who played lionel on all in the family
Mike Evans (actor) Michael Jonas Evans (November 3, 1949 â€“ December 14, 2006) was an American actor, best known as Lionel Jefferson on both All in the Family and The Jeffersons.
George Jefferson George Jefferson is a fictional character played by Sherman Hemsley on the American television sitcoms All in the Family (from 1973 until 1975) and its spin-off The Jeffersons (1975â€“1985), in which he serves as the program's protagonist. He is the only character to appear in all 253 episodes of The Jeffersons.