American Actor
John Amos
- Dec 27, 1939 (age 81)
- 6' 0" (1.83 m)
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2020
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Movie∙Dec 17, 2020
Coming 2 America
Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and …
Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet the unlikely heir to the throne of Zamunda. A sequel to the 1988 comedy 'Coming to America'.
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2019
Movie∙Nov 23, 2019
Christmas Belles
Despite being successful in their careers, two 30-something …
Despite being successful in their careers, two 30-something BFFs never stop hearing that they both need a man before it's too late. When a handsome pastor arrives just in time to kick off ...
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Movie∙Aug 30, 2019
Uncut Gems
From acclaimed filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie comes an …
From acclaimed filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie comes an electrifying crime thriller about Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), a charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score. When he makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime, Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides, in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
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2016
TV Show∙Apr 1, 2016
The Ranch
The Ranch is an American sitcom web television series starring …
The Ranch is an American sitcom web television series starring Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Debra Winger, Elisha Cuthbert, and Sam Elliott that debuted in 2016 on Netflix. While the opening sequence shows scenes from Norwood and Ouray, Colorado and surrounding Ouray and San Miguel Counties, The Ranch is filmed on a sound stage in front of a live audience in Burbank, California. Each season consists of 20 episodes broken up into two parts, each containing 10 episodes, the episodes are approximately 30 minutes in length. All episodes are named after American country music songs, predominantly Kenny Chesney in part one, George Strait in part two, Tim McGraw in part three, Garth Brooks in part four, Dolly Parton in part five, Alabama in part six, Brad Paisley in part seven, and John Denver in part eight.
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2015
TV Show∙Jun 21, 2015
Ballers
Ballers is an American comedy-drama television series …
Ballers is an American comedy-drama television series created by Stephen Levinson and starring Dwayne Johnson as Spencer Strasmore, a retired NFL player who must navigate his new career of choice as the financial manager of other NFL players. The series premiered on the American cable television network HBO on June 21, 2015, with a pilot episode written by Stephen Levinson and directed by Peter Berg. The fifth and final season premiered on August 25, 2019, and concluded on October 13, 2019.
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2012
Movie∙Jun 29, 2012
Madea's Witness Protection
A Wall Street investment …
A Wall Street investment banker who has been set up as the linchpin of his company's mob-backed Ponzi scheme is relocated with his family to Aunt Madea's southern home.
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Movie∙Apr 14, 2012
Zombie Hamlet
Desperate filmmaker Osric Taylor dreams of making his civil …
Desperate filmmaker Osric Taylor dreams of making his civil war Hamlet but when production funding dries up he agrees to take southern matron Hester Beauchamps offer to fund the film if he let's her niece be in it. After Hester takes the wrong voodoo medicine, things take a turn for the worst.
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2007
Award∙2007
TV Land Anniversary Award
Won award for "Roots".
2006
TV Show∙Sep 12, 2006
Men in Trees
Men in Trees is an American romantic comedy-drama …
Men in Trees is an American romantic comedy-drama television series starring Anne Heche as relationship coach Marin Frist, which premiered on September 12, 2006, on ABC. The series is set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska, and concerns Marin Frist's misadventures in relationships. The premise showed at least superficial similarities to the HBO television series Sex and the City (on which series creator Jenny Bicks was a co-executive producer), which also featured a romantically oriented female writer. The protagonist's apparent "fish-out-of-water" feeling in a remote, small Alaskan town can be likened to CBS's Northern Exposure. The protagonists in both series were New Yorkers thrust into small town Alaskan societies. Filming for the series was based in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.
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TV Show∙Jul 7, 2006
Psych
Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television …
Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network with syndicated reruns on ION Television. The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with psychic abilities. The program also stars Dulé Hill as Shawn's intelligent best friend and reluctant partner Burton "Gus" Guster, as well as Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's father, Henry, a former officer of the Santa Barbara Police Department.
