Like James Earl Jones, who would play Amos’ in-law in both Coming to America and its 2021 sequel Coming 2 America, Amos would spend much of his career in a casting trap: He wasn’t quite viewed ...

John Amos, star of Good Times, Roots, and many more, died Oct. 1 at the age of 84. Amos was known for playing Florida Evans’ (Esther Rolle) husband James in Good Times, which spun off of Maude ...

Amos, who passed away at 84, portrayed the stern but loving patriarch James Evans in "Good Times," one of the first sitcoms centered on a Black family, starting in 1974. Hollywood Life.

James Earl Jones, who famously voiced Darth Vadar in “Star Wars” died at his home in September at 93, and “Good Times” star John Amos died in August at 84.