DeWayne Jessie
Arthur DeWayne Jessie ( better known by his film role Otis Day and Otis Washington and a number of other spellings of his birth name, born February 21, 1951 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor and singer. In 2008 he took his first synchronous role on TV when he the first person from real life was in Drawn Together, which came to a gig as a guest star in the series.
Life and career
His career as an actor in film and television began born on the west coast of the USA in Los Angeles Jessie late 1960s, when he Tiger ( 1969) was able to record his first significant appearance in the film Tiger. Another essential role took over the younger brother of Young Jessie, an R & B and jazz singer and songwriter, film Halls of Anger from the year 1970. After he was seen the following year in an episode of Bill Cosby, he came in 1972 in another film ( police Station Los Angeles -East), but in a minor role, are used. In 1973, followed by appearances in each of a succession of Fire Station 23 and Love, American Style, as well as an appearance in the film The Furst Family of Washington, where Jessie held a starring role. In 1974, he landed a role in the Playboy Enterprises movie The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder and was in an episode of Kojak - to see use in Manhattan. In the following two years, Jessie came increasingly used and got roles in the films Darktown Strutters (1975) Sparkle (1976 ), The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) and Car Wash - The freaky Launderette (1976 ), where he was to be seen in this award-winning film even in a leading role. Furthermore followed in 1976, an appearance in an episode of Police Story.
After Jessie was from 1977 in another part of the larger productions in use. So he was in 1977 in the films The money is on the road, How's up? and to see in the biographical film Scott Joplin and brought it among other things to a cameo appearance in an episode of Starsky & Hutch. He had finally in 1978, when he I think, ' Animal House in the role of the fictitious singer and bandleader Otis Day slipped in the film, through which he eventually became popular his most significant appearance. In the film, he lip- dubbed the singer Lloyd Williams, who sang the two songs Shama Lama Ding Dong and Shout. Otis Day & the Knights, the fictional band which can be seen in the film and there is considered to be the best party band in the world, was also after the production of the film, who achieved a certain cult status in the U.S., also in part because John Belushi doing his had first major film appearance, successfully. In the first year after the film, the band played to more than 260 sold-out concerts. 1989 it was their first and only album to date and Shout, which was produced by George Clinton, published. Three years earlier, became a kind of documentation that shows a live concert by Otis Day & the Knights, on video under the name Otis Day And The Knights: Otis, My Man! published. Also in the late 1990s was the band, led by Otis Day, successful and toured there throughout the United States. For the 25th anniversary of the film, the band has a 70 -city tour organized in 2002 across the USA.
In addition to the successes with I think ' Animal House Jessie was in the same year in the movie Thank God, it can be seen Friday, followed by a creative break as an actor in 1979, where he go especially with Otis Day & the Knights had. In 1980 he returned to the screen back and was about the same in three well-known film productions ( Blast - Where the Buffalo Roam, Gorp and Rage ) in use and brought it further to an appearance in an episode of the short-lived television series Beyond Westworld. This was followed by only a few engagements in film and television, so Jessie decided to end his career slowly. After he was seen in 1981 in an episode of Laverne & Shirley, followed by a quiet year in 1982, before to appearances in the films he sees a judge in 1983 and the anarchists red clique came. After an insert in a sequence of Hill Street Blues ended Jessie's acting career largely. Later, he was only in 1986 in the video release of one of his concerts to see ( Otis Day And The Knights: Otis, My Man! ) And then in 2002 in the John Landis, the director of I think ', Animal House produced mockumentary Where Are They Now: a Delta Alumni update. Furthermore, it should be noted that Jessie and the remaining members of the band in 1985 were accepted as members of the Fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon at the University of Central Oklahoma. In 2008 he took his first synchronous role on TV when he the first person from real life was in Drawn Together, which came to a gig as a guest star in the series.
Filmography
- 2008: Drawn Together (1 episode)