Personal Info
Spencer Williams Jr.
Spencer Williams
Acting
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.
Filmography
Movies
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
as Self
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Rhapsody of Negro Life
as Spencer Jordan
Juke Joint
as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
as Old Hager
Girl in Room 20
as Joe Phillips
Beale Street Mama
as Bad News Johnson
The Negro Sailor
as Frank Roberts - columnist
Of One Blood
as Wesley Hill
Go Down Death
as Big Jim Bottoms
