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2. Check and Double Check - Wikipedia

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   Gosden and Correll made one more motion-appearance (as guest stars in The Big Broadcast of 1936), but there were no further attempts at live-action portrayals of Amos 'n' Andy until the Amos 'n' Andy television show (1951–1953), although the radio show continued to be a top-rated program throughout the 1930s and 1940s. [1] [3]

3. 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 ...

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. 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.

6. Category:Amos 'n' Andy - Wikipedia

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7. Charles Correll - Wikipedia

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   The show originated on Chicago radio station WGN. From 1928 to 1960, Gosden and Correll, broadcast their program Amos 'n' Andy – again portraying Black characters – which quickly became one of the most famous and popular [3] radio series of the 1930s, nationwide. Correll voiced the character "Andy" (Andrew Hogg Brown).

8. Ernestine Wade - Wikipedia

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   Ernestine began playing Sapphire Stevens in 1939, [7] [8] [9] but originally came to the Amos 'n' Andy radio show in the role of Valada Green, a lady who believed she had married Andy. [2] In her interview that is part of the documentary Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy, Wade related how she got the job with the radio show. Initially ...

9. 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.