Actor John Amos, whose long career included a wide range of iconic roles in works such as “Roots,” “Good Times” and “The West ...
The York Theatre Company has revealed the roster of performers for a concert celebration at the 32nd Oscar Hammerstein Award ...
Image: The original cast of Roots - Sandy Duncan, from left, John Amos, Ben Vereen, Louis Gossett Jr., Leslie Uggams, Georg Stanford Brown and Lynne Moody. Pic: Amy Sussman/Invision/AP Amos was ...
Louis Gossett Jr. and Leslie Uggams. Movie buffs might know him best as fast-food magnate Cleo McDowell from 1988's hit Eddie Murphy comedy, "Coming to America," or as Bruce Willis' foil in 1990's ...
John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom Good Times and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries Roots, has died. He was 84. Amos ...
John Allen Amos Jr. was born in Newark on Dec. 27 ... TV comedy program before joining the writing staff of “The Leslie Uggams Show.” He also began making brief appearances as an actor ...
The following year, Amos reunited with the original cast of Roots. Above, he poses with Lou Gossett Jr., Ben Vereen, Cicely Tyson, LeVar Burton and Leslie Uggams at the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy ...
On Good Times, that meant fighting with producers of the show, including legendary executive producer Norman Lear, when the ...
As a boy, John Jr. dreamed of becoming a football star ... Mr. Amos found work in 1969 as a staff writer for “The Leslie Uggams Show,” a musical variety revue. He also pursued acting, making ...
John Amos, the Emmy-nominated actor and pioneering television star who brought to life some of the most beloved characters in ...
Born John Allen Amos Jr. on December 27 ... He would go on to write and perform sketches on “The Leslie Uggams Show” and later landed roles in various television series and films.