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Hello fans,
John Amos has had an extensive career as an actor on
television, in film, and on the stage. We know him
best from the TV sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show,
Maude, and Good Times. These shows all ran in the
1970s, so what has Amos been doing since then? Find
out here!
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--DEAD OR ALIVE?
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a
visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Agnes Moorehead: She played Samantha's meddling mother,
Endora, on the TV series "Bewitched" and appeared in many
films, including "Citizen Kane", "The Magnificent Ambersons",
"Johnny Belinda", and "Raintree County"
Red Foxx: Stand-up comedian, played Fred Sanford on the TV
series "Sanford and Son"
Robert Reed: The one and only Mr. Brady on the TV series
"The Brady Bunch"
(Answer at the bottom)
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John Amos
http://www.celebritynooz.com/john_amos.aspx
BIRTH DATE: December 27, 1939, Newark, New Jersey
CLAIM TO FAME: He is best known for his role as James Evans
on the hit CBS sitcom Good Times.
FAMILY LIFE: He has two children with his ex-wife Noel J.
Mickelson: a daughter Shannon, and son KC. He is currently
married to Elisabete De Sousa-Amos. He is grandfather to
Quiera and Jhazz.
INFO: Amos was an athlete before becoming an actor. He
played football in college at Colorado State University,
and played professionally for the Norfolk Neptunes in the
late 1960s. He was a social worker for a time in New York
City and worked as a copywriter at an L.A. ad agency.
His first time performing in front of an audience was doing
stand-up comedy in Greenwich Village. He headed to Los
Angeles for a job staff as a staff writer on Leslie Uggams'
variety series (CBS, 1969), and this led to a stage role
in a 1971 production of the comedy "Norman, Is That You?"
Amos' first big television role was on The Mary Tyler Moore
show playing weatherman Gordy Howard from 1970 until 1973.
He also appeared in a few episodes of the sitcom Maude as
the sporadically-employed husband of Florida Evans before
continuing the role on Good Times from 1974 to 1976.
However, he quit the show after the third season because
he often clashed with the producers and script writers over
what he perceived as stereotypical characterizations.
Amos went on to appear on several more television shows
over the years, including The West Wing (as Admiral Percy
Fitzwallace), Men in Trees (as Buzz Washington), The
District (as the Mayor), The A-Team, The Cosby Show, The
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, In the House, Martin, Touched by
an Angel, Psych, My Name Is Earl, and Lie To Me.
In 1977, Amos rebounded from his Good Times departure with
his Emmy-nominated role of the adult Kunte Kinte in the
ground-breaking epic mini-series "Roots." He turned to the
stage in 1985 when he appeared in the play Split Second,
for which he won the NAACP Award as Best Actor.
He also appeared in a Berkshire Theater festival production
of The Boys Next Door, in a tour of the play The Emperor
Jones, and in a Detroit production of Athol Fugard's Master
Harold...and The Boys. He played Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth
Night at Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare and in August
Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fences at the Capital
Repertory Company in Albany, New York.
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TRIVIA: Is a veteran of the 50th Armored Division of the
New Jersey National Guard and Honorary Master Chief of the
U.S. Coast Guard.
Received a degree in sociology from Colorado State
University.
Founded the Halley's Comet Foundation (named after his
boat ? and the 1990 one-man play he wrote and appeared in)
to expose inner-city children to maritime activities.
Was a Golden Gloves boxing champion.
On Good Times, he was only eight years older than the
actor Jimmie Walker who played his oldest son, and nearly
19 years younger than his screen wife, Esther Rolle.
Has the distinction of winning more TV Land Awards than
anyone, taking home trophies for his roles on The Mary
Tyler Moore Show, Good Times and the TV miniseries Roots.
Has appeared in many films, including Coming to America,
The Beastmaster, Let's Do It Again and Die Hard 2.
Recently became an honorary member of Rolling Thunder
National where he works diligently on behalf of military
veterans nationwide.
WHERE IS HE NOW: He continues to perform his critically
acclaimed one-man show Halley's Comet. He launched the show
at the American Stage Company in 1990, and it has toured in
over 480 cities throughout the United States and abroad.
