About Amen
- Released on September 27, 1986
Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen stars Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s which featured entirely or almost-entirely black casts. Others included The Cosby Show, A Different World, and 227.
Main Cast of Amen
Sherman Hemsley plays Deacon Ernest Frye (110 episodes)
Clifton Davis plays Reverend Reuben Gregory (110 episodes)
Anna Maria Horsford plays Thelma Frye (110 episodes)
Barbara Montgomery plays Casietta Hetebrink (88 episodes)
Roz Ryan plays Amelia Hetabrink (110 episodes)
Jester Hairston plays Rolly Forbes (110 episodes)
Tony T. Johnson plays Chris (67 episodes)
Secondary Cast of Amen
Elsa Raven plays Inga (45 episodes)
Bumper Robinson
Miguel A. Núñez, Jr.
Ta-Tanisha
Moses Gunn
Vonetta McGee
Neva Patterson
Tracy Reed
Nell Carter
Richard Roundtree
Paula Kelly
Denise Nicholas
John Matuszak
Franklyn Seales
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Jane White
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Sam Scarber
Bennet Guillory
Lynn Hamilton plays Mrs. Phillips (1 episode)
Montrose Hagins plays Mrs. Jackson (2 episodes) , Leola Forbes (2 episodes)
Todd Hallowell
Crew of Amen
Directing
Writing
Production
- Elsa Raven
- Bumper Robinson
- Miguel A. Núñez, Jr.
- Ta-Tanisha
- Moses Gunn
- Ron Glass
- Vonetta McGee
- Neva Patterson
- Tracy Reed
- Lee Weaver
- Nell Carter
- Richard Roundtree
- Paula Kelly
- Denise Nicholas
- Craig Bierko
- John Matuszak
- Franklyn Seales
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Jane White
- James Brown
- Ji-Tu Cumbuka
- Sam Scarber
- Darius McCrary
- Bennet Guillory
- Lynn Hamilton
- Montrose Hagins
- Todd Hallowell