Spencer Williams
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.802 |
| Birthday | 1893-07-14 |
| Place of Birth | Vidalia, Louisiana, USA |
| Also Known As | Spencer Williams Jr., |
1941
The Blood of Jesus
4.8/17
Razz accidentally shoots his wife Martha when his hunting rifle drops on the floor and discharges. The church congregation gathers at Martha’s bedside...
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The Blood of Jesus
1946
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
4.7/12
A Harlem nightclub entertainer arrives on the Caribbean island of "Rinidad" to perform as the headliner in a revue at the Paradise Hotel. She quickly...
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Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
1944
Go Down Death
3.4/7
The owner of a juke joint arranges to frame an innocent preacher with a scandalous photograph, but his scheme backfires when his own adoptive mother i...
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Go Down Death
1939
Harlem Rides the Range
3.3/7
A wandering cowboy and his sidekick try to resolve a murder.
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Harlem Rides the Range
1947
Juke Joint
5.3/3
Bad News Johnson, a con artist from Memphis, Tennessee, arrives in Dallas, Texas, accompanied by his dim sidekick July Jones with only twenty-five cen...
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Juke Joint
1946
The Girl in Room 20
0/0
Daisy Mae Walker is an aspiring singer from a small town in Texas, who comes to New York City to pursue a show business career, but falls prey to a sl...
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The Girl in Room 20
1938
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
4.5/6
A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He in...
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Two-Gun Man from Harlem
1939
Bad Boy
3.7/3
Johnny Fraser leaves his mother in their small home town and sets out for the big city. He obtains a job with a large firm of architects. Steve Carson...
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Bad Boy
1949
Rhapsody of Negro Life
0/0
Film by Spencer Williams.
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Rhapsody of Negro Life
1929
The Framing of the Shrew
8/1
Privacy Robson is a downtrodden husband who takes advice from his friend Florian Slappey. He eventually gets the upper hand after starting divorce pro...
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The Framing of the Shrew
1937
Harlem on the Prairie
5/1
A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the...
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Harlem on the Prairie
1929
Melancholy Dame
2/1
A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.
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Melancholy Dame
1939
The Bronze Buckaroo
4.6/8
Bob Blake and his sidekick and four singing cowboys arrive at the Jackson ranch where Bob learns from Betty Jackson that her brother, Joe, is missing....
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The Bronze Buckaroo
1983
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
6/1
The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.
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Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1929
The Lady Fare
0/0
"Willie Dime," a big, bad taxi driver, is very jealous of "Miss Eva" and it burns him up to see any fool Jelly-bean "carrying on flirtatious flirtatio...
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The Lady Fare
1929
The Widow's Bite
0/0
Spencer Williams' comedy feature.
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The Widow's Bite
1929
Brown Gravy
0/0
A musical short starring Sam McDaniel and Spencer Williams.
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Brown Gravy
1940
Son of Ingagi
3.833/12
A newlywed couple is visited by a strange old woman who harbors a secret about the young girl's father.
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Son of Ingagi
1931
Hot Biskits
5/3
Virtually unseen for more than eighty years, Spencer Williams’s first film is a one-reel comedy short in which a rivalry between two men is played out...
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Hot Biskits
1944
Of One Blood
3/1
After losing their parents in a flood at a young age, two brothers grow up to become a police officer and a lawyer, working with a local newspaper own...
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Of One Blood
1946
Beale Street Mama
0/0
The film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large parcel of money. He uses the newly acquired wealth to go...
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Beale Street Mama
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
0/0
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1945
The Negro Sailor
0/0
US Navy produced short stars Joel Fluellen as a draftee from his civilian job at a black newspaper through boot camp and an assignment in the Pacific....
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The Negro Sailor
1942
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
0/0
An uncle discusses the life of Martin de Porres with his niece. de Porres was a late sixteenth-century Peruvian who was elevated to sainthood in 1962...
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