Spencer Williams
Born
July 14, 1893
Died
December 13, 1969 (76 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
Self
1983
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1975
Bourbon Street Beat
(1 episode)
1959
Amos 'n' Andy
Andrew H. "Andy" Brown · (52 episodes)
1951
Rhapsody of Negro Life
Spencer Jordan
1949
Juke Joint
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
1947
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Old Hager
1946
Girl in Room 20
Joe Phillips
1946
Beale Street Mama
Bad News Johnson
1946
The Negro Sailor
Frank Roberts - columnist
1945
Go Down Death
Big Jim Bottoms
1944
Of One Blood
Wesley Hill
1944
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
1942
The Blood of Jesus
Razz Jackson
1941
Son of Ingagi
Detective Nelson
1940
Bad Boy
Terry
1939
Harlem Rides the Range
Watson
1939
The Bronze Buckaroo
Pete
1939
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Butch Carter
1938
Harlem on the Prairie
Doc Clayburn
1937
Hot Biskits
1931
Georgia Rose
Ezra
1930
Brown Gravy
1929
The Lady Fare
1929
The Widow's Bite
1929
The Framing of the Shrew
Lawyer Evans Chew
1929
Melancholy Dame
Webster Dill
1929