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Arnold Johnson
Actor
Died April 10, 2000 (78 years)
Arnold Herbert Johnson 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 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.
Filmography
| 2002 | 15 to Life · as actor |
| 1993 | Rio Diablo · as Abner |
| 1993 | Menace II Society · as Grandpapa |
| 1991 | The Five Heartbeats · as Mr. Matthews |
| 1991 | Roc (TV Series) · as Old Barber |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) · as Sam |
| 1989 | Family Matters (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | The Seventh Sign · as Janitor |
| 1988 | Sunset · as George |
| 1987 | My Demon Lover · as Fixer |
| 1987 | Weeds · as Inmate |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (TV Series) · as town sage |
| 1984 | Oh, God! You Devil · as Preacher |
| 1984 | Racing with the Moon · as Tattoo Artist |
| 1984 | Riptide (1984) (TV Series) · as Wilfred Tolley |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Nestor |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway · as Bank Bum |
| 1981 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash · as Bum |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1980 | On the Nickel · as actor |
| 1978 | American Hot Wax · as Arnold - Musician in Bar |
| 1978 | The White Shadow (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich · as Patient |
| 1977 | The Richard Pryor Show (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1976 | Rocky · as Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1976 | Pipe Dreams · as Johnny Monday |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | Good Times (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | Shaft · as Cul |
| 1969 | Putney Swope · as Putney Swope |