John Amos, a running back turned actor who appeared ... Soon after departing “Good Times,” Mr. Amos was cast as the adult ...

The eras and settings were wildly different, but the men he played were unquestionably John Amos characters ... defiant Kunta in the first two episodes before Amos took over to play the older ...

John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom ''Good Times" and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries ''Roots,'' has died. He was 84.