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James Evans Sr. appeared in the first three seasons of Good Times, before the actor who played him, John Amos, decided to leave the top-rated CBS-TV series due to creative disputes with the show's executive producer, Norman Lear, as to the direction which the series was going in the development of the main characters, particulary that of James's son, J.J. Evans, which was played by fellow cast member Jimmie Walker. Anyhow, the character James Sr., appeared in a total of 61 episodes during Seasons 1-3 of the series, before getting killed in an automobile accident in his home state, Mississippi, while trying to find steady work in a plan which would have involved relocating the entire family there afterwards.

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  • James Evans Sr. appeared in the first three seasons of Good Times, before the actor who played him, John Amos, decided to leave the top-rated CBS-TV series due to creative disputes with the show's executive producer, Norman Lear, as to the direction which the series was going in the development of the main characters, particulary that of James's son, J.J. Evans, which was played by fellow cast member Jimmie Walker. Anyhow, the character James Sr., appeared in a total of 61 episodes during Seasons 1-3 of the series, before getting killed in an automobile accident in his home state, Mississippi, while trying to find steady work in a plan which would have involved relocating the entire family there afterwards.
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death place
  • Mississippi, U.S.
Series
  • Good Times
Spouse
  • Florida Evans, 1952-1976, his death
Name
  • James Evans, Sr.
Caption
  • James Evans, as played by John Amos
Birth Place
  • Cartersville, Mississippi, U.S.
Description
  • Often voices his issatisfaction with many government policies and red tape due to the difficulty of raising a family by working numerous low-paying manual labor jobs
  • hard-working and honest, James can only seem to find poor-paying manual-labor jobs because of his lack of a formal education
Died
  • 1976(xsd:integer)
Occupation
  • various, most notably, a dock worker and foundry worker
Episodes
  • 61(xsd:integer)
Born
  • 1932(xsd:integer)
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  • James Evans Sr. appeared in the first three seasons of Good Times, before the actor who played him, John Amos, decided to leave the top-rated CBS-TV series due to creative disputes with the show's executive producer, Norman Lear, as to the direction which the series was going in the development of the main characters, particulary that of James's son, J.J. Evans, which was played by fellow cast member Jimmie Walker. Anyhow, the character James Sr., appeared in a total of 61 episodes during Seasons 1-3 of the series, before getting killed in an automobile accident in his home state, Mississippi, while trying to find steady work in a plan which would have involved relocating the entire family there afterwards.
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