namepeace said:

Malcolm was our manhood, our living, black manhood! This was his meaning to his people. Consigning these mortal remains to earth, the common mother of all, secure in the knowledge that what we place in the ground is no more now a man but a seed which, after the winter of our discontent, will come forth again to meet us. And we will know him then for what he was and is. A prince. Our own black shining prince who didn't hesitate to die because he loved us so.


Ossie delivering Malcolm's eulogy

RIP Ossie.

87 is a great innings.

Ossie Davis Filmography

Retirement (2006) (pre-production) .... Marvin Jeffries
Life's Back Pocket (2005) (pre-production) .... Floyd Metters


She Hate Me (2004) .... Judge Buchanan
Deacons for Defense (2003) (TV) .... Rev. Gregory
How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003) .... Granddad
... aka Baadasssss! (USA: new title)
... aka Badass (USA)
... aka Gettin' the Man's Foot Outta Your Baadasssss! (USA: new title)
Proud (2003) .... Lorenzo DuFau
... aka Proudly We Served (USA)
Bubba Ho-tep (2002) .... John F. "Jack" Kennedy
"Feast of All Saints" (2001) (mini) TV Series .... Jean-Jacques
... aka Anne Rice's The Feast of All Saints (USA: complete title)
Legend of the Candy Cane (2001) (TV) .... Jules
Here's to Life! (2000) .... Duncan Cox
Dinosaur (2000) (voice) .... Yar
Finding Buck McHenry (2000) (TV) .... Buck McHenry


The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (1999) (TV) .... The Caretaker
A Vow to Cherish (1999) (TV) .... Alexander Billman
The Soul Collector (1999/I) (TV) .... Mordecai
The Secret Path (1999) (TV) .... Too Tall
... aka The Silent Path
Alyson's Closet (1998) .... Postman Extraordinaire
Doctor Dolittle (1998) .... Archer Dolittle
"The Protector" (1997/II) TV Series
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV) .... Juror #2
Miss Evers' Boys (1997) (TV) .... Mr. Evers
"Promised Land" (1996) TV Series .... Erasmus Jones (1996-1998)
... aka Home of the Brave
Home of the Brave (1996) (TV) .... Erasmus Jones
Ripper (1996) (VG) .... Ben Dodds
"VH1 Legends" (1996) TV Series .... Narrator
I'm Not Rappaport (1996) .... Midge Carter
Get on the Bus (1996) .... Jeremiah
"The Client" (1995) TV Series .... Judge Harry Roosevelt
... aka John Grisham's The Client
The Android Affair (1995) (TV) .... Dr. Winston
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995) (TV) .... Uncle Phil
The Client (1994) .... Judge Harry Roosevelt
Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (1994) (TV) .... Uncle Phil
"The Stand" (1994) (mini) TV Series .... Judge Richard Farris
... aka Stephen King's The Stand
Grumpy Old Men (1993) .... Chuck
"Queen" (1993) (mini) TV Series .... Parson Dick
... aka Alex Haley's Queen
The Ernest Green Story (1993) (TV) .... Grandfather
Malcolm X (1992) .... Eulogy Performer
... aka X (USA: poster title)
Gladiator (1992) .... Noah
Jungle Fever (1991) .... The Good Reverend Doctor Purify
Die Laughing (1990) (TV) .... Ossie
King of Jazz (1990) (TV) .... Ossie
The Red Shoes (1990) (V) (voice)
"Evening Shade" (1990) TV Series .... Ponder Blue
We'll Take Manhattan (1990) (TV) .... Man in Subway
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) .... Marshall


"B.L. Stryker" (1989) TV Series .... Oz Jackson (1989-1990)
B.L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch (1989) (TV)
Do the Right Thing (1989) .... Da Mayor
School Daze (1988) .... Coach Odom
Avenging Angel (1985) .... Captain Harry Moradian
The House of God (1984) .... Dr. Sanders
Harry and Son (1984) .... Raymond
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981) (TV) .... Chuffy Russell
"Ossie and Ruby!" (1980) TV Series .... Co-host (1980-81)
All God's Children (1980) (TV) .... Blaine Whitfield


Freedom Road (1979) (TV) .... Narrator
Hot Stuff (1979) .... Captain John Geiberger
"Roots: The Next Generations" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Dad Jones
"King" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Martin Luther King Sr.
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977) (TV) .... Dr. Fredericks
... aka Ghetto Child
Countdown at Kusini (1976) .... Ernest Motapo
... aka Cool Red (USA)
Let's Do It Again (1975) .... Elder Johnson
The Tenth Level (1975) (TV)
Malcolm X (1972) (voice) (also archive footage) .... Eulogy
The Sheriff (1971) (TV) .... James Lucas


Night Gallery (1969) (TV) .... Osmond Portifoy
... aka Rod Serling's Wax Museum (USA)
Slaves (1969) .... Luke
Sam Whiskey (1969) .... Jedidiah Hooker
Teacher, Teacher (1969) (TV) .... Charles Carter
The Scalphunters (1968) .... Joseph Winfield Lee
The Outsider (1967) (TV) .... Lt. Wagner
A Man Called Adam (1966) .... Nelson Davis
The Hill (1965) .... Jacko King
Shock Treatment (1964) .... Capshaw
The Cardinal (1963) .... Father Gillis
Gone Are the Days! (1963) .... Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
... aka Purlie Victorious
... aka The Man from C.O.T.T.O.N. (USA: reissue title)
Seven Times Monday (1962) (TV) .... Will


The Emperor Jones (1955) (TV) .... Brutus Jones
The Joe Louis Story (1953)
Fourteen Hours (1951) .... Cab driver
No Way Out (1950) (uncredited) .... John Brooks

I remember wacthing The Ernest Green Story in school. Looks like I'll be going to the library to borrow some of these films.
[Edited 2/5/05 6:58am]

Ossie is one of my heroes!!! He was a class act, and I'll never forget the man.

He and Ruby were the fiercest couple Hollywood has ever seen.

wow, just found out today from someone's signature line here on the org.

What a loss we have experienced.
RIP