Spencer Williams
Acting
July 14, 1893
Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
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.
Movies
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
1938
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
1946
Melancholy Dame
1929
The Bronze Buckaroo
1939
Bad Boy
1939
Beale Street Mama
1946
Harlem on the Prairie
1937
Juke Joint
1947
The Framing of the Shrew
1929
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
1942
Georgia Rose
1930
Go Down Death
1944
Son of Ingagi
1940
Of One Blood
1944
Hot Biskits
1931
Girl in Room 20
1946
Harlem Rides the Range
1939
The Negro Sailor
1945
The Blood of Jesus
1941
