Spencer Williams
Acting
Born: 1893-07-14 in 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.
Known For
Bourbon Street Beat
Amos 'n' Andy
Andy Brown
Juke Joint
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Hot Biskits
Georgia Rose
Ezra
Son of Ingagi
Detective Nelson
The Negro Sailor
Frank Roberts - columnist
Beale Street Mama
Bad News Johnson
Of One Blood
Wesley Hill
Girl in Room 20
Joe Phillips
The Framing of the Shrew
Lawyer Evans Chew
Harlem on the Prairie
Doc Clayburn
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
The Blood of Jesus
Razz Jackson
Bad Boy
Terry
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Butch Carter
Go Down Death
Big Jim Bottoms
Melancholy Dame
Webster Dill
Harlem Rides the Range
Watson
No Poster
The Widow's Bite
The Bronze Buckaroo
Pete
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Old Hager
No Poster
The Lady Fare
No Poster