DeWayne Jessie

DeWayne Jessie

Born: September 21, 1951
in Los Angeles, California, USA
DeWayne Jessie (a.k.a. "Otis Day"; born September 21, 1951) is an American character actor best known for his portrayal of Otis Day in National Lampoon's Animal House. In the movie, the songs "Shama Lama Ding Dong" and "Shout" were sung by Lloyd G. Williams and lip-synched by Jessie.

In the 1980s, Jessie purchased the rights to the band name Otis Day and The Knights from Universal Studios and formed a real-life version of the band with some members of his family and toured the country for years afterward, with Jessie assuming the identity of Otis Day. The group released a concert video, Otis My Man, in 1987 and recorded an album, produced by George Clinton, that came out in 1989 titled Shout which flopped. It included updated versions of "Shout" and "Shama Lama Ding Dong" sung by Jessie.

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Movies for DeWayne Jessie...

Title: Drawn Together
Character: Fat Albert (voice)
Released: October 27, 2004
Type: TV
The world's first animated reality series gathers icons from all corners of the cartoon universe and lets them loose, with plenty of cameras to catch their exploits. Here's what happens when eight cartoon characters stop being polite and start getting real.
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Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
Title: Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
Character: Otis Day
Released: August 26, 2003
Type: Movie
A hilarious John Landis-created 'mockumentary' that provides updates on what became of Faber College's most notorious alums. Features original cast members.
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D.C. Cab
Title: D.C. Cab
Character: Bongo
Released: December 16, 1983
Type: Movie
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.
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The Star Chamber
Title: The Star Chamber
Character: Stanley Flowers
Released: August 5, 1983
Type: Movie
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.
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Rage!
Title: Rage!
Character: Resident #3 (as Otis Day)
Released: September 25, 1980
Type: Movie
In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.
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Gorp
Title: Gorp
Character: Sweet Moe
Released: May 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Pranksters cause trouble at a summer camp for rich kids.
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Where the Buffalo Roam
Title: Where the Buffalo Roam
Character: Man #1
Released: April 25, 1980
Type: Movie
Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
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Title: Beyond Westworld
Character: Lingo
Released: March 5, 1980
Type: TV
Beyond Westworld was a short-lived 1980 television series that carried on the stories of the two feature films, Westworld and Futureworld. It featured Jim McMullan as Security Chief John Moore of the Delos Corporation. The story revolved around John Moore having to stop the evil scientist, Quaid, as he planned to use the robots in Delos to try to take over the world. Despite being nominated for two Emmys, only five episodes were produced, and only three of them were aired before cancellation.
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Animal House
Title: Animal House
Character: Otis Day
Released: July 28, 1978
Type: Movie
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.
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Thank God It's Friday
Title: Thank God It's Friday
Character: Floyd
Released: May 19, 1978
Type: Movie
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.
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Which Way Is Up?
Title: Which Way Is Up?
Character: Sugar
Released: November 4, 1977
Type: Movie
Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae. He heads for Los Angeles, where he falls for union organizer Vanetta. Annie Mae seeks solace from local preacher Lenox Thomas, who eventually impregnates her. When Leroy catches wind, he heads home for a showdown with Lenox.
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Fun with Dick and Jane
Title: Fun with Dick and Jane
Character: Robber (as Dewayne Jessie)
Released: March 18, 1977
Type: Movie
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
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Scott Joplin
Title: Scott Joplin
Character: John The Baptist
Released: February 11, 1977
Type: Movie
The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.
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Car Wash
Title: Car Wash
Character: Lloyd
Released: October 22, 1976
Type: Movie
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.
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Title: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Character: Rainbow
Released: July 16, 1976
Type: Movie
In the world of 1930s Negro League baseball, a spirited team of renegade players travels around the Midwest looking for that one big score. Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams, and James Earl Jones star as three barnstorming ballplayers who take on prejudice and their own League's unfair rules while stealing cars, food and home base - anything to prove that they're the best team around. It's a showdown of brains over booby traps and sportsmanship over racial segregation as Bingo Long's All-Stars swing their way into a winning season;.
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Sparkle
Title: Sparkle
Character: Ham
Released: April 7, 1976
Type: Movie
Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.
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Darktown Strutters
Title: Darktown Strutters
Character: V.D.
Released: October 7, 1975
Type: Movie
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.
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Firehouse
Title: Firehouse
Character: Oldest Boy
Released: January 2, 1973
Type: Movie
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.
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The New Centurions
Title: The New Centurions
Character: Mugging Suspect (uncredited)
Released: August 3, 1972
Type: Movie
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.
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Halls of Anger
Title: Halls of Anger
Character: Lerone Johnson
Released: April 29, 1970
Type: Movie
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.