Spencer Williams
Acting
Born 1893-07-14
Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
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
Popular credits
The Blood of Jesus
Razz Jackson
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Old Hager
Son of Ingagi
Detective Nelson
Go Down Death
Big Jim Bottoms
The Bronze Buckaroo
Pete
Amos 'n' Andy
Andrew H. "Andy" Brown
Harlem Rides the Range
Watson
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Butch Carter
Bad Boy
Terry
Hot Biskits
Juke Joint
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
The Framing of the Shrew
Lawyer Evans Chew
Harlem on the Prairie
Doc Clayburn
Melancholy Dame
Webster Dill
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
Self
Of One Blood
Wesley Hill
Bourbon Street Beat
Girl in Room 20
Joe Phillips
Rhapsody of Negro Life
Spencer Jordan
The Lady Fare