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Movie∙Apr 11, 2006
Dr. Dolittle 3
In this comedy, a young girl finds that she has inherited her …
In this comedy, a young girl finds that she has inherited her father's ability to talk to animals. She heads off to summer camp to bond with various creatures and then gets wrapped up in a plan to save the struggling camp. The film does not feature Eddie Murphy, who starred in the first two installments.
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Award∙2006
TV Land Impact Award
Won award for "Good Times".
2005
TV Show∙Sep 20, 2005
My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl is an American sitcom television series …
My Name Is Earl is an American sitcom television series created by Greg Garcia that aired on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and starred Jason Lee as Earl Hickey, the title character. The series also starred Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez, and Eddie Steeples.
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2004
Movie∙Jan 8, 2004
My Baby's Daddy
Lonnie, Dominic and 'G' are three bachelor buddies from the …
Lonnie, Dominic and 'G' are three bachelor buddies from the hood who, after a lifetime of hard-partying, are in for a crude awakening when their respective girlfriends all get pregnant at the same time. The fathers-to-be embark on an emotional journey while learning as much about themselves as they do about love and fatherhood.
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Award∙2004
TV Land Groundbreaking Show Award
Won award for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".
2003
TV Show∙Sep 22, 2003
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that …
Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS for twelve seasons from September 22, 2003, to February 19, 2015. Originally starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the series was about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper, his uptight brother, Alan, and Alan's troublesome son, Jake. After Alan divorces, he and Jake move into Charlie's beachfront Malibu house and complicate Charlie's freewheeling life.
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TV Show∙Sep 12, 2003
All About the Andersons
All About the Andersons is …
All About the Andersons is an American sitcom television series that originally aired on The WB from September 12, 2003 to February 12, 2004. It lasted one season before being canceled.
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2000
TV Show∙Oct 7, 2000
The District
The District is an American crime drama and police procedural …
The District is an American crime drama and police procedural television series which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000, to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s police department.
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1999
TV Show∙Sep 22, 1999
The West Wing
The West Wing is an American serial political drama …
The West Wing is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White House, where the Oval Office and offices of presidential senior staff are located, during the fictitious Democratic administration of Josiah Bartlet.
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1998
Movie∙Apr 8, 1998
The Players Club
Diana, a young mom working at a shoe store meets two …
Diana, a young mom working at a shoe store meets two strippers, Tricks and Ronnie. They tell her that she should work at The Playa's Club for big money. The woman accepts and soon introduces her cousin into the club. Then she finds out that her cousin is doing housecalls which Tricks bribed her to do. One day Diana returns to her house after almost being raped by an obsessed fan and finds her cousin sleeping with her ex-boyfriend. She kicks her cousin out and starts dating Blue, a DJ at the club. They go out one night and Diana's cousin calls asking her to pick her up from a bachelor party. Diana refuses and soon after her cousin is raped. Now she has only one option, to put Tricks in her place.
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1996
Nomination∙1996
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Come…
Nominated for "In the House".
NAACP Image Award
1995
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Movie∙Feb 14, 1995
Murder Was the Case
Follows the exploits of Snoop Doggy Dogg as he gets shot, …
Follows the exploits of Snoop Doggy Dogg as he gets shot, and makes a deal with the devil to survive.
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1994
TV Show∙Sep 5, 1994
Extra
Extra (originally titled Extra: The Entertainment Magazine …
Extra (originally titled Extra: The Entertainment Magazine from 1994 to 1996) is an American syndicated television newsmagazine that is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution and premiered on September 5, 1994. The program serves as a straight rundown of news headlines and gossip throughout the entertainment industry, providing coverage of events and celebrities; however, since 2013, it has also placed an even greater emphasis on interviews and insider previews of upcoming film and television projects. As of 2019, the program's weekday broadcasts are anchored by Billy Bush, with the weekend editions anchored by Renee Bargh and Jennifer Lahmers.
