Alvin childress of amos & andy

          Alvin Childress was an American actor, who is best known for playing the cabdriver Amos Jones in the s television comedy series Amos 'n' Andy..

          Alvin Childress

          American actor (1907–1986)

          Alvin Childress (September 15, 1907 – April 19, 1986) was an American actor, who is best known for playing the cabdriver Amos Jones in the 1950s television comedy series Amos 'n' Andy.

          Alvin Childress (September 15, – April 19, ) was an American actor, who is best known for playing the cabdriver Amos Jones in the s television.

        1. Alvin Childress (September 15, – April 19, ) was an American actor, who is best known for playing the cabdriver Amos Jones in the s television.
        2. American character actor, best-known for playing Amos in the s television comedy series 'Amos 'n Andy'.
        3. Alvin Childress was an American actor, who is best known for playing the cabdriver Amos Jones in the s television comedy series Amos 'n' Andy.
        4. Arabia: Directed by Charles Barton.
        5. Childress--whose theatrical career virtually ended with the cancellation of the CBS series in was 78 and died Saturday at St. Erne.

          6. Biography

          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.[3]

          Childress moved to New York City and became an actor with Harlem's Lafayette Players, a troupe of stock players associated with the Lafayette Theatre.

          Soon, he was engaged as an actor in the Federal Theater Project, the American Negro Theater, and in all-black race film productions such as Keep Punching (1939).[4] His greatest success on the stage was h