Spencer Williams
Department: 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.
Known For
The Blood of Jesus
1941
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
1946
Go Down Death
1944
Harlem Rides the Range
1939
Juke Joint
1947
Girl in Room 20
1946
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
1938
Bad Boy
1939
Rhapsody of Negro Life
1949
The Framing of the Shrew
1929
Harlem on the Prairie
1937
Melancholy Dame
1929
The Bronze Buckaroo
1939
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983
The Lady Fare
1929
The Widow's Bite
1929
Brown Gravy
1929
Son of Ingagi
1940
Hot Biskits
1931
Of One Blood
1944
Beale Street Mama
1946
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
The Negro Sailor
1945
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
1942
Georgia Rose
1930
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Amos 'n' Andy
1951