Spencer Williams
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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

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

Crew

Rhapsody of Negro Life (1949)
Director
Juke Joint (1947)
Director
Jivin' in Bebop (1946)
Director
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946)
Director
The Girl in Room 20 (1946)
Director
Beale Street Mama (1946)
Director
Harlem Hotshots (1945)
Director
Go Down Death (1944)
Director
Of One Blood (1944)
Director | Writer
Marching On! (1943)
Director | Writer
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus (1942)
Director | Writer
The Blood of Jesus (1941)
Director | Producer | Writer
Son of Ingagi (1940)
Story
Harlem Rides the Range (1939)
Story | Screenplay
Hot Biskits (1931)
Director | Writer
The Lady Fare (1929)
Writer