Spencer Williams

Biography

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

Bourbon Street Beat

Amos 'n' Andy

Girl in Room 20

Son of Ingagi

Harlem Rides the Range

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Juke Joint

Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

All Movies (25)

• Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy1983 · as Self
• Black Shadows on a Silver Screen1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rhapsody of Negro Life1949 · as Spencer Jordan
• Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.1947 · as Old Hager
• Juke Joint1947 · as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
• Girl in Room 201946 · as Joe Phillips
• Beale Street Mama1946 · as Bad News Johnson
• The Negro Sailor1945 · as Frank Roberts - columnist
• Go Down Death1944 · as Big Jim Bottoms
• Of One Blood1944 · as Wesley Hill
• Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus1942
• The Blood of Jesus1941 · as Razz Jackson
• Son of Ingagi1940 · as Detective Nelson
• Bad Boy1939 · as Terry
• Harlem Rides the Range1939 · as Watson
• The Bronze Buckaroo1939 · as Pete
• Two-Gun Man from Harlem1938 · as Butch Carter
• Harlem on the Prairie1937 · as Doc Clayburn
• Hot Biskits1931
• Georgia Rose1930 · as Ezra
• Brown Gravy1929
• The Lady Fare1929
• The Widow's Bite1929
• The Framing of the Shrew1929 · as Lawyer Evans Chew
• Melancholy Dame1929 · as Webster Dill

All TV Shows (2)

• Bourbon Street Beat1959
• Amos 'n' Andy1951 · as Andy Brown