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John Amos

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I could have begged. They made it obvious to me that if I wanted to come back and be a good boy... but I'd rather be in Roots than Good Times.


— John Amos


#begged #boy #come #could #good

I've never seen oil slicks covering such a large area in the Gulf of Mexico.


— John Amos


#covering #gulf #i #large #mexico

It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don't want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype.


— John Amos


#ongoing #part #perpetuation #say #stereotype

They killed my character off and as God would have it, just when they told me I would never work again, I got cast in a little program called Roots, and as they would say, the rest is history.


— John Amos


#called #cast #character #god #got






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Did you know about John Amos?

Amos has been a resident of Tewksbury Township New Jersey. In 1965 he played with the Norfolk Neptunes and Wheeling Ironmen of the Continental Football League. He has also appeared on Broadway and in numerous motion pictures in a career that spans four decades.

His television work includes roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show the miniseries Roots for which he received an Emmy nomination and a recurring role in The West Wing. John Amos (born December 27 1939) is an American actor and former football player best known for his role as James Evans Sr. He has received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and NAACP Image Award.

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