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TV Show∙Apr 11, 1994
704 Hauser
704 Hauser is an American sitcom television series and a spin …
704 Hauser is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of All in the Family (the final of several) that aired on CBS from April 11 to May 9, 1994. The series is built around the concept of a black family, the Cumberbatch Family, moving into the former Queens home of Archie Bunker years after Bunker had sold the house located at 704 Hauser Street. The All in the Family character Joey Stivic, Archie's grandson (played by Casey Siemaszko), makes a cameo in the first episode.
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1993
TV Show∙Apr 21, 1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
The Walker, Texas Ranger series is a television drama that …
The Walker, Texas Ranger series is a television drama that stars Chuck Norris. It takes place in the Western United States and prominently features the use of martial arts techniques. This show has built up a following over the years, which made it one of the highest rated action television shows during its run. The plot lines for most episodes revolved around crime solving and detective work, with brief action scenes mixed within.
There were a number of characters that appeared alongside Chuck Norris throughout the run of the show. Clarence Gilyard starred as Sgt. James Trivette, who was Norris' partner and a fellow Texas Ranger. He appeared in all of the episodes of the series, except for two. Sheree J. Wilson and Noble Willingham both made frequent appearances as well. There have also been a number of famous actors who made guest appearances throughout the shows run as well, including Tobey Maguire and Mila Kunis.
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1992
TV Show∙Aug 27, 1992
Martin
Martin is an American television sitcom that aired for five …
Martin is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on Fox from August 27, 1992, to May 1, 1997. It starred Martin Lawrence as Martin Payne, Tisha Campbell as his girlfriend and eventual wife Gina, Thomas Mikal Ford as Tommy, Carl Anthony Payne II as Cole, and Tichina Arnold as Pam. Lawrence also played several other characters.
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1991
Movie∙Oct 4, 1991
Ricochet
In this action thriller, Denzel Washington plays Nick …
In this action thriller, Denzel Washington plays Nick Styles, the assistant district attorney of L.A. The film opens in his early days as a cop on the L.A.P.D. During a carnival, master criminal Earl Talbot Blake creates a scene after a botched drug deal. Styles and Blake confront each other, during which Blake is wounded by Styles and later sent to prison. Seven years later, Blake escapes from prison during a parole board hearing to carry out his revenge against Styles, and what follows is a violent series of events that destroys Styles' career. This sets the stage for one last bloody duel between Styles and Blake.
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1990
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TV Show∙Sep 10, 1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air …
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American sitcom television series created by Quincy Jones, Andy and Susan Borowitz, that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his wealthy uncle and aunt in their Bel Air mansion after getting into a fight in his hometown. In the series, his lifestyle often clashes with the lifestyle of his relatives in Bel Air. The series ran for six seasons and aired 148 episodes.
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Movie∙Jul 2, 1990
Die Hard 2
John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military …
John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
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1989
Movie∙Aug 4, 1989
Lock Up
With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank …
With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden.
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1988
Movie∙Jun 26, 1988
Coming to America
It is the 21st birthday of Prince Akeem of Zamunda and he …
It is the 21st birthday of Prince Akeem of Zamunda and he is to marry a woman he never saw before. Now the prince breaks with tradition and travels to America to look for the love of his life.
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Movie∙Mar 23, 1988
Bonanza: The Next Generation
This is the continuing saga of …
This is the continuing saga of the Cartwrights, only none of the original Cartwrights are here anymore but their sons appear. Ben and Hoss have passed on and Little Joe is MIA; he joined up...
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1985
Movie∙Aug 16, 1985
American Flyers
Sports physician Marcus persuades his unstable brother David to …
Sports physician Marcus persuades his unstable brother David to come with him and train for a bicycle race across the Rocky Mountains. Marcus doesn't tell David that he has a brain aneurysm which could render him paralyzed or dead at any given moment. While David powerfully heads for the victory, Marcus has to realize that the contest is now beyond his capabilities. / Features great views of the Rockies and an insight in the tactics of bicycle races.
