Is James Evans still alive from Good Times?

Is James Evans still alive from Good Times?

James Evans died (off-screen) on GOOD TIMES 45 years ago tonight — Sept 22, 1976. Creative differences led to John Amos’ exit after 3 seasons. Esther Rolle left a year later, but returned for the final season. Juaneza Tolbert and 1,056 others like this.

Is the dad from Good Times alive?

Johnny Brown, best known as the beloved actor who played housing project superintendent Nathan Bookman on Good Times, has died. He was 84. Brown’s daughter, the actress Sharon Catherine Brown, announced her father died on Wednesday.

How old was James Evans on Good Times?

Evans was a decade younger than Jimmie Walker. Walker was 26 when Good Times debuted on February 8, 1974, but he was portraying a high school student. At age 34, Amos was only eight years older than the man playing his son.

Why did they take James off of Good Times?

Stating creative differences with the show’s writers and producers, Amos said of his 1976 departure: “I left because I was told that my services were no longer needed because I had become a ‘disruptive element. ‘ In other words, I didn’t have the diplomacy that I think I’ve cultivated over the last 10 or 15 years.