Spencer Williams
ActingSpencer 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
Harlem Rides the Range
Watson
Bad Boy
Terry
Harlem on the Prairie
Doc Clayburn
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Of One Blood
Wesley Hill
The Bronze Buckaroo
Pete
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Butch Carter
Juke Joint
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Go Down Death
Big Jim Bottoms
Filmography — Acting
Harlem Rides the Range
Watson
Bad Boy
Terry
Harlem on the Prairie
Doc Clayburn
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
Self
Of One Blood
Wesley Hill
The Bronze Buckaroo
Pete
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Butch Carter
Juke Joint
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Go Down Death
Big Jim Bottoms
The Negro Sailor
Frank Roberts - columnist
Son of Ingagi
Detective Nelson
Girl in Room 20
Joe Phillips
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Old Hager
Melancholy Dame
Webster Dill
The Blood of Jesus
Razz Jackson
The Lady Fare
Georgia Rose
Ezra
The Widow's Bite
The Framing of the Shrew
Lawyer Evans Chew
Hot Biskits
Brown Gravy
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
Beale Street Mama
Bad News Johnson
Rhapsody of Negro Life
Spencer Jordan
Filmography — Crew
Harlem Rides the Range
Screenplay
Of One Blood
Director
Juke Joint
Director
Go Down Death
Director
Girl in Room 20
Director
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Director
The Blood of Jesus
Producer
The Lady Fare
Writer
Hot Biskits
Director
Jivin' in Bebop
Director
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
Writer
Beale Street Mama
Director
Harlem Hotshots
Director
Marching On!
Director
Rhapsody of Negro Life
Director