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1984
TV Show∙Sep 30, 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote was an American crime drama …
Murder, She Wrote was an American crime drama television series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons with 264 episodes from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network. It was followed by four TV films. Among the most successful and longest-running television shows in history, it averaged more than 30 million viewers per week in its prime (sometimes hitting above 40 million viewers), and was a staple of the CBS Sunday night lineup for a decade. In syndication, the series is still highly successful throughout the world.
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TV Show∙Sep 20, 1984
The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show is an American sitcom television series co …
The Cosby Show is an American sitcom television series co-created by and starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
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TV Show∙Sep 18, 1984
Hunter
Hunter is an American crime drama television series created by …
Hunter is an American crime drama television series created by Frank Lupo, which ran on NBC from September 18, 1984 to April 26, 1991. It starred Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. The title character Sgt. Rick Hunter was a wily, physically imposing, often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolved many of their cases by lethal force, but no more so than many other related television dramas.
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1983
TV Show∙Apr 4, 1983
Live with Kelly and Ryan
Live with Kelly and Ryan (or …
Live with Kelly and Ryan (or simply Live) is an American syndicated morning talk show, hosted by Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest. Executive produced by Michael Gelman, the Live with... show formula has aired under various hosts since 1983 locally on WABC-TV in New York City and 1988 nationwide. As of 2016, it is produced by WABC.
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1982
Movie∙Aug 16, 1982
The Beastmaster
Dar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after his birth, so he …
Dar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after his birth, so he is sent to grow up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages. He discovers that he has the ability to communicate with the animals, and after that, Dar begins his quest for revenge in this Conan-like movie.
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1980
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Movie∙Oct 31, 1980
Touched by Love
A young nurse becomes determined to reach an …
A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite rock singer, Elvis Presley.
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1978
TV Show∙Jun 6, 1978
20/20
20/20 is an American television newsmagazine that has been …
20/20 is an American television newsmagazine that has been broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the program was designed similarly to CBS's 60 Minutes in that it features in-depth story packages, although it focuses more on human interest stories than international and political subjects. The program's name derives from the "20/20" measurement of visual acuity.
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Marriage∙February 1978
Lillian Lehman
Lillian Lehman (born February 12, 1947) is an American …
Lillian Lehman (born February 12, 1947) is an American actress. She played Lena Hart in NBC's soap opera Sunset Beach, recurring role as Nurse Carol on Emergency! and Dr. Joyce Meadows on ABC's General Hospital. She has also been cast in various guest roles on TV, as well as a starring role in Tenafly and Fay.
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Relationship∙1978
Lillian Lehman
Lillian Lehman (born February 12, 1947) is an American …
Lillian Lehman (born February 12, 1947) is an American actress. She played Lena Hart in NBC's soap opera Sunset Beach, recurring role as Nurse Carol on Emergency! and Dr. Joyce Meadows on ABC's General Hospital. She has also been cast in various guest roles on TV, as well as a starring role in Tenafly and Fay.
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1977
TV Show∙Sep 24, 1977
The Love Boat
The Love Boat (simply Love Boat in its final season) is an …
The Love Boat (simply Love Boat in its final season) is an American comedy/drama television series set on luxury passenger cruise ship S.S. Pacific Princess, which aired on the ABC television network from 1977 to 1987; in addition, four three-hour long specials aired in 1986, 1987, and 1990. The series revolves around the ship's captain Merrill Stubing (played by Gavin MacLeod) and a handful of its crew, with several passengers—played by various guest star actors for each episode—having romantic and humorous adventures. It was part of ABC's popular Saturday-night lineup of the time, which also included Fantasy Island until that series ended two years earlier in 1984. Its regular port of call was Puerto Vallarta.
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TV Show∙Jan 23, 1977
Roots
Roots is an American television miniseries based on Alex …
Roots is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977. Roots received 37 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings for the finale, which still holds a record as the third-highest-rated episode for any type of television series, and the second-most watched overall series finale in U.S. television history. It was produced on a budget of $6.6 million.
