American character actor, best-known for playing Amos in the 1950s television comedy series 'Amos 'n Andy'. Began as an actor with Harlem's Lafayette Players.
He held a BA in sociology from Rust College.
Operated his own radio and record store in New York City.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume
Two, 1986-1990, pages 176-177. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
1999.