Spencer Williams

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.

  • Title: Spencer Williams
  • Popularity: 0.699
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1893-07-14
  • Place of Birth: Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
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  • Also Known As: Spencer Williams Jr.
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Spencer Williams Movies

  • 1941
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    The Blood of Jesus

    The Blood of Jesus

    4.8 1941 HD

    Razz accidentally shoots his wife Martha when his hunting rifle drops on the floor and discharges. The church congregation gathers at Martha’s...

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  • 1946
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    Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

    Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

    4.7 1946 HD

    A Harlem nightclub entertainer arrives on the Caribbean island of "Rinidad" to perform as the headliner in a revue at the Paradise Hotel. She quickly...

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  • 1944
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    Go Down Death

    Go Down Death

    3.4 1944 HD

    The owner of a juke joint arranges to frame an innocent preacher with a scandalous photograph, but his scheme backfires when his own adoptive mother...

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  • 1939
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    Harlem Rides the Range

    Harlem Rides the Range

    3.3 1939 HD

    A wandering cowboy and his sidekick try to resolve a murder.

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  • 1947
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    Juke Joint

    Juke Joint

    5.3 1947 HD

    Bad News Johnson, a con artist from Memphis, Tennessee, arrives in Dallas, Texas, accompanied by his dim sidekick July Jones with only twenty-five...

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  • 1946
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    The Girl in Room 20

    The Girl in Room 20

    1 1946 HD

    Daisy Mae Walker is an aspiring singer from a small town in Texas, who comes to New York City to pursue a show business career, but falls prey to a...

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  • 1938
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    Two-Gun Man from Harlem

    Two-Gun Man from Harlem

    4.5 1938 HD

    A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He...

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  • 1939
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    Bad Boy

    Bad Boy

    3.7 1939 HD

    Johnny Fraser leaves his mother in their small home town and sets out for the big city. He obtains a job with a large firm of architects. Steve...

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  • 1949
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    Rhapsody of Negro Life

    Rhapsody of Negro Life

    1 1949 HD

    Film by Spencer Williams.

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  • 1929
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    The Framing of the Shrew

    The Framing of the Shrew

    8 1929 HD

    Privacy Robson is a downtrodden husband who takes advice from his friend Florian Slappey. He eventually gets the upper hand after starting divorce...

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  • 1937
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    Harlem on the Prairie

    Harlem on the Prairie

    5 1937 HD

    A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the...

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  • 1929
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    Melancholy Dame

    Melancholy Dame

    2 1929 HD

    A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.

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  • 1939
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    The Bronze Buckaroo

    The Bronze Buckaroo

    4.6 1939 HD

    Bob Blake and his sidekick and four singing cowboys arrive at the Jackson ranch where Bob learns from Betty Jackson that her brother, Joe, is...

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  • 1983
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    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

    6 1983 HD

    The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.

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  • 1929
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    The Lady Fare

    The Lady Fare

    1 1929 HD

    "Willie Dime," a big, bad taxi driver, is very jealous of "Miss Eva" and it burns him up to see any fool Jelly-bean "carrying on flirtatious...

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  • 1929
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    The Widow's Bite

    The Widow's Bite

    1 1929 HD

    Spencer Williams' comedy feature.

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  • 1929
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    Brown Gravy

    Brown Gravy

    1 1929 HD

    A musical short starring Sam McDaniel and Spencer Williams.

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  • 1940
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    Son of Ingagi

    Son of Ingagi

    3.8 1940 HD

    A newlywed couple is visited by a strange old woman who harbors a secret about the young girl's father.

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  • 1931
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    Hot Biskits

    Hot Biskits

    5 1931 HD

    Virtually unseen for more than eighty years, Spencer Williams’s first film is a one-reel comedy short in which a rivalry between two men is...

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  • 1944
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    Of One Blood

    Of One Blood

    3 1944 HD

    After losing their parents in a flood at a young age, two brothers grow up to become a police officer and a lawyer, working with a local newspaper...

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  • 1946
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    Beale Street Mama

    Beale Street Mama

    1 1946 HD

    The film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large parcel of money. He uses the newly acquired wealth to go...

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  • 1975
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    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    1 1975 HD

    Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

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  • 1945
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    The Negro Sailor

    The Negro Sailor

    1 1945 HD

    US Navy produced short stars Joel Fluellen as a draftee from his civilian job at a black newspaper through boot camp and an assignment in the...

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  • 1942
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    Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus

    Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus

    1 1942 HD

    An uncle discusses the life of Martin de Porres with his niece. de Porres was a late sixteenth-century Peruvian who was elevated to sainthood in 1962...

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  • 1930
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    Georgia Rose

    Georgia Rose

    1 1930 HD

    Musical film with an all-black cast.

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  • 1941
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    The Blood of Jesus

    The Blood of Jesus

    4.8 1941 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Blood of Jesus

    The Blood of Jesus

    4.8 1941 HD

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  • 1946
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    Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

    Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

    4.7 1946 HD

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  • 1944
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    Go Down Death

    Go Down Death

    3.4 1944 HD

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  • 1939
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    Harlem Rides the Range

    Harlem Rides the Range

    3.3 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    Harlem Rides the Range

    Harlem Rides the Range

    3.3 1939 HD

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  • 1947
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    Juke Joint

    Juke Joint

    5.3 1947 HD

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  • 1943
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    Marching On!

    Marching On!

    5 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    Marching On!

    Marching On!

    5 1943 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Girl in Room 20

    The Girl in Room 20

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1940
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    Son of Ingagi

    Son of Ingagi

    3.8 1940 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Blood of Jesus

    The Blood of Jesus

    4.8 1941 HD

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  • 1931
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    Hot Biskits

    Hot Biskits

    5 1931 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Lady Fare

    The Lady Fare

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1945
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    Harlem Hotshots

    Harlem Hotshots

    1 1945 HD

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  • 1931
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    Hot Biskits

    Hot Biskits

    5 1931 HD

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  • 1946
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    Jivin' in Bebop

    Jivin' in Bebop

    5.3 1946 HD

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  • 1949
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    Rhapsody of Negro Life

    Rhapsody of Negro Life

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1944
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    Of One Blood

    Of One Blood

    3 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Of One Blood

    Of One Blood

    3 1944 HD

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  • 1946
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    Beale Street Mama

    Beale Street Mama

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1942
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    Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus

    Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus

    Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1959
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    Bourbon Street Beat

    Bourbon Street Beat

    5 1959 HD

    "Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to...

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  • 1951
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    Amos 'n' Andy

    Amos 'n' Andy

    7.5 1951 HD

    A sitcom set in Manhattan's historic black community of Harlem.

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