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Alvin Childress

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Alvin Childress

Born

9/10/1907, Meridian, Mississippi

Died

4/19/1986

Birth Name

Alvin Childress

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Biography

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Actor Alvin Childress emerged on the New York stage in 1931. This was the Depression era, but Childress a graduate of Rust College managed to find work with the Federal Theatre Project and served as an instructor for The American Negro Theatre.
Aside from Amos 'n' Andy, Childress'…more

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Star (3)

Role
- The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
  Star
  1976
- Thunderbolt And Lightfoot
  Star
  1974
- Anna Lucasta
  Noah
  1959
Guest Star (12)

Role
- The Jeffersons
  Wino
  - S 4: Ep 15 984 W. 124th Street, Apt. 5C
    12/24/77
- Fish
  Rev. Davis
  - S 2: Ep 3 Fish Behind Bars, Pt. I
    10/1/77
- Fish
  Guest Star
- Visions
  Rev. Paradise
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Tapestry/Circles
    12/30/76
- The Jeffersons
  Herbert Russell
  - S 1: Ep 8 Mother Jefferson's Boyfriend
    3/8/75
- Good Times
  Rev. Gordon
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Windfall
    12/3/74
- Sanford and Son
  Reverend Trimble
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Members of the Wedding (a.k.a.) The Engagement
    11/9/73
- Sanford and Son
  Minister
  - S 1: Ep 3 Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride
    1/28/72
- Banyon
  Clayton
  - S 1: Ep 0 Pilot
    3/15/71
- Cowboy in Africa
  Old Man
  - S 1: Ep 11 Tomorrow on the Wind
    11/20/67
- Perry Mason
  Janitor
  - S 8: Ep 9 The Case of the Tragic Trophy
    11/19/64
- Playhouse 90
  Farmer on Levee
  - S 3: Ep 8 Old Man
    11/20/58

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