DeWayne Jessie

DeWayne Jessie

Birth : 1951-09-21, Los Angeles, California, USA

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DeWayne Jessie

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Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
Otis Day
A hilarious John Landis-created 'mockumentary' that provides updates on what became of Faber College's most notorious alums. Features original cast members.
D.C. Cab
Bongo
The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.
The Star Chamber
Stanley Flowers
As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law.
Rage!
Resident #3 (as Otis Day)
In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.
Gorp
Sweet Moe
Pranksters cause trouble at a summer camp for rich kids.
Where the Buffalo Roam
Man #1
Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Animal House
Otis Day
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Thank God It's Friday
Floyd
It's Friday and everyone is going to the hot new disco. The Commodores are scheduled to play if Floyd shows up with the instruments and Nicole dreams of becoming a disco star. Other characters are there to win the dance contest, or to put a little excitement into a fifth anniversary.
Scott Joplin
John The Baptist
The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.
Fun with Dick and Jane
Robber (as Dewayne Jessie)
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
Car Wash
Lloyd
This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Rainbow
Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team's owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the Midwest in the 1930s.
Sparkle
Ham
Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.
Darktown Strutters
V.D.
When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community leaders, her singing daughter and her fellow female biker gang members investigate.
Firehouse
Oldest Boy
Conflict erupts within a close-knit engine company of a big-city fire department when a black recruit and a bigoted white veteran clash during a wave of suspected arson in the ghetto. Pilot to the short-lived series that began a run in January 1974.
The New Centurions
Mugging Suspect (uncredited)
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
Halls of Anger
Lerone Johnson (as Dewayne Jessie)
An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transfered there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.