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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

50

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-07-14

Day of Death

1969-12-13 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Vidalia, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

Spencer Williams Jr.

Spencer Williams

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

Acting

The Blood of Jesus

1941

The Blood of Jesus

as

Razz Jackson

Go Down Death

1944

Go Down Death

as

Big Jim Bottoms

Juke Joint

1947

Juke Joint

as

Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney

Girl in Room 20

1946

Girl in Room 20

as

Joe Phillips

Two-Gun Man from Harlem

1938

Two-Gun Man from Harlem

as

Butch Carter

Bad Boy

1939

Bad Boy

as

Terry

Rhapsody of Negro Life

1949

Rhapsody of Negro Life

as

Spencer Jordan

The Framing of the Shrew

1929

The Framing of the Shrew

as

Lawyer Evans Chew

Harlem on the Prairie

1937

Harlem on the Prairie

as

Doc Clayburn

Melancholy Dame

1929

Melancholy Dame

as

Webster Dill

Son of Ingagi

1940

Son of Ingagi

as

Detective Nelson

Of One Blood

1944

Of One Blood

as

Wesley Hill

Beale Street Mama

1946

Beale Street Mama

as

Bad News Johnson

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as

Self (archive footage)

The Negro Sailor

1945

The Negro Sailor

as

Frank Roberts - columnist

Georgia Rose

1930

Georgia Rose

as

Ezra

Amos 'n' Andy

Amos 'n' Andy

as

Andrew H. "Andy" Brown

Production

Crew

Directing