Americanactor,writer,director,andproducerwhoseearlypioneeringworkinAfrican-Americanor"race"filmswaseclipsedinfamebyhisroleasoneofthetitlecharactersintheequallypioneeringandalsocontroversial1950ssitcomTheAmos'nAndyShow(1951).AnativeofVidalia,Louisiana,WilliamsbrokeintothetheatreasacallboyfortheatricalproducerOscarHammersteinI,andlearnedcomedyatthefeetofBertWilliams,thegreatblackvaudevillian.HemovedtoCaliforniafollowingserviceinWorldWarI,andbegantolandbitpartsinfilms,particularlyinso-called"racefilms,"whichweredesignedsolelyforblackaudiences.Hewrotegagsandlaterscriptsforsomeofthesefilms,andin1940wasofferedtheopportunitytowriteanddirectafilm,TheBloodofJesus(1941),areligiousdramawhichprovedanenormoussuccessinitslimitedarena.AnumberofprominentcriticsandfilmscholarshavepraisedWilliams'sworkasprimitivebutpioneeringandinnovativeexamplesofthefilmmakingavailabletoblacksinthemid-twentiethcentury.

性别: 男

星座: 巨蟹座

生卒日期: 1893年07月14日 至 1969年12月13日

出生地: 美国,路易斯安那州,维达利亚

职业: 演员 / 导演 / 编剧 / 制片人

更多外文名: Spencer Williams Jr. (本名)

imdb编号: nm3472679