John Amos, the actor greatest recognized for taking part in doting father James Evans Sr. on the sitcom “Good Instances,” has died, his publicist instructed the Related Press. He was 84.
Amos was additionally recognized for his position because the older Kunta Kinte on the 1977 TV miniseries “Roots,” for which he acquired an Emmy nomination.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, on Dec. 27, 1939, Amos first tried to make it as knowledgeable soccer participant earlier than he turned to appearing. He’s additionally a veteran of the fiftieth Armored Division of the New Jersey Nationwide Guard and an Honorary Grasp Chief of the US Coast Guard.
Amos is greatest recognized for taking part in James Evans on the Norman Lear-created collection “Good Instances” reverse Esther Rolle’s Florida Evans. The sitcom, following a Black household in Chicago and tackling topics like poverty, drug use and inner-city crime, ran for six seasons between 1974 and 1979 — although Amos was solely on the present for the primary half of its run.
On this Oct. 5, 2015, file photograph, John Amos attends the Althea screening and panel dialogue at One Time Warner Heart in New York.
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Elsewhere on tv, Amos starred as Gordy the weatherman on “The Mary Tyler Moore Present,” because the grownup Kunta Kinte on the landmark miniseries “Roots” in 1977 — which earned him an Emmy nomination — and because the recurring character Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on “The West Wing.”
Different roles on the small display screen included “Maude,” “Hunter,” “The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air,” “Within the Home,” “The District,” “All Concerning the Andersons,” “Males in Bushes,” “Two and a Half Males” and “The Ranch,” to call a number of.
The actor appeared in quite a few movies as nicely, together with “Let’s Do It Once more” (1975), “The Beastmaster” (1982), “Coming to America” (1988), “Die Arduous 2” (1990), “Madea’s Witness Safety” (2012) and “Coming 2 America” (2021). He even performed himself in a small cameo in 2019’s “Uncut Gems.”
Amos, a member of the New Jersey Corridor of Fame, was married twice. He’s survived by his daughter Shannon and son Okay.C., each of whom he shared along with his first spouse, Noel Mickelson.
