Mini-Series) as Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. Roots: The Next Generations (1979, TV Mini-Series) as Dad Jones Freedom Road (1979, TV Movie) as Narrator All God's Children (1980, TV Movie) as Blaine Whitfield Ossie and Ruby! (1980) as Co-host (1980-1981) Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981, TV Movie) as Chuffy Russell Death of a Prophet (1981, TV Movie) as Himself Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Loved the Stars (1989) B.L. Stryker (1989–1990) as 'Oz' Jackson We'll Take Manhattan (1990, TV Movie) as Man in Subway Evening Shade (1990–1994) as Ponder Blue Alex Haley's Queen (1993, TV Mini-Series) as Parson Dick The Ernest Green Story (1993, TV Movie) as Grandfather The Stand (1994, TV Mini-Series) as Judge Richard Farris Ray Alexander (1995, TV Movie) as Uncle Phil The Android Affair (1995, TV Movie) as Dr. Winston The Client (1995–1996) as Judge Harry Roosevelt Home of the Brave (1996, TV Movie) as Erasmus Jones Promised Land (1996–1998) as Erasmus Jones Touched By An Angel (1996–2002) as Erasmus Jones / Gabriel / Gabe Miss Evers' Boys (1997, TV Movie) as Mr. Evers 12 Angry Men (1997, TV Movie) as Juror #2 The Secret Path (1999, TV Movie) as 'Too Tall' The Soul Collector (1999, TV Movie) as Mordecai The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (1999, TV Movie) as The Caretaker A Vow to Cherish (1999, TV Movie) as Alexander Billman Between the Lions (1999–2005) Finding Buck McHenry (2000, TV Movie) as Buck McHenry Legend of the Candy Cane (2001, TV Movie) as Julius (voice) The Feast of All Saints (2001, TV Movie) as Jean-Jacques Persidio Med (2002) as Otis Clayton Deacons for Defense (2003, TV Movie) as Reverend Gregory JAG (2003) as Terrence Minnerly The L Word (2004–2005) as Melvin Porter (final appearance) Video game Ripper (1996) as Ben Dodds Directing Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) Black Girl (1972) Gordon's War (1973) Kongi's Harvest (1973) Countdown at Kusini (1976) Crown Dick (1987 TV movie) Theatre Discography Autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Vol. 1: (Folkways Records, 1966) Autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Vol. 2: (Folkways, 1966) Frederick Douglass' The Meaning of July 4 for the Negro: (Folkways, 1975) Frederick Douglass' Speeches inc. The Dred Scott Decision: (Folkways, 1976) Books References External links The official site of Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee Eulogy of Malcolm X Ossie Davis' oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project Ossie