Remembering TV Dads

Here's to the TV fathers who knew best.

Sherman Hemsley - With the death of Sherman Hemsley, 74, TV not only lost a great comedic actor but one of its most beloved fathers. He is famously known for his role as business-minded dad George on the groundbreaking sitcom The Jeffersons. Here are some other dads we fondly look back on.(Photo: CBS /Landov)
Redd Foxx - Cantankerous but lovable, Redd Foxx's Fred G. Sanford on Sanford and Son (1972-1977) pioneered the humor of Black fatherhood on American television.(Photo: NBCU Photo Bank)
John Amos - As the stern patriarch of the Evans family on Good Times, John Amos became a father figure for a large segment of Black America growing up without one.(Photo: Courtesy CBS)John Witherspoon - On The Wayans Bros., John Witherspoon's Pops Williams — with his ill-fitting paisley shirts and large, loud-colored bow ties — guided his sons (played by Shawn and Marlon Wayans) with humor and down home wisdom.(Photo: The WB)

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Sherman Hemsley - With the death of Sherman Hemsley, 74, TV not only lost a great comedic actor but one of its most beloved fathers. He is famously known for his role as business-minded dad George on the groundbreaking sitcom The Jeffersons. Here are some other dads we fondly look back on.(Photo: CBS /Landov)

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