Acting · Vidalia, Louisiana, USA · Born July 14, 1893
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.
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983
as Self
MovieBlack Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
TVBourbon Street Beat
1959
TVAmos 'n' Andy
1951
as Andy Brown
Rhapsody of Negro Life
1949
as Spencer Jordan
MovieDirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
1947
as Old Hager
MovieJuke Joint
1947
as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
MovieGirl in Room 20
1946
as Joe Phillips
MovieBeale Street Mama
1946
as Bad News Johnson
MovieThe Negro Sailor
1945
as Frank Roberts - columnist
MovieGo Down Death
1944
as Big Jim Bottoms
MovieOf One Blood
1944
as Wesley Hill
MovieBrother Martin: Servant of Jesus
1942
MovieThe Blood of Jesus
1941
as Razz Jackson
MovieSon of Ingagi
1940
as Detective Nelson
MovieBad Boy
1939
as Terry
MovieHarlem Rides the Range
1939
as Watson
MovieThe Bronze Buckaroo
1939
as Pete
MovieTwo-Gun Man from Harlem
1938
as Butch Carter
MovieHarlem on the Prairie
1937
as Doc Clayburn
MovieHot Biskits
1931
MovieGeorgia Rose
1930
as Ezra
Brown Gravy
1929
The Lady Fare
1929
The Widow's Bite
1929
MovieThe Framing of the Shrew
1929
as Lawyer Evans Chew
MovieMelancholy Dame
1929
as Webster Dill
