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The Beastmaster is a 1982 American-West German sword and sorcery film directed by Don Coscarelli and starring Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, John Amos and Rip Torn.Loosely based on the 1959 novel The Beast Master by Alice "Andre" Norton, the film is about a man who can communicate with animals, and who fights an evil wizard and his army.
John Allen Amos Jr. [1] (December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Captain Meissner in Lock Up (1989) and Major Grant in Die Hard 2 (1990). He is also known as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries Roots and for portraying James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times .
John Amos has died at age 84. ... By the 1980s, he had pivoted to the big screen with memorable roles in 1982's "The Beastmaster" and 1990's "Die Hard 2." The role he'll perhaps be most remembered ...
John Amos, the star of “Good Times,” “Roots” and more, died on Aug. 21 in Los Angeles of natural causes, his representative confirmed to Variety on Tuesday. He was 84. He was 84.
Amos left the show in 1973 after being cast in the lead role of James Evans Sr. on Good Times. Knight was the first member of The Mary Tyler Moore Show ’s cast to go.
John Amos’s cause of death has been confirmed, just over a month after he died on August 21 aged 84. The Good Times actor died from congestive heart failure at a Los Angeles hospital, according ...
Actor John Amos, left, who portrayed the adult Kunta Kinte in the television miniseries "Roots," with then-Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening in 1999, during a dedication ceremony for a memorial to ...
Emmy-nominated actor John Amos, best known for his role as family patriarch James Evans on CBS’ Good Times, has died. He was 84 years old. Amos’ son, Kelly Christopher Amos, tells The ...