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| Known for: | Do the Right Thing, Doctor Dolittle, Bubba Ho-tep |
| Birth name: | Raiford Chatman Davis |
| Birthday: | 18 December 1917, Cogdell, Georgia, USA |
| Height: | 6' 3" (1.91 m) |
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Named to NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame with his wife, Ruby Dee, in 1989.
Was a featured speaker at the funeral of both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
Recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, along with Elton John, Joan Sutherland, John Williams, Warren Beatty and wife Ruby Dee.
Was the oldest of five children.
Twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1958 as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "Jamaica," and in 1970 as co-author of the book for Best Musical nominee "Purlie."
He and his wife Ruby Dee were awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1995 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, DC.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 128-130. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
