Spencer Williams
View on IMDb ↗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
Beale Street Mama
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
Amos 'n' Andy
Harlem on the Prairie
Girl in Room 20
The Negro Sailor
Georgia Rose
The Framing of the Shrew
Juke Joint
Bourbon Street BeatFilmography (27)
- 1983Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a ControversySelf
- 1975
Black Shadows on a Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage) - 1959
Bourbon Street Beat - 1951
Amos 'n' AndyAndy Brown - 1949Rhapsody of Negro LifeSpencer Jordan
- 1947
Juke JointBad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney - 1947
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.Old Hager - 1946
Beale Street MamaBad News Johnson - 1946
Girl in Room 20Joe Phillips - 1945
The Negro SailorFrank Roberts - columnist - 1944
Of One BloodWesley Hill - 1944
Go Down DeathBig Jim Bottoms - 1942
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus - 1941
The Blood of JesusRazz Jackson - 1940
Son of IngagiDetective Nelson - 1939
The Bronze BuckarooPete - 1939
Bad BoyTerry - 1939
Harlem Rides the RangeWatson - 1938
Two-Gun Man from HarlemButch Carter - 1937
Harlem on the PrairieDoc Clayburn - 1931
Hot Biskits - 1930
Georgia RoseEzra - 1929Brown Gravy
- 1929The Lady Fare
- 1929
The Framing of the ShrewLawyer Evans Chew - 1929
Melancholy DameWebster Dill - 1929The Widow's Bite