Johnny Brown
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| Born | John Brown June 11, 1937 St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
| Other name(s) | John Brown Johnny "Buffalo Butt" Brown Johnny "Booger" Brown |
| Years active | 1958 - Present |
Johnny Brown (born June 11, 1937 in St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American actor and singer. Brown is 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 The Jeffersons, Family Matters, and Martin.
Brown is also the father of actress Sharon Brown born in 1962. 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.
[edit] External links
- Johnny Brown at the Internet Broadway Database
- Johnny Brown at the Internet Movie Database
- Johnny Brown at TV.com
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