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Alvin Childress

Alvin Childress

American actor who is best known for playing the cabdriver Amos Jones in the 1950s television comedy series Amos 'n Andy. Alvin Childress was born in Meridian, Mississippi. He was educated at Rust College, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. When he initially entered college, Childress intended to become a doctor, enrolling in typical pre-med courses. He had no thoughts of becoming involved in acting, but became involved in theater outside of classes.

Childress and Rex Ingram in the Federal Theatre Project production of Haiti (1938)

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Movies Starring Alvin Childress (19)

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (1983)

The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it. ...

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Sister, Sister (1982)

Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters. ...

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Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)

Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot enthusiasts head to the welfare offices where Cheech's girlfriend, Donna, works. Instead of collecting unemp ...

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The Main Event (1979)

A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea her protégé isn't fond of. ...

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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)

Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Carter and Charlie Snow, who dreams of playing in the majors. Boycotted by black teams, Long's outfit play mi ...

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Darktown Strutters (1975)

When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community leaders, her singing daughter and her fellow female biker gang members investigate. ...

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The Day of the Locust (1975)

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, ...

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Senior Power (1975)

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and North Hollywood Federal Savings and Loan team up to teach senior citizens some useful tips on avoiding purse snatcher, burglars, and armed robbers. ...

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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist. ...

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Banyon (1971)

Miles C. Banyon is a private investigator in 1930s Los Angeles. In this TV movie—which served as the pilot episode for the short-lived TV show—Banyon's new client, a young woman, is found dead in his office...shot with his own gun. ...

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High Time (1960)

Despite the dissapproval of his grown son and daughter, 51-year-old widdower and wealthy restauranteur Harvey Howard decides it's 'high time' to he gets his college degree. And he's in for the full ride: living in the dorms, joing a fraternity, falling in ...

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Old Man (1958)

In the South, convicts get a temporary release to help during a flood. ...

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Anna Lucasta (1958)

The estranged family of a reformed prostitute calls her back home to get her married to an affluent acquaintance out of greed. ...

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Jasper's Boobytraps (1945)

To get his comeuppance, Jasper sets a series boobytraps for Scarecrow. ...

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Jasper Goes Hunting (1944)

Jasper is hunting in the jungle with his friend the Scarecrow. Along the way, they run into Bugs Bunny, making a rare cameo in a non-Warner Bros. production. ...

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Say Ah, Jasper (1944)

Jasper goes to the dentist. ...

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Package for Jasper (1944)

Jasper receives a musical instrument in the mail and plays a few tunes with the scarecrow. ...

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Jasper's Music Lesson (1943)

Jasper and the scarecrow play some piano. ...

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Jasper and the Haunted House (1942)

Jasper and the Haunted House is another George Pal Puppetoon about a black boy and his troubles. This time, the scarecrow switches a sign that leads Jasper to a haunted house instead of a deacon's place where he brings a pie. ...

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