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Spencer Williams
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Aging in California
- Weird Tales
- Tranz
- Sudoku Cupcakes - Volume 1
- Sudoku Large Print Edition - Volume 1
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Film & TV
Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
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
- Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy — Self1983
- Black Shadows on a Silver Screen — Self (archive footage)1975
- Bourbon Street Beat1959
- Amos 'n' Andy — Andy Brown1951
- Rhapsody of Negro Life — Spencer Jordan1949
- Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. — Old Hager1947
- Juke Joint — Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney1947
- Girl in Room 20 — Joe Phillips1946
- Beale Street Mama — Bad News Johnson1946
- The Negro Sailor — Frank Roberts - columnist1945
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-02-08
Discography
- The John Towner Touch1957
- World on a String1957
- Rhythm in Motion1961
- How to Steal a Million1966
- Williams: Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble / Penderecki: Pittsburgh Overture / Mayuzumi: Music with Sculpture1970
- Music for Cello and Piano1974
- Jaws: Original Motion Picture Score1975
- Music From John Williams' Classic Film Scores: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Star Wars1978
- Pops in Space1980
- Pops on the March1980
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,066
- Total plays
- 5,600
Tags
Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 – July 14, 1965) was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his hit songs "Basin Street Blues", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Royal Garden Blues", "I've Found a New Baby", "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Tishomingo Blues", "Careless Love", and many others. Spencer Williams was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was educated at St. Charles University in New Orleans. Williams was performing in Chicago by 1907, and moved to N
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Spencer
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Vidalia
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Spencer williams carmel theater 1958.jpg
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- Commons category
- Spencer Williams (actor)
- date of birth
- 1893-07-14
- date of death
- 1969-12-13
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- start of work period
- 1928-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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