Actor

Spencer Williams

Birthday: July 14, 1893

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.

Movie Credits

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (1983) as Self
Age: 89
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 81
Rhapsody of Negro Life (1949) as Spencer Jordan
Age: 55
Juke Joint (1947) as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Age: 53
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946) as Old Hager
Age: 52
Girl in Room 20 (1946) as Joe Phillips
Age: 52
Beale Street Mama (1946) as Bad News Johnson
Age: 52
The Negro Sailor (1945) as Frank Roberts - columnist
Age: 52
Go Down Death (1944) as Big Jim Bottoms
Age: 50
Of One Blood (1944) as Wesley Hill
Age: 50
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus (1942)
Age: 49
The Blood of Jesus (1941) as Razz Jackson
Age: 47
Son of Ingagi (1940) as Detective Nelson
Age: 47
Bad Boy (1939) as Terry
Age: 45
Harlem Rides the Range (1939) as Watson
Age: 45
The Bronze Buckaroo (1939) as Pete
Age: 45
Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938) as Butch Carter
Age: 44
Harlem on the Prairie (1937) as Doc Clayburn
Age: 44
Hot Biskits (1931)
Age: 38
Georgia Rose (1930) as Ezra
Age: 37
Brown Gravy (1929)
Age: 36
The Lady Fare (1929)
Age: 36
The Widow's Bite (1929)
Age: 35
The Framing of the Shrew (1929) as Lawyer Evans Chew
Age: 35
Melancholy Dame (1929) as Webster Dill
Age: 35