Ivory Williams was born on 7 June 1907 in Brownsboro, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Green Pastures (1936) and Tarzan the Ape Man (1932). He died on 29 April 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
In 1940, was the owner of the White Spot Hand Laundry in the Watts section of Los Angeles; this did not keep him from being drafted into the United States Army, where he served during World War II.