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Nomination∙1977
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy S…
Nominated for "Roots".
Primetime Emmy Award
Nomination∙1977
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated for "Roots".
Primetime Emmy Award
1975
TV Show∙Nov 3, 1975
Good Morning America
Good Morning America (GMA) is an American morning …
Good Morning America (GMA) is an American morning television show that is broadcast on ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends with the debut of a Sunday edition on January 3, 1993. The Sunday edition was canceled in 1999; weekend editions returned on both Saturdays and Sundays on September 4, 2004. The weekday program airs from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. in all U.S. time zones (live in the Eastern Time Zone and on tape delay elsewhere across the country). The Saturday and Sunday editions are one hour long and are transmitted to ABC's stations live at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time, although stations in some markets air them at different times. Viewers in the Pacific Time Zone receive an updated feed with a specialized opening and updated live reports. A third hour of the weekday broadcast aired from 2007 to 2008, exclusively on ABC News Now.
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Movie∙Oct 11, 1975
Let's Do It Again
Two Atlanta men raise funds for their charity by rigging boxing …
Two Atlanta men raise funds for their charity by rigging boxing matches in New Orleans, but their tricks attract the mob's attention.
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1974
TV Show∙Feb 8, 1974
Good Times
Good Times is an American sitcom television series that aired for …
Good Times is an American sitcom television series that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 8, 1974 to August 1, 1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear, it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, itself a spin-off of All in the Family.
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1973
Movie∙Feb 4, 1973
The World's Greatest Athlete
A down on his luck coach …
A down on his luck coach travels to Africa where he spots the world's greatest athlete - a white Tarzan-type. The coach brings him back to the U.S. of A. to compete.
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1972
TV Show∙Sep 12, 1972
Maude
Maude is an American sitcom television series that was …
Maude is an American sitcom television series that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972, until April 22, 1978. Maude stars Beatrice Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York, with her fourth husband, household appliance store owner Walter Findlay (Bill Macy). Maude embraces the tenets of women's liberation, always votes for Democratic Party candidates, and advocates for civil rights and racial and gender equality. However, her overbearing and sometimes domineering personality often gets her into trouble when speaking about these issues.
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TV Show∙Jan 14, 1972
Sanford and Son
Sanford and Son is an American sitcom television series that …
Sanford and Son is an American sitcom television series that ran on the NBC television network from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977. It was based on the BBC Television program Steptoe and Son, which had its original broadcast run in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1965.
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1971
Movie∙Apr 23, 1971
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Melvin Van Peebles wrote, …
Melvin Van Peebles wrote, directed, produced, edited, composed and starred in this powerful and inflammatory attack on White America. After the body of a black man is discovered, Sweetback helps two white 'acquaintances' in the police force to look good by agreeing to go with them to the station as a suspect. But he is forced to go on the run after brutally attacking the two policemen when they arrest and beat up a young black man.
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1970
TV Show∙Sep 19, 1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show …
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (also known simply as Mary Tyler Moore) is an American sitcom television series starring the actress of the same name and created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns; it originally aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. Moore starred as Mary Richards, an unmarried, independent woman focused on her career as associate producer at the fictional WJM news program in Minneapolis. A central female character who was not married or dependent on a man was a rarity in American television in the early 1970s, leading to numerous publications citing The Mary Tyler Moore Show as groundbreaking television in the era of second-wave feminism. Ed Asner co-starred as Mary's boss Lou Grant, alongside Valerie Harper as her friend and neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern and Cloris Leachman as her landlady Phyllis Lindstrom. Other co-stars throughout the series's run included Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, and Betty White.
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1965

Marriage∙1965
Noel J. Mickelson
Married Noel J. Mickelson.
1952
TV Show∙Jan 14, 1952
Today
Today, also called The Today Show, is an American news …
Today, also called The Today Show, is an American news and talk morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and after 68 years of broadcasting it is the fifth-longest-running American television series.
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1939
Birth∙December 1939
John Amos
John Amos was born.
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