Spencer Williams
Acting
July 14, 1893 — December 13, 1969Vidalia, 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.
Known for
Go Down Death
Big Jim Bottoms
Of One Blood
Wesley Hill
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
The Negro Sailor
Frank Roberts - columnist
Harlem Rides the Range
Watson
Girl in Room 20
Joe Phillips
Son of Ingagi
Detective Nelson
Juke Joint
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Harlem on the Prairie
Doc Clayburn
The Bronze Buckaroo
Pete
The Framing of the Shrew
Lawyer Evans Chew
The Blood of Jesus
Razz Jackson
