Spencer Williams
Acting
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.
Filmography 30
Movies (28)
- Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy1983Self
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen1975Self (archive footage)- Rhapsody of Negro Life1949Spencer Jordan
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.1947Old Hager
Juke Joint1947Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Jivin' in Bebop1946Directing
Girl in Room 201946Joe Phillips
Beale Street Mama1946Bad News Johnson
The Negro Sailor1945Frank Roberts - columnist- Harlem Hotshots1945Directing
Of One Blood1944Wesley Hill
Go Down Death1944Big Jim Bottoms
Marching On!1943Directing
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus1942
The Blood of Jesus1941Razz Jackson
Son of Ingagi1940Detective Nelson
Bad Boy1939Terry
Harlem Rides the Range1939Watson
The Bronze Buckaroo1939Pete
Two-Gun Man from Harlem1938Butch Carter
Harlem on the Prairie1937Doc Clayburn
Hot Biskits1931
Georgia Rose1930Ezra- Brown Gravy1929
- The Lady Fare1929
- The Widow's Bite1929
The Framing of the Shrew1929Lawyer Evans Chew
Melancholy Dame1929Webster Dill
Shows (2)
Bourbon Street Beat1959
Amos 'n' Andy1951Andy Brown