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