Spencer Williams: Actor and Filmmaker of the Harlem Renaissance

Spencer Williams was a film director and actor of the Harlem Renaissance; and best know for his role of Andy in Amos n' Andy. He entered the film industry in the early 1930's . He would produce inexpensive films that consisted of an all African American cast specifically for theatres that were segregated; for African american patrons only.

Spencer Williams was born on July 14, 1893 in Vidalia, Louisiana. He then moved to New York City as a teenager to study comedy under vaudeville comedian Bert Williams. He attended the University of Minnesota but didn't finish his degree due to military service in World War 1


Source: http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/116904/Spencer-Williams
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/williams-spencer-1893-1969

This is film Two Gun Man from Harlem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XqwG7mrwpo