Mike Evans
Author and Actor
Good TimesGood Times was based on Eric Monte's childhood-although one of the main characters' name is "Michael Evans", which was the real name of co-creator Mike Evans, who portrayed Lionel Jefferson on the Norman Lear-produced series All in the Family... In this article: Florida Evans, Penny Gordon Woods, Good Times, Esther Rolle, J.J. Evans, Thelma Evans Anderson, Michael Evans, Carl Dixon, and John Amos |
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www.washingtonpost.com | December 22, 2006
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...getting the role of Lionel Jefferson in 1970s situation comedy "All in the Family." Evans kept the role of Lionel when "The Jeffersons" launched in 1975. The hit show was a spinoff featuring bigoted Archie Bunker's black neighbors in Queens...
In this article: Cecil Travis, Lionel Jefferson, World War II, The Jeffersons, All in the Family, and Manhattan
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...free motivation and make every minute count! CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Nov. 3: Late actor Mike Evans ("The Jeffersons") would have been 60 today WEBSITE OF THE WEEK Afrobella is dedicated to product reviews, ruminations about...
In this article: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rumination, William James, Dr. Ben Carson, and The Jeffersons
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Wikipedia | October 22, 2009
1979 in television
...year. Berlinda Tolbert and Mike Evans who both portray Lionel and Jenny Willis Jefferson, rejoins the cast of The Jeffersons, Mike Evans returns to the series, after his television he co-created, Good Times, was cancelled, Tolbert and Evans...
In this article: United States, TV Movie, Holly, ESPN, C-SPAN, and Berlinda Tolbert
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The Jeffersons
...Jefferson (played by Isabel Sanford), as she and her husband George (played by Sherman Hemsley), and their son Lionel (played by Mike Evans ), moved from a working class section of Queens into a luxury apartment in Manhattan. The...
In this article: The Jeffersons, George Jefferson, Sherman Hemsley, Louise Jefferson, Isabel Sanford, Berlinda Tolbert, Norman Lear, and All in the Family
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1981 in television
...final appearance as Lionel and Jenny Willis Jefferson in the seventh (1980-1981 ) year, of The Jeffersons, also departing with Tolbert and Evans, Paul Benedict makes his final appearance as the British neighbor of George and Louise , Harry...
In this article: The Incredible Hulk, David Banner, Deirdre Langton, Ken Barlow, Paul Benedict, Eddie Van Halen, Pat Sajak, and Michael Jonas Evans
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Eric Monte
...for and accepted by All in the Family. From there, he went on to produce work responsible for two 1970s sitcoms: Good Times (which he co-created with The Jeffersons star Mike Evans ) and What's Happening!! (which was based on his motion picture...
In this article: Eric Monte, Good Times, The Jeffersons, All in the Family, What's Happening!!, Chicago, Hollywood, Bankruptcy, Crack cocaine, and Salvation Army
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Lionel Jefferson
...years while Lionel worked in Japan). Mike Evans left The Jeffersons after its first season in order to devote more time to writing for Maude '' spinoff ''Good Times, which he had helped create. Damon Evans (no relation to Mike) played...
In this article: Lionel Jefferson, Archie Bunker, Michael Stivic, The Jeffersons, All in the Family, Damon Evans, Louise Jefferson, and George Jefferson
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Mike Evans (actor)
...occurring from 1979 to 1983. Actor and opera singer Damon Evans (no relation to Michael) played the role for a few years of The Jeffersons, as Mike Evans was occupied in the production of Good Times. He returned after Good Times ended...
In this article: Lionel Jefferson, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Ralph Carter, Damon Evans, Cancer, Los Angeles High School, and Paul Benedict
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Michael Jonas Evans (November 3 1949 – December 14 2006) (usually credited as Mike Evans), was an American actor and co-creator of the show Good Times with Eric Monte (Ralph Carter's character Michael Evans was named after him).
Evans was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. His father, Theodore Evans Sr., was a dentist, and his mother, Annie Sue Evans, was a school teacher. He attended Palmer Memorial Institute, a private school for young African Americans in Sedalia, N.C. before his family later moved to Los Angeles, where he graduated from Los Angeles High School. He later studied acting at Los Angeles City College.
Evans is most famous for creating the recurring role of Lionel Jefferson on All in the Family and was the first (and eventually final) actor to play Lionel on the spin-off The Jeffersons. He played Lionel on The Jeffersons for much of its 11-year run, with the majority of his appearances occurring from 1979-1983. Opera singer/actor Damon Evans (no relation to Michael) played the role for a few years of The Jeffersons, as Michael was occupied in the production of Good Times. He returned after Good Times was cancelled in 1979.
His last TV role was in 2000, on an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger. Evans was also a real estate investor and owned properties in California's Inland Empire.
As the original Lionel, his absence was noticed at a Sherman Hemsley TV Land special, which aired on April 26, 2006. Most of the other surviving Jeffersons cast members were present, as well as Sally Struthers and the cast of Amen.
Evans died of throat cancer at his mother's home in Twentynine Palms, California at the age of only 57. The announcement of his death was not released until a week later.
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