Occupation Actor Years active 1969–1996 | Name Arnold Johnson Role Actor | |
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Full Name Arnold Herbert Johnson Born November 15, 1921 ( 1921-11-15 ) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Died April 10, 2000, Los Angeles, California, United States Spouse Betty Heater Johnson (m. ?–2000) Movies Putney Swope, My Demon Lover, The Seventh Sign, Shaft, Sunset Similar People Charlie Loventhal, Robert Downey Sr, Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff, John G Avildsen | ||
Arnold Herbert Johnson (November 15, 1921 – April 10, 2000) was an American actor who played the lead role in the film Putney Swope (1969); in the film, his voice was dubbed by Robert Downey, Sr. because Johnson could never remember his lines. Johnson appeared in Shaft (1971 film) as Cul, a friend of John Shaft and the owner of a shoeshine parlor. He also played a role in the film My Demon Lover (1987) and had roles in Rocky (1976) and Menace II Society (1993), as Thomas, the religious Christian grandfather of the lead character Caine (played by Tyrin Turner).
Examples of his television work include recurring roles as George "Hutch" Hutton, in Sanford and Son, and as Fletcher, Mother Winslow's second husband, on the sitcom Family Matters. He guest starred as Uncle Buddy in a Christmas episode of The Jeffersons, George Finds a Father. He also guest starred as Hubert Johnson on Good Times episode, A Place To Die.
Johnson died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 78.
Filmography
Actor
2002
15 to Life (Video)
1996
Buddies (TV Series) as
Uncle Albert
- Famous Last Words (1996) - Uncle Albert
1990
Family Matters (TV Series) as
Fletcher Thomas
- It Didn't Happen One Night (1993) - Fletcher Thomas
- Mama's Wedding (1993) - Fletcher Thomas
- Higher Anxiety (1993) - Fletcher Thomas
- Requiem for an Urkel (1990) - Fletcher Thomas
1993
Menace II Society as
Grandpapa
1991
Homefront (TV Series) as
Jeb Pulliam
- All Good Things (1993) - Jeb Pulliam
- S.N.A.F.U. (1991) - Jeb Pulliam
1993
Rio Diablo (TV Movie) as
Abner
1992
Roc (TV Series) as
Old Barber
- Joey's First Fan (1992) - Old Barber
1992
The Boys (TV Movie) as
Garland
1992
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) as
Sam
- Vying for Attention (1992) - Sam
1991
Ferris Bueller (TV Series) as
Grandpa
- A Night in the Life (1991) - Grandpa
1991
Davis Rules (TV Series) as
Jerry
- Soap (1991) - Jerry
- Mission: Improbable (1991) - Jerry
- Rules of the Game (1991) - Jerry
1991
The Five Heartbeats as
Mr. Matthews
1990
Lifestories (TV Series) as
Fifth Homeless
- Don Chapin (1990) - Fifth Homeless
1989
Matlock (TV Series) as
Calvin Stokes
- The Buddies (1989) - Calvin Stokes
1989
Piramiddo no kanata ni: White Lion densetsu as
Tswana
1988
Paradise (TV Series) as
Prospector
- The News from St. Louis (1988) - Prospector (uncredited)
1988
Sunset as
George
1988
The Seventh Sign as
Janitor
1987
Weeds as
Inmate
1987
My Demon Lover as
Fixer
1982
Hill Street Blues (TV Series) as
Drunk / Wino / Bum / ...
- Der Roachenkavalier (1987) - Bum
- A Case of Klapp (1986) - Wino
- Come and Get It (1986) - Drunk
- What Are Friends For? (1985) - Drunk
- Oh, You Kid (1985) - Wino
- Domestic Beef (1982) - Tubbs
- The Shooter (1982) - Drunk
- The Spy Who Came in from Delgado (1982) - Drunk
1985
Amazing Stories (TV Series) as
Johnny / Town Sage
- Life on Death Row (1986) - Johnny
- Mummy Daddy (1985) - Town Sage
1986
Hardesty House (TV Movie)
1986
The Hitchhiker (TV Series) as
Nestor
- The Curse (1986) - Nestor
1985
Riptide (TV Series) as
Wilfred Tolley
- Fuzzy Vision (1985) - Wilfred Tolley
1984
Oh, God! You Devil as
Preacher
1984
Highway to Heaven (TV Series) as
Deadwood
- The Return of the Masked Rider (1984) - Deadwood
1984
Racing with the Moon as
Tattoo Artist
1983
Simon & Simon (TV Series) as
Marvin
- Design for Killing (1983) - Marvin
1981
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash as
Bum
1981
Honky Tonk Freeway as
Bank Bum
1980
Palmerstown, U.S.A. (TV Series)
- A Place for Bo (1980)
1980
On the Nickel
1980
The White Shadow (TV Series) as
Mickey
- Out at Home (1980) - Mickey
1979
The Duke (TV Series)
- Blues for the Duke (1979)
1978
The Jeffersons (TV Series) as
Buddy
- George Finds a Father (1978) - Buddy
1978
American Hot Wax as
Arnold - Musician in Bar
1977
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich as
Patient
1977
The Richard Pryor Show (TV Series) as
Various
- Episode #1.2 (1977) - Various (uncredited)
1977
The Hostage Heart (TV Movie) as
Jimmy Baggs
1976
Rocky as
Apollo's Lawyer (uncredited)
1976
Pipe Dreams as
Johnny Monday
1975
Sanford and Son (TV Series) as
George F. 'Hutch' Hutton
- The Escorts (1976) - George F. 'Hutch' Hutton
- Can You Chop This? (1976) - George F. 'Hutch' Hutton
- Sanford and Rising Son (1975) - George F. 'Hutch' Hutton
- Della, Della, Della (1975) - George F. 'Hutch' Hutton
- The Sanford Arms (1975) - George F. 'Hutch' Hutton
1975
Good Times (TV Series) as
Hubert Johnson
- A Place to Die (1975) - Hubert Johnson
1975
Medical Story (TV Series)
- A Life in the Balance (1975)
1971
Shaft as
Cul
1969
Putney Swope as
Putney
Self
1977
The Richard Pryor Special? (TV Special) as
Old Man
Archive Footage
2012
Welcome to the Basement (TV Series) as
Grandpapa / Putney Swope
- Menace II Society (2019) - Grandpapa
- Putney Swope (2012) - Putney Swope
References
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