page_title: John Amos
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caption_attribution_description: English: March 10, 2011 - Their Voices, Their Stories African-American Veterans Who Served on Iwo Jima. Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero and Actor/Producer John Amos. credit: Catherine Farmer, National Archives
context_page_description: John Allen Amos Jr. is an American actor known for his role as James Evans, Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times and for the 1977 miniseries Roots, for which he received an Emmy nomination. Amos's other television work includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a recurring role as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing, and the role of Washington, D.C. Mayor Ethan Baker in the series The District. Amos has appeared on Broadway and in numerous films in his four-decade career. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award.
context_section_description: John Allen Amos Jr. (born December 27, 1939) is an American actor known for his role as James Evans, Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times and for the 1977 miniseries Roots, for which he received an Emmy nomination. Amos's other television work includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a recurring role as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing, and the role of Washington, D.C. Mayor Ethan Baker in the series The District. Amos has appeared on Broadway and in numerous films in his four-decade career. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award.
caption: Amos at "Their Voices, Their Stories African-American Veterans Who Served on Iwo Jima", March 2011.
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