Amos also earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots.'
LOS ANGELES — John Amos , who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “ Good Times ” and earned anHe played James Evans Sr. on “ Good Times ,” which featured one of television’s first Black two-parent families. Produced byand co-created by actor Mike Evans, who co-starred on “All in the Family” and “ The Jeffersons ,” it ran from 1974-79 on CBS.
“The fact is that Esther’s criticism, and also that of John and others — some of it very pointed and personal — seriously damaged my appeal in the Black community,” Walker wrote in his 2012 memoir “Dyn-O-Mite! Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times.” Amos quickly bounced back, landing the role of an adult Kunta Kinte, the centerpiece of “Roots,” based on Alex Haley’s novel set during and after the era of slavery in the U.S. The miniseries was a critical and ratings blockbuster, and Amos earned one of its 37 Emmy nominations.
Amos’ first major TV role was as Gordy Howard, the weatherman on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” from 1970-73. As the show’s only Black character, he played straight man to bombastic anchor Ted Baxter.
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