Spencer Williams

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.

Known For

Bourbon Street Beat

Amos 'n' Andy

Andrew H. "Andy" Brown

Juke Joint

Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney

The Blood of Jesus

Razz Jackson

Go Down Death

Big Jim Bottoms

Harlem Rides the Range

Watson

Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

Old Hager

Of One Blood

Wesley Hill

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1983	Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy	Self
1975	Black Shadows on a Silver Screen	Self (archive footage)
1949	Rhapsody of Negro Life	Spencer Jordan
1947	Juke Joint	Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
1946	Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.	Old Hager
1946	Girl in Room 20	Joe Phillips
1946	Beale Street Mama	Bad News Johnson
1945	The Negro Sailor	Frank Roberts - columnist
1944	Go Down Death	Big Jim Bottoms
1944	Of One Blood	Wesley Hill
1942	Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
1941	The Blood of Jesus	Razz Jackson
1940	Son of Ingagi	Detective Nelson
1939	Harlem Rides the Range	Watson
1939	Bad Boy	Terry
1939	The Bronze Buckaroo	Pete
1938	Two-Gun Man from Harlem	Butch Carter
1937	Harlem on the Prairie	Doc Clayburn
1931	Hot Biskits
1930	Georgia Rose	Ezra
1929	The Framing of the Shrew	Lawyer Evans Chew
1929	Melancholy Dame	Webster Dill
1929	The Lady Fare
1929	The Widow's Bite
1929	Brown Gravy

Year	TV Show	Role
1959	Bourbon Street Beat
1951	Amos 'n' Andy	Andrew H. "Andy" Brown