Though John Amos had already built a solid acting career ... and Ja’net DuBois. Produced by Norman Lear, the sitcom aimed to portray the struggles and triumphs of a poor Black family living ...

“Everybody knew who Norman Lear was,” Amos said in a 2014 interview ... aired in September 1976 to kick off season four. John Alan Amos Jr. was born on Dec. 27, 1939, in Newark, New Jersey.

John Amos, the actor best known for his role on ... The CBS series, created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by Norman Lear, was a spinoff of “Maude,” which was a spinoff of ...

John Amos taught me what it was like to grow ... That I wasn't as important as I thought I was to the show or to Norman Lear's plans." Lear admitted in his 2014 memoir, Even This I Get to ...

John Amos, the prolific actor known for his work ... with the “Good Times” producers — including the legendary Norman Lear — led to him being labeled a “disruptive factor” and getting ...

James (John Amos), on opposite sides of a local election that hinges on low voter turnout. "Norman wanted people to be involved; with their town, their state, and their country," Davis Lear says.

The author claimed that both John Amos and Bill Macy also had issues ... “He’s a billionaire, and I need the money.” Norman Lear: His Life and Times hits shelves on Tuesday, November 12.

John Amos, the actor known for his role as the ... Amos said the show’s creator, Norman Lear, eventually came around to his way of thinking years later. The pair reportedly reconciled and ...

John Amos, best known for playing James Evans Sr ... of “Good Times” until he was fired by executive producer Norman Lear. His character was killed off the show at the start of Season 4 ...