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Spencer Williams

Acting Born Jul 14, 1893 Vidalia, Louisiana, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Amos 'n' Andy

as Andy Brown

Crimson Sabre

as Detective Nelson

Full filmography

  • Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
  • Amos 'n' Andy (1951) as Andy Brown
  • Juke Joint (1947) as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
  • Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) as Self (archive footage)
  • Of One Blood (1944) as Wesley Hill
  • Bad Boy (1939) as Terry
  • The Framing of the Shrew (1929) as Lawyer Evans Chew
  • Georgia Rose (1930) as Ezra
  • The Negro Sailor (1945) as Frank Roberts - columnist
  • Son of Ingagi (1940) as Detective Nelson
  • Girl in Room 20 (1946) as Joe Phillips
  • The Blood of Jesus (1941) as Razz Jackson
  • Harlem Rides the Range (1939) as Watson
  • Harlem on the Prairie (1937) as Doc Clayburn
  • Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938) as Butch Carter
  • The Bronze Buckaroo (1939) as Pete
  • Go Down Death (1944) as Big Jim Bottoms
  • The Widow's Bite (1929)
  • Hot Biskits (1931)
  • Beale Street Mama (1946) as Bad News Johnson
  • Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (1983) as Self
  • Melancholy Dame (1929) as Webster Dill
  • Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus (1942)
  • The Lady Fare (1929)