
Actor
Spencer Williams
Born 1893 · Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
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.
Directed

Beale Street Mama
Director · 1946

Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
Director · 1942

The Blood of Jesus
Director · 1941

Juke Joint
Director · 1947

Jivin' in Bebop
Director · 1946

Girl in Room 20
Director · 1946

Marching On!
Director · 1943

Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Director · 1947

Of One Blood
Director · 1944

Hot Biskits
Director · 1931

Go Down Death
Director · 1944
Harlem Hotshots
Director · 1945
Rhapsody of Negro Life
Director · 1949
Acting

Amos 'n' Andy
Andrew H. "Andy" Brown · 1951

Beale Street Mama
Bad News Johnson · 1946

Harlem on the Prairie
Doc Clayburn · 1937

The Framing of the Shrew
Lawyer Evans Chew · 1929

The Blood of Jesus
Razz Jackson · 1941
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
Self · 1983

Juke Joint
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney · 1947

Girl in Room 20
Joe Phillips · 1946

The Negro Sailor
Frank Roberts - columnist · 1945

Georgia Rose
Ezra · 1930

Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Old Hager · 1947

The Bronze Buckaroo
Pete · 1939

Melancholy Dame
Webster Dill · 1929

Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Butch Carter · 1938

Of One Blood
Wesley Hill · 1944

Son of Ingagi
Detective Nelson · 1940

Bad Boy
Terry · 1939

Harlem Rides the Range
Watson · 1939

Go Down Death
Big Jim Bottoms · 1944
Rhapsody of Negro Life
Spencer Jordan · 1949

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage) · 1975