Actors who played in roots: 59 Photos
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Roots 1977 Cast: THEN AND NOW [45 Years After]
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John Allen Amos Jr.. (born December 27, 1939) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries Roots and for portraying James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times.
Some historians and genealogists suggested Haley did not rely on factual evidence as closely as he represented. They said that there are serious errors with Haley's family history and historical descriptions of the period preceding the Civil War.
Tom Played by Sedale Threatt Jr.. Tom reacts to his father's spendthrift, wastrel and philandering ways by simply hiding his emotions. A quiet, handsome young man, Tom believes surviving slavery will only come through hard work as a blacksmith.
Many familiar white TV actors, such as Ed Asner (from The Mary Tyler Moore Show), Chuck Connors (The Rifleman), Lorne Greene (Bonanza and later Battlestar Galactica), Robert Reed (The Brady Bunch), and Ralph Waite (The Waltons) were cast against type as slave holders and traders.
Kunta Kinte was based on one of Haley's ancestors, a Gambian man who was born around 1750, enslaved, and taken to America where he died around 1822. Haley said that his account of Kunta's life in Roots is a mixture of fact and fiction.
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Roots | The Complete Miniseries | The Cast Looks Back | Warner Bros. Entertainment
Roots Cast on Remaking Iconic Miniseries
The Cast of Roots (1977), Then and Now
Roots Cast Opens Up About Remaking Classic Miniseries
Celebrating Roots 45th Anniversary with Actors John Amos pictures
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