As of November 2013, Tolbert, Marla Gibbs, Jay Hammer and Damon Evans (Lionel 2) are the last surviving members of The Jeffersons main cast. 22 (AP) Mike Evans, an actor best known for playing Lionel Jefferson on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family and its popular spinoff The Jeffersons, died at. They were also both born in North Carolina. His last role was in a 2000 episode of Walker, Texas Ranger. Tolbert was born just one day after Mike Evans (19492006), the original actor who played her boyfriend/husband Lionel.
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Following a four-year absence, Mike Evans returned to The Jeffersons from 1979 to 1981.Įvans also appeared in the 1976 TV miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, as well as in the TV series Love, American Style and The Streets of San Francisco. I just finished book seven and it was as good as the other six, now I will be waiting impatiently for the next one. When Evans left the show to work on Good Times, he was replaced by Damon Evans (no relation). 22 (UPI) - Actor Mike Evans, who played the affable Lionel on 'The Jeffersons,' has died at the age of 57 after a long battle with throat cancer in Los Angeles. The hit series centredon Archie's black neighbours from Queens, now living in a luxury apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.Įvans's Lionel was the college-student son of Louise and George Jefferson, the wealthy owner of a chain of dry-cleaning stores. After studying acting at Los Angeles City College, he landed the role of Lionel in the 1970s sitcom All in the Family.Įvans kept the role when The Jeffersons- an All in the Family spinoff- launched in 1975. 14 at his mother's home in California, according to his niece, Chrystal Evans.Įvans also co-created and helped write Good Times, one of the first TV comedy series to feature a primarily black cast.īorn in Salisbury, N.C., Evans and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was a child. Insight from an actor about the rewards and difficulties of theater work.
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He was 57.Įvans died of throat cancer Dec. Mike Evans net worth: Mike Evans is an American professional football player who has a net worth of 25 million. Actor Mike Evans, who played Lionel Jefferson in the television comedy series All in the Family and The Jeffersons, has died.
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