Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis
Birth name	Raiford Chatman Davis
Born	December 18, 1917 in Cogdell, Georgia, USA
Died	February 4, 2005 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA from natural causes
Notable Roles
Notable Episodes
Awards

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Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Evening Shade	Ponder Blue	1990–1994	1	2	3	4

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
The Nurses	Dr. Farmer	3x08 - The Family Resemblance	November 17, 1964
The Fugitive	Gaines	4x02 - Death Is the Door Prize	September 20, 1966
Run for Your Life	Frankie Morton	2x11 - A Game of Violence	November 28, 1966
12 O'Clock High	Glenn Luke	3x15 - Graveyard	December 30, 1966
Run for Your Life	Dave Corbett	2x16 - Flight from Tirana (1)	January 9, 1967
Run for Your Life	Dave Corbett	2x17 - A Rage for Justice (2)	January 16, 1967
Bonanza	Sam Davis	10x23 - The Wish	March 9, 1969
Hawaii Five-O	Ramon Borelle	7x13 - Hara-Kiri: Murder	December 31, 1974
Touched by an Angel	Erasmus Jones	3x01 - Promised Land	September 15, 1996
Touched by an Angel	Erasmus Jones	3x11 - Homecoming (1)	November 24, 1996
Promised Land	Erasmus Jones	1x09 - Homecoming (2)	November 26, 1996
Promised Land	Erasmus Jones	1x10 - King of the Road	December 3, 1996
Promised Land	Erasmus Jones	1x22 - Civil Wars	May 6, 1997
Promised Land	Erasmus Jones	1x23 - Stealing Home (1)	May 13, 1997
Promised Land	Erasmus Jones	1x24 - Stealing Home (2)	May 20, 1997
Touched by an Angel	Erasmus Jones	4x01 - The Road Home (1)	September 21, 1997
Touched by an Angel	Erasmus Jones	5x02 - Saving Grace (1)	September 27, 1998
Third Watch	John Parker	1x09 - Modern Designs for Better Living	November 28, 1999
Touched by an Angel	Gabe	6x10 - The Christmas Gift	December 12, 1999
Third Watch	John Parker	1x12 - Journey to the Himalayas	January 24, 2000
Third Watch	John Parker	1x18 - Men	April 10, 2000
Presidio Med		1x01 - This Baby's Gonna Fly	September 24, 2002
Touched by an Angel	Gabriel	9x09 - Remembering Me (2)	November 23, 2002
JAG	Terrence Minnerly	9x07 - Close Quarters	November 7, 2003
The L Word	Melvin Porter	1x05 - Lawfully	February 15, 2004
The L Word	Melvin Porter	2x10 - Land Ahoy	April 24, 2005
The L Word	Melvin Porter	2x11 - Loud & Proud	May 1, 2005
The L Word	Melvin Porter	2x12 - L'Chaim	May 8, 2005

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
All God's Children	Blaine Whitfield	April 28, 1980	ABC Monday Night Movie
Miss Evers' Boys	Mr. Evers	February 22, 1997	HBO Original Movie

Awards and Accolades

Daytime Emmy Awards

• Won: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (2001)

Finding Buck Henry

Trivia

• Married to Ruby Dee from 1948 until his death in 2005