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Ralph Carter
American actor
For the member of the Florida House of Representatives, see Ralph C. Carter.
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| Born | Ralph David Carter () May 30, (age&#;63) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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| Known&#;for | Michael Evans – Good Times |
Ralph David Carter (born May 30, ) is an American actor and singer, best remembered as Michael Evans, the youngest child of Florida and James Evans Sr., on the CBS sitcomGood Times from to [1] Before joining Good Times, Carter appeared in the BroadwaymusicalRaisin, based on the Lorraine Hansberry drama A Raisin in the Sun, as was noted in the credits during the first season.[2]
Early acting career
Carter started on Broadway at just nine years old in the musical The Me Nobody Knows.
After runs in Tough To Get Help, Dude and Via Galactica,[3] he landed his breakout role as Travis Younger in Raisin, for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Performer as well as the Theatre World Award and a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.[4]
Good Times
Norman Lear was enjoying huge success in the s, with the hit television series All in the Family, Sanford and Son, and Maude.
Good times cast ralph carter died Like many beloved shows from the '70s, "Good Times" made headlines for behind-the-scenes drama and cast disagreements, but it also captivated audiences. In its early days, according to Newsday , the show had 42 million viewers. Originally formulated as a spinoff of "Maude" which was itself a spinoff of unlikely hit "All in the Family" , "Good Times" retconned its central characters and setting in favor of a new premise. Henry John Amos became James, the family got poorer, and the setting switched from New York to Chicago, where it took inspiration from the Cabrini-Green housing projects. Audiences still dug the new show, though by the time it signed off five years later, it had changed entirely: Amos and original star Esther Rolle had left, and the show's most one-dimensional character, J.Lear developed Good Times as a spin-off series for Maude's housekeeper, Florida Evans (portrayed by Esther Rolle) and her husband Henry (John Amos), who was renamed James.[5] Because of Carter's success in Raisin, Lear bought out the remainder of his Broadway contract to cast him as the first original character of Good Times, James and Florida's youngest son, Michael.
Other work
In , Carter recorded an album titled Young and in Love, which was released by Mercury Records,[6] and it included a cover of the Ruby & the Romantics song "When You're Young and in Love". That song would become the first single from the album.
Carter performed the song on the musical variety television show Soul Train. That song, along with the second single "Extra, Extra (Read All About It)", charted at No. 37 and No. 59, respectively, on the US Billboard R&B chart.[7] In , Carter had another single released, "Get it Right", without an accompanying album, though it did not chart.
In , Carter appeared in the cast of "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" for the Classical Theatre of Harlem Company.[8]