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Johnny Brown
Acting

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

6.791

The Out-of-Towners
1970-05-28

Man in the Mirror

6

Man in the Mirror
2008-11-20

I'm Through with White Girls

6.5

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

3.667

Lord Help Us
2007-02-01

A Man Called Adam

6.5

A Man Called Adam
1966-03-16

5.257

Hanky Panky
1982-06-04

The Old Negro Space Program

9

The Old Negro Space Program
2004-03-04

0

In Da Cut
2013-12-16

4.489

Town & Country
2001-04-27

6.9

Jackie's Back!
1999-06-14

3.917

Body and Soul
1981-10-09

6.22

The Wiz
1978-10-24

6.668

Life
1999-04-16

0

The T.V. Show
1979-07-24

7.994

Good Times
1974-02-08

7.525

Martin
1992-08-27

6.909

The Rookies
1972-09-11

8.061

Kenan & Kel
1996-08-17

The Wayans Bros.

7.254

The Wayans Bros.
1995-01-11

The Jamie Foxx Show

6.662

The Jamie Foxx Show
1996-08-28

6.852

227
1985-09-14

7.341

The Jeffersons
1975-01-18

7.517

Moonlighting
1985-03-03

E! True Hollywood Story

8.1

E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21

7.023

Sister, Sister
1994-04-01

7.235

Punky Brewster
1984-09-16

The Parent 'Hood

7.143

The Parent 'Hood
1995-01-18

8.027

The Parkers
1999-08-30

6.741

Family Matters
1989-09-22

Archie Bunker's Place

6.5

Archie Bunker's Place
1979-09-23

7.817

Night Gallery
1970-12-16

6.677

Gimme a Break!
1981-10-29

5

Rickety Rocket
1979-09-01

10

Baby Bob
2002-03-18

The Flip Wilson Show

4.85

The Flip Wilson Show
1970-09-17

The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show

7.125

The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
1979-09-22

The Leslie Uggams Show

9

The Leslie Uggams Show
1969-09-28

6.571

Lotsa Luck
1973-09-10

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.536

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

8

Out All Night
1992-09-19

The Wayans Bros.

7.254

The Wayans Bros.
1995-01-11

Love, American Style

6.2

Love, American Style
1969-09-29

Touched by an Angel

7.184

Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

6.75

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968-01-22

Love, American Style

6.2

Love, American Style
1969-09-29

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

6.697

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992-09-22

6

Monster Squad
1976-09-11

7

On Our Own
1994-09-13

Alvin and the Chipmunks

6.819

Alvin and the Chipmunks
1983-09-17