Spencer Williams
Known for ActingBorn 1893-07-14 — died 1969-12-13Vidalia, 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.
Known for
Juke Joint
1947 · as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975 · as Self (archive footage)
Son of Ingagi
1940 · as Detective Nelson
Bad Boy
1939 · as Terry
Of One Blood
1944 · as Wesley Hill
The Framing of the Shrew
1929 · as Lawyer Evans Chew
The Negro Sailor
1945 · as Frank Roberts - columnist
Girl in Room 20
1946 · as Joe Phillips
Harlem on the Prairie
1937 · as Doc Clayburn
Georgia Rose
1930 · as Ezra
The Blood of Jesus
1941 · as Razz Jackson
Harlem Rides the Range
1939 · as Watson
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
1938 · as Butch Carter
Go Down Death
1944 · as Big Jim Bottoms
Rhapsody of Negro Life
1949 · as Spencer Jordan
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
1947 · as Old Hager
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983 · as Self
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
1942