He played James Evans Sr. on “Good Times,” which featured one of television’s first Black two-parent families
FILE - Actor John Amos appears at the ABC Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 26, 2007. 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. 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.
Among Amos’ film credits were “Let’s Do It Again” with Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier, “Coming to America” with Eddie Murphy and its 2021 sequel, “Die Hard 2,” “Madea’s Witness Protection” and “Uncut Gems” with Adam Sandler. He was in Ice Cube and Dr. Dre’s 1994 video “Natural Born Killaz.” The elder Amos and Rolle were eager to portray a positive image of a Black family, struggling against the odds in a public housing project in Chicago. But they grew frustrated at seeing Walker’s character being made foolish and his role expanded.
Amos’ character was killed in a car accident. Walker lamented the situation. “If the decision had been up to me, I would have preferred that John stay and the show remain more of an ensemble,” he wrote in his memoir. “Nobody wanted me up front all the time, including me.” Born John Allen Amos Jr. on Dec. 27, 1939, in Newark, New Jersey, he was the son of an auto mechanic. He graduated from Colorado State University with a sociology degree and played on the school’s football team.
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