Alvin Childress (1907–1986) was an African American actor who is best known for playing the cabdriver Amos Jones in the television comedy series Amos 'n Andy.
A Meridian, Mississippi native, Childress career began in New York City with roles in the Federal Theater Project and American Negro Theater, and in all-black race film productions such as Keep Punching (1939). In 1951, he was cast in Amos 'n Andy, which ran for two years on CBS.[1]
Childress also appeared in roles on the television series Perry Mason, Sanford and Son, Good Times and The Jeffersons and in the films Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) and The Day of the Locust (1975).[1]
  | Alvin Childress in the Internet Broadway Database - Alvin Childress | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information |
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