Spencer Williams
Acting1893Vidalia, 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
Acting History
1983
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1951
Amos 'n' Andy
TVas Andrew H. "Andy" Brown
1949
Rhapsody of Negro Life
as Spencer Jordan
Rhapsody of Negro Life
Director
1947
Juke Joint
as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Juke Joint
Director
1946
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
as Old Hager
Girl in Room 20
as Joe Phillips
Beale Street Mama
as Bad News Johnson
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Director
Girl in Room 20
Director
Jivin' in Bebop
Director
Beale Street Mama
Director
1945
The Negro Sailor
as Frank Roberts - columnist
Harlem Hotshots
Director
1944
Go Down Death
as Big Jim Bottoms
Of One Blood
as Wesley Hill
Go Down Death
Director
Of One Blood
Director
Of One Blood
Writer
1943
Marching On!
Director
Marching On!
Writer
1941
1940
Son of Ingagi
as Detective Nelson
Son of Ingagi
Story
1939
The Bronze Buckaroo
as Pete
Bad Boy
as Terry
Harlem Rides the Range
as Watson
Harlem Rides the Range
Screenplay
1938
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
as Butch Carter
1937
Harlem on the Prairie
as Doc Clayburn
1931
1930
Georgia Rose
as Ezra
1929