Actor
DeWayne Jessie
September 21, 1951 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Mark Metcalf
2 titles together
Animal House, Where the Buffalo Roam
Craig T. Nelson
2 titles together
Where the Buffalo Roam, Rage!
Yaphet Kotto
2 titles together
The Star Chamber, Rage!
James B. Sikking
2 titles together
The Star Chamber, The New Centurions
Jack Kehoe
2 titles together
The Star Chamber, Car Wash
Irene Cara
2 titles together
D.C. Cab, Sparkle
Full filmography · 21
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
as Otis Day
2003
D.C. Cab
as Bongo
19835.2
The Star Chamber
as Stanley Flowers
19836
Rage!
as Resident #3 (as Otis Day)
1980
Gorp
as Sweet Moe
19803.5
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Man #1
19805.9
Animal House
as Otis Day
19786.9
Thank God It's Friday
as Malcolm Floyd
19785.3
Which Way Is Up?
as Sugar
19775.8
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Robber
19776.6
Scott Joplin
as John The Baptist
1977
Car Wash
as Lloyd
19766