robeson, 1988
Films, as actor:
• No Way Out, 1950
• Fourteen Hours, 1951
• The Joe Louis Story, 1953
• The Cardinal, 1963
• Gone Are the Days, 1963
• Shock Treatment, 1964
• The Hill, 1965
• A Man Called Adam, 1966
• The Scalphunters, 1968
• Sam Whisky, 1969
• Slaves, 1969
• Let's Do It Again, 1975
• Countdown at Kusini, 1976
• Hot Stuff, 1979
• The House of God, 1979
• Harry and Son, 1984
• Avenging Angel, 1985
• School Daze, 1988
• Do the Right Thing, 1988
• Alyson's Closet, 1988
• Joe Versus the Volcano, 1990
• Jungle Fever, 1991
• Gladiator, 1992
• Malcolm X, 1992
• Grumpy Old Men, 1993
• The Client, 1994
• Get on the Bus, 1996
• I'm Not Rappaport, 1996
• Dr. Dolittle, 1998
• Here's to Life, 2000
• Bubba Ho-tep, 2002
• Proud, 2003
• Baadasssss!, 2003
• She Hate Me, 2004
• Films, as director:
• Cotton Comes to Harlem, 1970
• Kongi's Harvest, 1970
• Black Girl, 1972
• Gordon's War, 1973
• Countdown at Kusini, 1976
TV movies
• King, 1978
• Roots: The Next Generations, 1979
• Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, 1981
• The Earnest Green Story, 1993
• The Stand, 1994
• The Android Affair, 1995
• A Vow to Cherish, 1999
• Finding Buck McHenry, 2000
• Feast of All Saints, 2001
(Sources: Internet Movie Database, Internet Broadway Database)
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I loved that man's melifluous voice.
Feb. 4, 2005, 2:55PM
Ossie Davis found dead in Miami Beach hotel room
By HlLLEL ITALIE
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Ossie Davis, whose rich baritone and elegant, unshakable bearing made him a giant of the stage, screen and the civil rights movement — often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee — has died. He was 87.
Some theater, film, TV credits of Ossie Davis:
Theater:
• On Strivers Row, 1940
• Joy Exceeding Glory, 1941
• Jeb, 1946
• Anna Lucasta, 1946-47
• The Leading Lady, 1948
• The Smile of the World, 1949
• The Wisteria Trees, 1950
• The Green Pastures, 1951
• Remains to Be Seen, 1951
• Touchstone, 1953
• No Time for Sergeants, 1955
• Jamaica, 1957
• A Raisin in the Sun, 1959
• Purlie Victorious, 1961 (also playwright)
• Ballad for Bimshire, 1963
• The Zulu and the Zayda, 1965
• Purlie, 1970 (musical version of Purlie Victorious)
• I'm Not Rappaport, 1986
• A Celebration of Paul Robeson, 1988
Films, as actor:
• No Way Out, 1950
• Fourteen Hours, 1951
• The Joe Louis Story, 1953
• The Cardinal, 1963
• Gone Are the Days, 1963
• Shock Treatment, 1964
• The Hill, 1965
• A Man Called Adam, 1966
• The Scalphunters, 1968
• Sam Whisky, 1969
• Slaves, 1969
• Let's Do It Again, 1975
• Countdown at Kusini, 1976
• Hot Stuff, 1979
• The House of God, 1979
• Harry and Son, 1984
• Avenging Angel, 1985
• School Daze, 1988
• Do the Right Thing, 1988
• Alyson's Closet, 1988
• Joe Versus the Volcano, 1990
• Jungle Fever, 1991
• Gladiator, 1992
• Malcolm X, 1992
• Grumpy Old Men, 1993
• The Client, 1994
• Get on the Bus, 1996
• I'm Not Rappaport, 1996
• Dr. Dolittle, 1998
• Here's to Life, 2000
• Bubba Ho-tep, 2002
• Proud, 2003
• Baadasssss!, 2003
• She Hate Me, 2004
• Films, as director:
• Cotton Comes to Harlem, 1970
• Kongi's Harvest, 1970
• Black Girl, 1972
• Gordon's War, 1973
• Countdown at Kusini, 1976
TV movies
• King, 1978
• Roots: The Next Generations, 1979
• Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, 1981
• The Earnest Green Story, 1993
• The Stand, 1994
• The Android Affair, 1995
• A Vow to Cherish, 1999
• Finding Buck McHenry, 2000
• Feast of All Saints, 2001
(Sources: Internet Movie Database, Internet Broadway Database)
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I loved that man's melifluous voice.
