Spencer Williams

Known for: Acting

Born: 1893-07-14 – 1969-12-13 (aged 76)

From: Vidalia, Louisiana, USA

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.

Filmography (27)

MOVIE★ 7.0
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983
as Self
MOVIE
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
TV★ 7.6
Amos 'n' Andy
1951
as Andy Brown
MOVIE
Rhapsody of Negro Life
1949
as Spencer Jordan
MOVIE★ 4.8
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
1947
as Old Hager
MOVIE★ 6.5
Juke Joint
1947
as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
MOVIE★ 7.0
Girl in Room 20
1946
as Joe Phillips
MOVIE★ 9.0
Beale Street Mama
1946
as Bad News Johnson
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Negro Sailor
1945
as Frank Roberts - columnist
MOVIE★ 3.2
Go Down Death
1944
as Big Jim Bottoms
MOVIE★ 5.5
Of One Blood
1944
as Wesley Hill
MOVIE★ 9.0
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
1942
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Blood of Jesus
1941
as Razz Jackson
MOVIE★ 4.2
Son of Ingagi
1940
as Detective Nelson
MOVIE★ 4.2
Bad Boy
1939
as Terry
MOVIE★ 3.9
Harlem Rides the Range
1939
as Watson
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Bronze Buckaroo
1939
as Pete
MOVIE★ 4.8
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
1938
as Butch Carter
MOVIE★ 7.5
Harlem on the Prairie
1937
as Doc Clayburn
MOVIE★ 5.0
Hot Biskits
1931
MOVIE★ 7.0
Georgia Rose
1930
as Ezra
MOVIE★ 9.0
Brown Gravy
1929
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Lady Fare
1929
MOVIE
The Widow's Bite
1929
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Framing of the Shrew
1929
as Lawyer Evans Chew
MOVIE★ 6.0
Melancholy Dame
1929
as Webster Dill