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He had a notable role as Allan Willis during the 1978–1979 season of The Jeffersons. His character on The Jeffersons was the son of mixed-race couple Tom and Helen Willis ( Franklin Cover and Roxie Roker ).
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Jay Hammer (born November 16, 1944) appeared as Allan Willis during the Season 5 of The Jeffersons. Outside his role as Allan Willis, he is perhaps best known for his long run as Fletcher Reade on CBS Daytimee's Guiding Light from March 1984 until March 1998. He returned briefly in the Spring of 1999, and again made an appearance as the show ended in 2009.
Other roles include The Blue Knight, Kojak, Mannix, Sons and Daughters, Emergency!, and Adam-12. His theater credits include off-Broadway productions of Passing Through From Exotic Places and Serenading Louie. In 1981, he played the role of ranch forehand Max Dekker on Texas.
Hammer had a notable credit role as Allan Willis during the 1978–1979 season of The Jeffersons. Allan was the son of mixed-race couple Tom and Helen Willis (Franklin Cover and Roxie Roker). He was let go for unknown reasons.
Hammer was married for a time to former Guiding Light head writer Pam Long, and they had two children together. Hammer himself wrote for Guiding Light using the name Charles Jay Hammer. He graduated from the University of the Pacific.
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Mar 27, 2023 · When the character was brought back for a recurring role in Season 5, he was played by Jay Hammer. Allan's Caucasian appearance makes him the butt of many jokes by George, but it also lets the...
Actor: Guiding Light. Jay Hammer was born on 16 November 1944 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Guiding Light (1952), Emergency! (1972) and The Jeffersons (1975). He has been married to Dene Nardi since 1990. They have two children.
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As of 2023, the members still alive from the main cast include Marla Gibbs, Berlinda Tolbert, Damon Evans, and Jay Hammer. Series development. Louise Jefferson, played by Isabel Sanford, first appeared in the All in the Family episode "Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood", which was broadcast on March 2, 1971.
In the 1978-79 season, which is the fifth season, Allan is now portrayed by Jay Hammer, who joins the cast in a two-part episode of the season opener. Allan returns from New Mexico while his parents return from Syracuse, New York, after Tom's father's death.
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Wealthy African American dry cleaner George Jefferson, his wife Louise, and son Lionel move into a luxury apartment building and develop occasionally fractious relations with other tenants, including their sassy maid Florence.