In 2007, he signed a five-record recording deal with Gene
Cash, CEO of Music Row Records Nashville. He also had a
radio show on Urban Network Radio. In 2010, he appeared as
recurring character Ed on Two and a Half Men.
WRITE TO JOHN AMOS:
Michael Mesnick and Assoc.
11300 Olympic Blvd., Suite 610
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Video Clips of John Amos
Roots - Trailer
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=8055
The Dinner Party - Good Times
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=13805
Bed Time for Dynamite - Good Times
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=13812
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CREDITS:
2011 Zombie Hamlet (post-production)...Edgar Mortimer
2010 Lean Like a Cholo: The Movie (post-production)...Slick
2010 Lie to Me (TV series)...Jim Weaver
Smoked
2010 Royal Pains (TV series)...Harrison Phillips
Big Whoop
2010 Two and a Half Men (TV series)...Ed
This Is Not Gonna End Well
I Found Your Moustache
Tinkle Like a Princess
2010 Lean Like a Cholo...Slick
2009 The Law (TV movie)...Charles
2008 My Name Is Earl (TV series)...Joe
Stole an RV
2006-2008 Men in Trees (TV series)...Buzz Washington
2008 Tamales and Gumbo...The Patron
2007 Psych (TV series)...Uncle Burton Guster
Meat Is Murder, But Murder Is Also Murder (2007) ? Uncle Burton Guster
2007 Ascension Day...Henry
2007 Hauntsville...Mr. Kimball
2006 Voodoo Moon (TV movie)...Dutch
2006 Dr. Dolittle 3 (video)...Jud Jones
2005 Shadow Boxing...Hill
2004 Countdown...Admiral Melory
1999-2004 The West Wing (TV series)...Percy Fitzwallace
2003-2004 All About the Andersons (TV series)...Joe Anderson
2004 My Baby's Daddy...Uncle Virgil
2003 The Watermelon Heist...Old Man Amos
2002 American Masters (TV series documentary)...Dr. Bledsoe
Ralph Ellison: An American Journey
2000-2001 The District (TV series)...Mayor Ethan Baker
2001 All Over Again...Coach Zeller
2000 Disappearing Acts (TV movie)...Mr. Swift
2000 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Peter Yastrzemski
Zig Zag (2000) ? Peter Yastrzemski
2000 Something to Sing About (TV movie)...Rev. Washington
1998 The Players Club...Freeman
1998 King of the Hill (TV series)...Glen Johnson
Traffic Jam (1998) ? Glen Johnson (voice)
1997 The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (TV movie)...Booker Hutch
1995-1997 In the House (TV series)...Coach Sam Wilson
1997 Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series)...Pastor Roscoe Jones
Sons of Thunder
1997 Martin (TV series)...Sgt. Strawn
Daddy Dearest
1997 A Woman Like That
1996 The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (TV movie)...Booker Hutch
1994-1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV series)...Fred Wilkes
1995 Hologram Man...Wes Strickland
1995 For Better or Worse...Gray
1995 Touched by an Angel (TV series)...James Mackey
The Hero
1995 Murder Was the Case: The Movie (video short)...Detective (segment "Natural Born Killaz")
1994 704 Hauser (TV series)...Ernie Cumberbatch
1993 Night Trap...Capt. Hodges
1993 The Black Cat (short)
1992 Mac...Nat
1991 Ricochet...Reverend Styles
1991 Clippers (TV short)...Mel
1991 Without a Pass...Blue Berry
1990 Die Hard 2...Maj. Grant
1990 Two Evil Eyes...Det. Legrand (segment "The Black Cat")
1989 Lock Up...Captain Meissner
1984-1989 Hunter (TV series)...Captain Dolan / Capt. Dolan
1989 Gideon Oliver (TV series)...Carl Manning
Tongs
1988 The Cosby Show (TV series)...Dr. Herbert
The Physical
1988 Coming to America...Cleo McDowell
1988 Bonanza: The Next Generation (TV movie)...Mr. Mack
1987-1988 One Life to Live (TV series)...Detective Johnson
1987 You Are the Jury (TV series)...Sergeant Harold Borman
The State of Oregon vs. Stanley Manning (1987) ? Sergeant Harold Borman
1987 Stingray (TV series)...Roy Jeffries
