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