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John Amos

CTL-P-0599 · Person

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Played Cleo McDowell, owner of McDowell's

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Played Cleo McDowell, owner of McDowell's

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Actor, 1939-2024 (died August 21, 2024, Los Angeles, age 84); played Cleo McDowell, owner of the McDowell's fast-food restaurant who employed Prince Akeem, in Coming to America (1988), and returned for the 2021 sequel; also James Evans Sr. on Good Times and adult Kunta Kinte in Roots.

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