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Spencer Williams

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: Acting

Born: Vidalia, Louisiana, USA, 1893-07-14

Died: 1969-12-13

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	Melancholy Dame	Webster Dill	20
2	1929	The Framing of the Shrew	Lawyer Evans Chew	80
3	1929	The Widow's Bite		0
4	1929	The Lady Fare		0
5	1929	Brown Gravy		0
6	1930	Georgia Rose	Ezra	0
7	1931	Hot Biskits		50
8	1937	Harlem on the Prairie	Doc Clayburn	50
9	1938	Two-Gun Man from Harlem	Butch Carter	45
10	1939	The Bronze Buckaroo	Pete	46
11	1939	Harlem Rides the Range	Watson	33
12	1939	Bad Boy	Terry	37
13	1940	Son of Ingagi	Detective Nelson	38
14	1941	The Blood of Jesus	Razz Jackson	50
15	1942	Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus		0
16	1944	Go Down Death	Big Jim Bottoms	34
17	1944	Of One Blood	Wesley Hill	30
18	1945	The Negro Sailor	Frank Roberts - columnist	0
19	1946	Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.	Old Hager	45
20	1946	Girl in Room 20	Joe Phillips	0
21	1946	Beale Street Mama	Bad News Johnson	0
22	1947	Juke Joint	Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney	53
23	1949	Rhapsody of Negro Life	Spencer Jordan	0
24	1975	Black Shadows on a Silver Screen	Self (archive footage)	0
25	1983	Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy	Self	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Amos 'n' Andy	Andrew H. "Andy" Brown	75
2	1959	Bourbon Street Beat		50