John Amos played James Evans, father on "Good Times". See it now at 82 years old.
The Sitcom star was pulled without ceremony after postponing the direction of the show.
From 1974 to 1976,John Amos touched millions of lives as an emblematic patriarch James Evans, Sr., onGood time- Until he wasthrown away Distribution halfway through its race. But while the show will be broadcast for an additional three years without Amos, his career would hardly stop there. Read the rest to discover what he did then and where the legendary actor is now at 82 years old.
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He was launched from the show after a conflict with the producers.
AsGood time Grew in popularity, he focuses more and more on the eldest son of "Dy-No-Mite" J.J., described by the actorJimmie Walker. According to a 1975Ebony Article, Co-Stars Amos andEsther Rolle (Florida) were vocally opposed to theNegative characterization of young blacks They felt J.J. represented, as well as other scenarios and characterizations of the series.
At the start of the third season, Amos delayed recording for a week as part of a contract dispute, a source described to the magazine as "more than money", but also of his objections to the show reinforcing " How black men have been treated in this country from the start. "The star was not brought back for the fourth season, and the character of James Evans, Sr. was sent to a new job at Mississippi before being killed in a car accident. (Rolle, which had been categoricaloffers a two -parent family, would play a widowed Florida for a season before as well.)
In a 2017 interview withSwing,,Amos slipped no words As he said, leaving the series, "I left because I was told that my services were no longer necessary because I had become a" disturbing element "."
His acting career has never slowed down.
Weeks after season 4 ofGood time started to be broadcast without him, Amos appeared as the former Kunta Kinte in the mini-series ABC Record,Roots. He continued to work both on television and in the cinema, returning to his old role asThe Mary Tyler Moore showThe meteorologist, Gordy, for the last season of the show and later assuming more notable roles, including Seth inStupid, Cleo McDowellComing to America, major antagonist grant inDie hard 2, Percy FitzwallaceThe west wingand ed inTwo and a half men.
Now in its eighties, Amos continued to act and recently resumed its role as owner of the fast food chain and stepfather forEddie Murphy Prince Akeem in 2019Upcoming America. He also appeared in an episode ofFair precious stones And the filmBlock Party.
""You don't retire In my position, "he saidThe Atlanta Journal-Constitutionin 2017. "You can't introduce yourself one day. My time."
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He then made amends with Norman Lear.
Despite what happened onGood time, Amos and one of the executive producers of the program, the legendaryNorman Lear, would continue to solve their differences and work together again in a creative way, something that Mama attributes to "mature"How he expressed his beliefs.
"It was a matter of maturity, and [understanding the impact of] post-traumatic stress syndrome that I had suffered after playing football and boxing," Amos told Vulture in 2015. "Once I had matured, I realized that the errors I had made by approaching my grievances on the scripts. Everything for me at the time was conflicting. I was younger, I was in Anger, I was angry with the world. I wanted to correct all the evil each line. "
Amos appeared in pilots for some of the subsequent shows of Lear, including 1994704 HAUSER Street, Play again a worker patriarch that moves into the house previously inhabited byAll in the familyBunker Archie. In 2019, the actor also made a surprise appearance during a live broadcasting event recreating aGood time Episode for ABCLive in front of a studio audience series.
He became an author.
In 2017, Amos published his first children's book,A colorless world, The story of the children of a young boy living in the gray and banal city of Bleakersville before being inhabited by characters who bring color. In its 2017SwingInterview, he described his motivation to write the book on the theme of empathy:
"Let's face it, our planet, or at least the United States, is faced with division, as we have not seen since the 1940s and another generation, without knowing the history of our country, and not knowing What is lost with this division is unacceptable, "he said.
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You can catch him on social networks with her son.
Amos' first marriage with the late equestrian and the artistNoel J. Mickelson Product two children: her daughterShannon Amos, a writer and producer who became an instructor and shaman of mindfulness, and son, director and actorKelly Christopher "K.C." Amos. While the elder Amos appears on the two social media accounts of his children,Tiktok from K.C. serves a particularly generous help of the father-son link alongside Amos's answers to fans' questions, including what it was to workThe Mary Tyler Moore show And his advice to current and future generations - all in an appropriate way Hashtag #Kickinitwithpops.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
