Spencer Williams
Acting
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
Acting27
movieBlack Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Self (archive footage)
tvAmos 'n' Andy
1951
Andy Brown
Rhapsody of Negro Life
1949
Spencer Jordan
movieJuke Joint
1947
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
movieGirl in Room 20
1946
Joe Phillips
movieBeale Street Mama
1946
Bad News Johnson
movieThe Negro Sailor
1945
Frank Roberts - columnist
movieGo Down Death
1944
Big Jim Bottoms
movieOf One Blood
1944
Wesley Hill
movieThe Blood of Jesus
1941
Razz Jackson
movieSon of Ingagi
1940
Detective Nelson
movieBad Boy
1939
Terry
movieTwo-Gun Man from Harlem
1938
Butch Carter
movieHarlem on the Prairie
1937
Doc Clayburn
movieThe Framing of the Shrew
1929
Lawyer Evans Chew
movieMelancholy Dame
1929
Webster Dill
Directing13
movieJuke Joint
1947
Director
movieJivin' in Bebop
1946
Director
movieGirl in Room 20
1946
Director
movieBeale Street Mama
1946
Director
movieGo Down Death
1944
Director
movieOf One Blood
1944
Director
movieMarching On!
1943
Director
movieThe Blood of Jesus
1941
Director
movieHot Biskits
1931
Director
Writing8
movieOf One Blood
1944
Writer
movieMarching On!
1943
Writer
movieSon of Ingagi
1940
Story, Writer
movieHarlem Rides the Range
1939
Screenplay, Story
movieHot Biskits
1931
Writer
Production1
movieThe Blood of Jesus
1941
Producer