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2. Amos 'n' Andy - Wikipedia

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   Amos 'n' Andy was an American radio sitcom about black characters, initially set in Chicago then later in the Harlem section of New York City. While the show had a brief life on 1950s television with black actors, the 1928 to 1960 radio show was created, written and voiced by two white actors, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who played Amos Jones (Gosden), Andrew Hogg Brown (Correll), and ...

3. Spencer Williams Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Spencer Williams (July 14, 1893 – December 13, 1969) was an American actor and filmmaker. He portrayed Andy on TV's The Amos 'n' Andy Show and directed films including the 1941 race film The Blood of Jesus.

4. Alvin Childress - Wikipedia

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   When he learned about casting for the Amos 'n' Andy television series, Childress decided to audition for a role. [9] He was hired a year before the show went on the air. [10] In 1951, he was cast as the level-headed, hard-working and honest Amos Jones in the popular television series, The Amos 'n' Andy Show, which ran for two years on CBS.

5. Check and Double Check - Wikipedia

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   Check and Double Check. Check and Double Check is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and released by RKO Radio Pictures, based on the Amos 'n' Andy radio show.The title was derived from a catchphrase associated with the show.

6. Charles Correll - Wikipedia

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   Charles James Correll (February 2, 1890 – September 26, 1972) was an American radio comedian, actor and writer, known best for his work in the radio series Amos 'n' Andy with Freeman Gosden. Correll voiced the main character Andy Brown, along with various lesser characters.

7. Johnny Lee (actor) - Wikipedia

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   John Dotson Lee Jr. (July 4, 1898 - December 12, 1965) was an American singer, dancer and actor known for voicing the role of Br'er Rabbit in Disney's Song of the South (1946) [1] and as Algonquin J. Calhoun in the CBS TV and radio comedy series Amos 'n' Andy [2] in the early 1950s.

8. Tim Moore (comedian) - Wikipedia

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   Tim Moore (December 9, 1887 – December 13, 1958) was an American vaudevillian and comic actor of the first half of the 20th century. He gained his greatest recognition in the starring role of George "Kingfish" Stevens in the CBS TV's The Amos 'n' Andy Show.

9. Bill Hay (radio announcer) - Wikipedia

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   Gosden and Correll had a show similar to Amos 'n' Andy called Sam 'n' Henry at Chicago radio station WGN, but after a dispute in 1927, they took the program's concept and WGN announcer Bill Hay across town to WMAQ. [1] The Amos 'n' Andy team created the first syndicated radio show in history.