![]() Bubbles and originally written for famed 1920s and 1930s jazz bandleader and singer Cab Calloway. But he is best known for his portrayal of James Evans Sr., the husband of Florida Evans, first appearing three times on the sitcom Maude before continuing the role in 61 episodes of Good Times from 1974 to 1976. Evans played Sportin' Life, a role originated by John W. ![]() In addition to Evans and other noted performers, this British production of Gershwin's ' American folk opera' featured the Glyndebourne Chorus and the London Philharmonic, both conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Baby-faced younger brother Michael dropped truth bombs that might have otherwise threatened certain audiencestelling his mother that 'boy' is a 'white racist term. Watch CBS News Entertainment 'Jeffersons' Actor Mike Evans Dies Decem/ 9:42 AM / AP Actor Mike Evans, best known as Lionel Jefferson in the TV comedy series 'All in the Family'. on Good Times, Ralph Carter broke the mold for cute sitcom kids. In the late 1980s, Evans appeared in Trevor Nunn's Glyndebourne Festival production of the George Gershwin opera, Porgy and Bess, and again in the 1993 television adaptation of that production. As the youngest child of Florida and James Evans, Sr. He appeared in the Broadway musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope. He also toured as Judas and Jesus Christ in the authorized concert version of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. ![]() Other Broadway credits include Via Galactica and Lost in the Stars. He made his Broadway debut in The Me Nobody Knows. His Off-Broadway credits include performances in A Day in the Life of Just About Everyone, Bury the Dead (for the Urban Arts Corp), and Love Me, Love My Children. While in Boston, he appeared in productions of Two If by Sea, Hair, and The Corner at the Theatre Company of Boston. After graduation, he attended the Boston Conservatory of Music. He also portrayed the young Alex Haley (ages 17–25) in the ABC television miniseries Roots: The Next Generations.īorn in Baltimore, Evans attended the Interlochen Center for the Arts on a Reader's Digest Scholarship. Damon Evans (born November 24, 1949) is an American actor best known as the second of two actors who portrayed Lionel Jefferson on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons.
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