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John Allen Amos Jr. [1] (born December 27, 1939) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries Roots and for portraying James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times. [2] Amos' other television work includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a recurring role as Admiral Percy ...
John Amos Comenius was born in 1592 in the Margraviate of Moravia in the Bohemian Crown. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] His exact birthplace is uncertain and possibilities include Uherský Brod (as on his gravestone in Naarden ), Nivnice , and Komňa (from this village he took his surname, which means "a man from Komňa"), all of which are located in ...
John Amos. . . ( m. 1978; div. 1979) . Lillian Lehman is an American actress. The daughter of a Lutheran minister, Lehman was born in Oak Hill, Alabama, but moved with her family to Buffalo, New York, when she was five years old. She was named actress of the year while she attended Kent State University. [1]
Amos, who played Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Percy Fitzwallace — a.k.a. Fitz — recalls the show's "magnificent" writing and the time he met Colin Powell.
Getting fired from Good Times is one of the best things that could have ever happened to John Amos. After three seasons of fighting with executive producer Norman Lear and the CBS sitcom’s white ...
On Good Times (1973), L–R: Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis, Jimmie Walker, Esther Rolle, and John Amos James Carter Walker Jr. (born June 25, 1947) is an American actor and comedian. He portrayed James Evans Jr. ("J.J."), the older son of Florida and James Evans Sr., on the CBS television series Good Times , which ran from 1974 to 1979, and ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - OCTOBER 24: John Amos attends Day 1 of the Chiller Theatre Expo at Sheraton Parsippany Hotel on October 24, 2014 in Parsippany, New Jersey. (Photo by Bobby Bank/WireImage)
James F. "Jim" Amos (born November 12, 1946) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 35th commandant of the Marine Corps. As a naval aviator, Amos commanded the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing during the Iraq War in 2003 and 2006. He served as the 31st assistant commandant of the Marine Corps from 2008 to 2010, and ...