Sherman Hemsley

個人簡介

Sherman Alexander Hemsley (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012) was an American actor, best known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons, Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC series Amen, and B.P. Richfield on the ABC series Dinosaurs. For his work on The Jeffersons, Hemsley was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. He also won an NAACP Image Award.

Hemsley was born and raised in South Philadelphia by his mother, who worked in a lamp factory.[1] He did not meet his father until he was 14. He attended Barrat Middle School, Central High School for 9th grade and Bok Technical High School for 10th, when he dropped out of school and joined the United States Air Force, where he served for four years.

On leaving the Air Force, he returned to Philadelphia, where he worked for the United States Postal Service during the day while attending the Academy of Dramatic Arts at night. He then moved to New York, continuing to work for the Post Office during the day while working as an actor at night. He starred as Gitlow in the early 1970s Broadway musical Purlie.

While Hemsley was on Broadway with Purlie, Norman Lear called him in 1971 to play the recurring role of George Jefferson in his new sitcom, All in the Family. Hemsley was reluctant to leave his theatre role, but Lear told him that he would hold the role open for him. Hemsley joined the cast two years later. The characters of Hemsley and co-star Isabel Sanford were supporting occasional roles on All in the Family, but were given their own spin-off, The Jeffersons, two years after Hemsley made his debut on the sitcom. The Jeffersons proved to be one of Lear's most successful series, enjoying a run of 11 seasons through 1985.

Hemsley was a shy and intensely private man, described by some as reclusive. He avoided the Hollywood limelight and little of his personal life was public knowledge beyond the facts that he never married and he had no children.[9] In 2003, however, Hemsley granted a rare video interview to the Archive of American Television. "It [playing George Jefferson] was hard for me. But he was the character. I had to do it."

On July 24, 2012, Hemsley died at his home in El Paso, Texas, at age 74. The cause of death was given as superior vena cava syndrome, a complication associated with lung and bronchial carcinomas. He had had a malignant mass on one of his lungs for which chemotherapy and radiation had been recommended, according to the El Paso County Texas Medical Examiner's report. CLR

生日

1938年02月01日

Sherman Hemsley的電影作品

年份	電影	職務
2009	美國派 7 飾演 Pastor	飾演 Pastor
2000	綁架計劃飾演 Chip Oswald	飾演 Chip Oswald
2000	Up, Up, and Away 飾演 Edward Marshall / Steel Condor	飾演 Edward Marshall / Steel Condor
1998	胡說霸道飾演 George Jefferson (uncredited)	飾演 George Jefferson (uncredited)
1998	神經搭錯線飾演 Smythe/Bates Doorman	飾演 Smythe/Bates Doorman
1997	鬼馬小精靈 2 飾演 Grocer	飾演 Grocer
1997	Sprung 飾演 Brotha #1	飾演 Brotha #1
1993	Mr. Nanny 飾演 Burt Wilson	飾演 Burt Wilson
1990	Club Fed 飾演 The Reverend	飾演 The Reverend
1986	Combat Academy 飾演 Judge Daley	飾演 Judge Daley
1980	The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's 飾演 Self	飾演 Self