Actor and activist Raiford Chatman Davis won rave reviews with his 1946 acting debut in the title role of Jeb, opposite his future wife, Ruby Dee. Ossie Davis went on to appear with his wife Ruby Dee in nine films, and was a featured speaker at the funerals of both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. He is best remembered as Ponder Blue in Evening Shade, Harry Roosevelt in The Client, Erasmus Jones in Promised Land and Melvin Porter in The L Word
| Movie | Black Girl | 1972 |
| Movie | Cotton Comes to Harlem | 1970 |
| Movie | Countdown at Kusini | 1976 |
| Movie | Gordon's War | 1973 |
| Episode |
East Side/West Side I Before E Except After C |
1963 |
| Movie | Kongi's Harvest | 1970 |
| Movie | Cotton Comes to Harlem | 1970 |
| Movie | Countdown at Kusini | 1976 |
| Movie | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | 1982 |
| Movie | Gone Are the Days! | 1963 |
| Episode |
East Side/West Side I Before E Except After C |
1963 |
| Movie | Purlie | 1981 |
| Episode |
Car 54, Where Are You? Benny the Bookie's Last Chance |
1963 |
| Episode |
Between the Lions Bug Beard |
2001 |
| Episode |
JAG Close Quarters |
2003 |
| Episode |
The Fugitive Death Is the Door Prize |
1966 |
| Episode |
American Experience Goin' Back to T-Town |
1993 |
| Episode |
Hawaii Five-O Hara-Kiri: Murder |
1974 |
| Episode |
Car 54, Where Are You? Here Comes Charlie |
1963 |
| Episode |
Touched by an Angel Homecoming (1) |
1996 |
| Episode |
Touched by an Angel Homecoming (2) |
1996 |
| Episode |
The L Word L'Chaim |
2005 |
| Episode |
The L Word Land Ahoy |
2005 |
| Episode |
The L Word Lies, Lies, Lies |
2004 |
| Episode |
The L Word Loud & Proud |
2005 |
| Episode |
Third Watch Men |
2000 |
| Episode |
Third Watch Modern Designs for Better Living |
1999 |
| Episode |
To Tell the Truth Nick Matukas, Barbara Holmes-Stewart, Joe Longo |
1963 |
| Episode |
To Tell the Truth Norris McWherter, Lee Holly, Chester Barrett |
1963 |
| Episode |
Cosby Ol' Betsy |
1999 |
| Episode |
The Dick Cavett Show Ossie Davis, Rubie Dee |
1990 |
| Episode |
Touched by an Angel Promised Land |
1996 |
| Episode |
Soul! Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis, Lucky Thompson |
1972 |
| Episode |
Touched by an Angel Saving Grace (1) |
1998 |
| Episode |
Touched by an Angel Saving Grace (2) |
1998 |
| Episode |
Night Gallery The Cemetery |
1969 |
| Episode |
Touched by an Angel The Christmas Gift |
1999 |
| Episode |
Car 54, Where Are You? The Presidential Itch |
1963 |
| Episode |
HBO Storybook Musicals The Red Shoes |
1990 |
| Episode |
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years The Rise of Christianity: The First 1000 Years, Pt 1 |
2001 |
| Episode |
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years The Rise of Christianity: The First 1000 Years, Pt 2 |
2001 |
| Episode |
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years The Rise of Christianity: The First 1000 Years, Pt 3 |
2001 |
| Episode |
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years The Rise of Christianity: The First 1000 Years, Pt 4 |
2001 |
| Episode |
Touched by an Angel The Road Home (2) |
1997 |
| Episode |
Touched by an Angel The Road Home (aka Joe's Return - 2 part episode) |
1997 |
| Episode |
Car 54, Where Are You? The Star Boarder |
1963 |
| Episode |
Presidio Med This Baby's Gonna Fly |
2002 |
| Episode |
Ken Burns Films Thomas Jefferson (1) |
1997 |
| Episode |
Ken Burns Films Thomas Jefferson (2) |
1997 |
| Episode |
City of Angels To Halve or Halve Not |
2000 |
| Episode |
Slattery's People What Can You Do with a Wounded Tiger? |
1965 |
| Episode |
City of Angels When Worlds Colitis |
2000 |
