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.
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Regular Performer
Episodes: 76
First Aired: Sep 09, 1967
Good Times
as Nathan Bookman
Episodes: 58
First Aired: Feb 08, 1974
Rickety Rocket
as Splashdown
Episodes: 16
First Aired: Sep 01, 1979
Kenan & Kel
as Uncle Louie
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 17, 1996
The Wayans Bros.
as Maurice
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 11, 1995
Moonlighting
as Sam the Piano Player
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 03, 1985
Punky Brewster
as Chuck
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1984
Family Matters
as Pastor Fuller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1989
Night Gallery
as Man with Stake (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 16, 1970
Lotsa Luck
as Ronnie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1973
On Our Own
as Mr. Terwilliger
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1994
Out All Night
as Man at Reunion
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1992
The Wayans Bros.
as Bookman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 11, 1995
Love, American Style
as Gordon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
Touched by an Angel
as Johnny Brown
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1994
Love, American Style
as Omar
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1969
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
as Mr. Martz
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1992
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
Episodes: 35
First Aired: Sep 27, 1980
The Leslie Uggams Show
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Sep 28, 1969
Sister, Sister
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 01, 1994
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 17, 1970
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
Martin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 27, 1992
The Rookies
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1972
The Jamie Foxx Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 28, 1996
227
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1985
The Jeffersons
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 18, 1975
E! True Hollywood Story
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 1996
The Parent 'Hood
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 18, 1995
The Parkers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 30, 1999
Archie Bunker's Place
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1979
Gimme a Break!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 29, 1981
Baby Bob
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 18, 2002
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