hemsley's career began when he starred in a 1970 broadway play in "purlie" as gitlow. hemsley's television career began in 1970 in the television series "all in the family". and his first movie was in the 1979 movie "love at first bite". hemsley is mostly known as for his role as george jefferson on the cbs in television series "the jeffersons", and as deacon ernest frye on the nbc series "amen". he also played earl sinclair's horrifying boss, and a triceratops in jim henson's sitcom "dinosaurs".