Most Recent Role: William on Family Matters
Birthplace: Belews Creek, NC
Birthday: 7-9-1901
Date of Death: 1-18-2000
Birthplace: Belews Creek, NC
Birthday: 7-9-1901
Date of Death: 1-18-2000
January 28, 2000
Jester Hairston, who gave up studies at Massachusetts Agriculture College in the 1920s before going on to a career than spanned movies, television, radio, composing, arranging and choral conducting, died Jan. 18 in Los Angeles. He was 98.
Best known in recent years for playing Rollie Forbes on the NBC sitcom "Amen" in the 1980s, Hairston's earlier acting roles...
Most Recent Appearance
Mama's Wedding
Friday 26 February 1993 on ABC
Eddie's blunder turns what was supposed to be a small, family celebration for Mother Winslow's wedding into a much wilder affair.
Other Appearances
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Amen
Rolly Forbes |
That's My Mama
Wildcat |
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Amos 'n' Andy
Kingfish Gets Drafted Henry Van Porter |
Amos 'n' Andy
The Piggy Bank Grocery Store Man |
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Amos 'n' Andy
The Adoption Mr. Phillips |
Family Matters
Mama's Wedding William |
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Gunsmoke
Professor Lute Bone Wellington |
Harry O
Tender Killing Care Jefferson Johnson |
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Amen
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One year after the demise of The Jeffersons , Sherman Hemsley returned to television to star in another hit sitcom as Ernest Frye, the lawyer and scheming deacon of First Community Church of... more That's My Mama
That's My Mama debuted in the fall of 1974 on ABC and starred Theresa Merritt in the title role as Eloise "Mama" Curtis. The series took place in Washington D.C. and centered around Clifton... more
