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- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 11, 1937
- Place of Birth
- St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
- Died
- March 2, 2022
Johnny Brown
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John "Johnny" Brown (born June 11, 1937) was an American actor and singer. Brown was a nightclub and stage performer as well as a comic actor, and a regular cast member of the television series Laugh-in. Brown is mostly remembered for his chubby physique, wide ingratiating smile, mobile facial expressions, and easy pleasant joking style. Brown is most famous, however, for his role as building superintendent Nathan Bookman on the 1970s CBS sitcom, Good Times. Bookman was often the brunt of fat jokes via the show's main character J. J. Evans (Jimmie Walker). Brown portrayed Bookman until the series was cancelled in 1979. Other television shows Brown has appeared on include Flip Wilson Show, The Jeffersons, Family Matters, Sister, Sister, The Jamie Foxx Show and Martin. Brown also used to go to school with Walter Dean Myers when he lived in Harlem as a…
Filmography
movieIn Da Cut
2013 · Granddad
movieMan in the Mirror
2008 · Wallace Jones
movieI'm Through with White Girls
2007 · Sam Moore
movieLord Help Us
2007 · Cephas Thomas
movieThe Old Negro Space Program
2004 · Wallace 'Suitcase' Jefferson
tvBaby Bob
2002 · Eddie
movieTown & Country
2001 · Chauffeur
tvThe Parkers
1999
movieJackie's Back!
1999 · Rev. Eustace Barnett (Pastor, Kinloch Baptist Temple)
movieLife
1999 · Blind Reverend Clay
tvThe Jamie Foxx Show
1996 · Mr. Hartnabrig
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
tvKenan & Kel
1996 · Uncle Louie
tvThe Parent 'Hood
1995
tvThe Wayans Bros.
1995 · Maurice, Bookman
tvTouched by an Angel
1994 · Johnny Brown
tvOn Our Own
1994 · Mr. Terwilliger
tvSister, Sister
1994 · Smitty
tvHangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992 · Mr. Martz
Out All Night
tvOut All Night
1992 · Man at Reunion
tvMartin
1992 · Chubby
tvFamily Matters
1989 · Pastor Fuller
tv227
1985
tvMoonlighting
1985 · Sam the Piano Player
tvPunky Brewster
1984 · Chuck
tvAlvin and the Chipmunks
1983 · (voice)
movieHanky Panky
1982 · Bus Driver
tvGimme a Break!
1981
movieBody and Soul
1981 · Sports Announcer
tvArchie Bunker's Place
1979
tvThe Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
1979
tvRickety Rocket
1979 · Splashdown
movieThe T.V. Show
1979 · The Kingfish
movieThe Wiz
1978 · Aunt Em's Party
tvMonster Squad
1976 · Dandy Andy
tvThe Jeffersons
1975
tvGood Times
1974 · Nathan Bookman
tvLotsa Luck
1973 · Ronnie
tvThe Rookies
1972
tvNight Gallery
1970 · Man with Stake (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
tvThe Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Self
movieThe Out-of-Towners
1970 · Waiter in Train
tvLove, American Style
1969 · Gordon, Omar
The Leslie Uggams Show
tvThe Leslie Uggams Show
1969
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Regular Performer
movieA Man Called Adam
1966 · Les
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self