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Alvin Childress

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American actor (1907-1986)

United StatesActorsLived 1907 to 1986 · aged 78
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Languages7
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Alvin Childress was an American actor, who is best known for playing the cabdriver Amos Jones in the 1950s television comedy series Amos 'n' Andy.

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Childress as Jacques in the Federal Theatre Project production of Haiti at the Lafayette Theatre (1938)Childress as Jacques in the Federal Theatre Project production of Haiti at the Lafayette Theatre (1938)Childress and Rex Ingram in the Federal Theatre Project production of Haiti (1938)Childress and Rex Ingram in the Federal Theatre Project production of Haiti (1938)

Filmography 19

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot1974 · ★ 6.8
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie1980 · ★ 6.0
The Day of the Locust1975 · ★ 6.4
The Main Event1979 · ★ 5.3
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings1976
Darktown Strutters1975
Anna Lucasta1958
High Time1960
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy1983
Banyon1971
Sister, Sister1982
Jasper's Music Lesson1943
Jasper Goes Hunting1944
Jasper and the Haunted House1942
Jasper's Boobytraps1945
Package for Jasper1944
Say Ah, Jasper1944
Old Man1958
Senior Power1975

25 credits on file

Television 6

Perry Mason1957
The Jeffersons1975
Sanford and Son1972
Good Times1974
Amos 'n' Andy1951
Fish1977

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Connected to Alvin 6

George PalAlso in Jasper and the Haunted House (1942)Linden ChilesAlso in Senior Power (1975)Robert HooksAlso in Sister, Sister (1982)Waldo SaltAlso in The Day of the Locust (1975)Roy JensonAlso in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)Sandy KenyonAlso in Old Man (1958)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1986 · aged 78
Written about in
7 languages

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