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Johnny Brown
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Johnny Brown
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1937-06-11,St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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 boy. Brown is also the father of actress Sharon Brown,[citation needed] who was born in 1962, and also the father of John Brown Jr. or J.J Brown Jr. Brown had earlier established himself in the Broadway musical Golden Boy, starring Sammy Davis, Jr.; his supporting role was in the part of Ronnie and was featured as the lead voice on the show stopping rouser, "Don't Forget 127th Street". In the early 1970s, Brown starred in a television commercial for the Write Brothers pen, a short-lived product of the Papermate pen company. The commercial consisted of an elaborate musical number, "Write On, Brothers, Write On", led by Brown as a schoolteacher who encourages his chorus line of students to use this pen for their school assignments. In 1997, Brown contributed his voice to the introduction of the compilation album Comedy Stew: The Best of Redd Foxx. In the introduction, Brown tells of how Norman Lear had considered Brown to play the role of Lamont in Sanford And Son, but was unavailable to do so because of his prior commitment to Laugh-In, leading Lear to give the role to Demond Wilson instead.

Filmography

The Out-of-Towners

6.7

The Out-of-Towners
1970-05-28

Man in the Mirror

7

Man in the Mirror
2008-11-20

I'm Through with White Girls

6.5

I'm Through with White Girls
2007-02-01

3.7

Lord Help Us
2007-02-01

A Man Called Adam

6.3

A Man Called Adam
1966-03-16

5.3

Hanky Panky
1982-06-04

The Old Negro Space Program

8.7

The Old Negro Space Program
2004-03-04

0

In Da Cut
2013-12-16

4.5

Town & Country
2001-04-27

7.8

Jackie's Back!
1999-06-14

3.9

Body and Soul
1981-10-09

7.9

Good Times
1974-02-08

7.8

Martin
1992-08-27

6.9

The Rookies
1972-09-11

8.122

Kenan & Kel
1996-08-17

The Wayans Bros.

7.1

The Wayans Bros.
1995-01-11

The Jamie Foxx Show

6.8

The Jamie Foxx Show
1996-08-28

6.8

227
1985-09-14

7.3

The Jeffersons
1975-01-18

7.508

Moonlighting
1985-03-03

E! True Hollywood Story

8.1

E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21

7.3

Sister, Sister
1994-04-01

7.3

Punky Brewster
1984-09-16

The Parent 'Hood

7.2

The Parent 'Hood
1995-01-18

8.2

The Parkers
1999-08-30

6.7

Family Matters
1989-09-22

Archie Bunker's Place

6.5

Archie Bunker's Place
1979-09-23

7.8

Night Gallery
1970-12-16

6.7

Gimme a Break!
1981-10-29

5

Rickety Rocket
1979-09-01

10

Baby Bob
2002-03-18

The Flip Wilson Show

4.8

The Flip Wilson Show
1970-09-17

The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show

6.4

The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
1980-09-27

The Leslie Uggams Show

0

The Leslie Uggams Show
1969-09-28

6.4

Lotsa Luck
1973-09-10

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

6

On Our Own
1994-09-13

8.5

Out All Night
1992-09-19

The Wayans Bros.

7.1

The Wayans Bros.
1995-01-11

Love, American Style

5.8

Love, American Style
1969-09-29

Touched by an Angel

7.233

Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

6.4

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967-09-09