Blood Money
1987 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)...Doc Penrose
Death Takes a Dive
1985 American Flyers...Dr. Conrad
1984 Hardcastle and McCormick (TV series)...Albie Meadows
The Homecoming: Part 2
1984 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)...Ins. Roland Hackett
The Fred Connection
1984 The A-Team (TV series)...Reverend Taylor
Pure-Dee Poison
1983 The Love Boat (TV series)...Duke Taylor
Zinging Valentine/The Very Temporary Secretary/The Final Score
1983 Dance of the Dwarfs...Esteban
1982 The Beastmaster...Seth
1981 Here's Boomer (TV series)...Foster
Boomer Goes for the Gold
1980 Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (TV movie)...Bumpy Johnson
1980 Touched by Love...Tony
1979 Willa (TV movie)...Virgil
1979 Mr. Dugan (TV series)...Rep. Dooley
1978 Cops and Robin (TV movie)...Officer Bill Bundy
1976-1977 Future Cop (TV series)...Officer Bill Bundy
1970-1977 Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)...Gordon 'Gordy' Howard / Gordy Howard
1977 Roots (TV mini-series)...Toby
1976 Police Story (TV series)...Walt Kyles
Oxford Gray
1974-1976 Good Times (TV series)...James Evans, Sr.
1975 Let's Do It Again...Kansas City Mack
1973-1974 Maude (TV series)...Henry Evans
1973 The President's Plane Is Missing (TV movie)...Marine corporal
1973 Two's Company (TV movie)
1973 The World's Greatest Athlete...Coach Sam Archer
1973 Sanford and Son (TV series)...Luther
A Visit from Lena Horne
1972 Keeping Up with the Joneses (TV movie)
1971-1972 Love, American Style (TV series)
1972 The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)...Mark Cooper
The Harry Award
1971 The Funny Side (TV series)...Minority Husband
1971 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song...Biker (as Johnny Amos)
1971 Vanishing Point...Super Soul's Engineer (uncredited)
1970 The Bill Cosby Show (TV series)...1st Salesman
To see Then & Now pictures of John Amos, visit:
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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE
Agnes Moorehead - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 12/06/1900 Died: 04/30/1974
Redd Foxx - DEAD (Heart Attack)
Born: 12/09/1922 Died: 10/11/1991
Robert Reed - DEAD (AIDS)
Born: 10/19/1932 Died: 05/12/1992
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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
2/17
Predrag Vusovic, 51, Croatian actor (Bitange i princeze),
stroke.
2/16
Len Lesser, 88, American actor (Seinfeld, Everybody Loves
Raymond), cancer-related pneumonia.
Justinas Marcinkevicius, 80, Lithuanian poet and playwright.
Santi Santamaria, 53, Spanish chef.
2/15
Dame Judith Binney, 70, New Zealand historian and author.
Dorian Gray, 75, Italian actress, suicide by gunshot.
Sidney Harth, 85, American violinist and conductor,
respiratory complications.
Yiannis Karabesinis, 80, Greek singer-songwriter and
bouzouki player.
Francis Nyangweso, 71, Ugandan military officer, Olympic
boxer and sports administrator.
Ken Winters, 81, Canadian music critic and broadcaster.
2/14
David F. Friedman, 87, American film producer (Blood Feast),
heart failure.
Cecil Kaiser, 94, American Negro league baseball player,
injuries from a fall.
Catherine Masters, 111, British supercentenarian.
Margaret K. McElderry, 98, American children?s book
publisher.
Jigme K. Norbu, 45, American activist for Tibet, nephew
of the Dalai Lama, traffic collision.
Peter Pilkington, Baron Pilkington of Oxenford, 77, British
academic and life peer, Chairman of the BCC (1992?1996).
Sir George Shearing, 91, British-born American jazz
pianist, heart failure.
Muhamed Sherri, 62, Albanian stage actor, after long
illness.
Joanne Siegel, 93, American widow of Superman co-creator
Jerry Siegel, model for Lois Lane.
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