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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 ...
Good Times is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear, it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom.
Amos was born July 1, 1936, to Wallace and Ruby Amos. [ 1] He was born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, until he was 12 years old. [ 2] When his parents divorced, he moved to New York City with his aunt, where he enrolled at the Food Trades Vocational High School. He showed his interest in cooking at a young age.
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 ...
A week before Amos’ recent announcement, Shannon Amos publicly referred to her father as “the victim of elder abuse, neglect, The post John Amos says he’s OK but is a victim of daughter’s ...
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. Nine months after first claiming that her father, John Amos, had been victimized by a "trusted caregiver," Shannon Amos has filed new complaints of neglect, leading the Los Angeles ...
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 ...