Spencer Williams, Jr. 1893-1969 "Andy Brown" Spencer Williams, Jr. who would become known to White TV audiences as Andy Brown in The Amos 'N' Andy Show in the early 1950s, produced, directed, and acted in numerous race movies through the 1930s and 1940s. He also wrote, produced, directed and costarred in a few of the most charming films of the genre, including The Blood of Jesus (1941), Go Down, Death! (1944), and The Girl in Room 20 (1946). Williams entered the film business at a time when "race movies" were being made alongside the Hollywood versions. Race movies were low-budgeted and mostly aimed at black audiences in segregated movie-houses of the South and where large city black populations lived in the North. Spencer Williams, Jr. as Andy Brown in The Amos 'N' Andy Show ...