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DeWayne Jessie
DeWayne Jessie

DeWayne Jessie

ActingBorn September 21, 1951 (age 74)Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

2004
Drawn Together

as Fat Albert (voice)

TV
1983
D.C. Cab

as Bongo

Movie
1983
The Star Chamber

as Stanley Flowers

Movie
1980
Rage!

as Resident #3 (as Otis Day)

Movie
1980
Gorp

as Sweet Moe

Movie
1980Movie
1980TV
1978
Animal House

as Otis Day

Movie
1978
Thank God It's Friday

as Malcolm Floyd

Movie
1977Movie
1977Movie
1977
Scott Joplin

as John The Baptist

Movie
1976
Car Wash

as Lloyd

Movie
1976
Sparkle

as Ham

Movie
1975Movie
1975TV
1973
Firehouse

as Oldest Boy

Movie
1972
The New Centurions

as Mugging Suspect (uncredited)

Movie
1970
Halls of Anger

as Lerone Johnson

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 21, 1951
Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA
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